U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina
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Asbestos bankruptcy judge denies move by claimants to exclude alleged fraudulent cases from trial
CHARLOTTE - Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer ruled against asbestos lawyers who asked her to exclude 221 case files that Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall offered as evidence of fraud. -
Bestwall says asbestos sample paints picture of 'questionable conduct by plaintiffs and counsel'
CHARLOTTE - From 430,000 asbestos suits Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall selected 221 to support its theory that plaintiffs inflated settlements by concealing evidence of other exposures. -
Bankruptcy judge sanctions asbestos firms $100 per day for evading questionnaires
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer ordered 330 clients of asbestos firm Shrader and Associates to pay $100 a day starting May 9, as a sanction for failure to answer questionnaires of Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall. -
Bestwall bankruptcy judge holds asbestos plaintiffs in contempt for failing to submit questionnaires
CHARLOTTE – Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer held 2,140 asbestos plaintiffs in contempt on Feb. 10, and gave them a week to answer questions of Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall. -
Asbestos firms miss deadline to answer core questions in Bestwall bankruptcy
CHARLOTTE – Mesothelioma lawyers continue to disobey an order for disclosure about settlements, including the Gori Law Firm in Edwardsville. -
Bankruptcy judge resists J&J’s move to resolve 35,000 talc lawsuits in Charlotte; Transfer to NJ pending
CHARLOTTE – On a litigation field where corporations keep hitting home runs against asbestos plaintiff firms, Johnson & Johnson hit a foul ball. -
Asbestos firms get more time to prepare for trial on alleged fraud in bankruptcy settlements
CHARLOTTE- Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall must wait ten more months for trial on its claim that fraud inflated its settlements of asbestos suits. -
More asbestos bankruptcies are adopting strategy of investigating plaintiff lawyers
EDWARDSVILLE - Before lawyer Randy Gori lost his life he issued a dire forecast in an email to his asbestos firm and demanded that employees work harder and stop talking about anything else. -
Asbestos firm will challenge $402K contempt penalty imposed by bankruptcy judge
CHARLOTTE – St. Louis asbestos firm Maune Raichle plans to appeal a $402,817.70 contempt penalty that bankruptcy judge Laura Beyer imposed for challenging one of her orders in Illinois. -
Bestwall wants asbestos lawyers to cough up answers on claims and settlements, prove they aren’t double-dipping
CHARLOTTE – Asbestos lawyers with an opportunity to prove they don’t routinely pull off double recoveries elected not to try, according to tables that Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall filed in bankruptcy court on Sept. 8. -
Claimant representatives seek to modify preliminary injunction despite pending appeal in Bestwall bankruptcy case
Asbestos claimant representatives seek to modify a preliminary injunction in Bestwall LLC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, arguing that they seek to preserve the status quo while the order is on appeal. -
Asbestos Claimants Committee again moves to dismiss Bestwall's Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition; ACC says the debtor holds claimants 'hostage' while seeking a 'bankruptcy discount'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Asbestos Claimants Committee (ACC) seeks to dismiss Bestwall LLC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, arguing that the debtor is holding asbestos claimants “hostage” while delaying a bankruptcy resolution after it requested an estimation of asbestos liabilities. -
Bestwall says ACC's bad faith arguments are without merit
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bestwall LLC, formerly part of Georgia Pacific LLC, argues that the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants’ bad-faith arguments are meritless and the debtor’s corporate restructuring does not prejudice asbestos claimants. -
Maune Raichle retained as special litigation counsel in Bestwall bankruptcy proceeding
Local asbestos firm Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd is among four plaintiff’s firms acting as special litigation counsel on medical science matters in Bestwall LLC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. -
ACC moves to dismiss Bestwall’s bankruptcy case, calling it ‘little more than a bad-faith litigation’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants, or ACC, argues that Bestwall LLC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding is a “sham” and was filed in bad faith in an effort to severely limit asbestos liabilities in a favorable venue. -
Asbestos Claimant Committee's motion to reconsider counsel withdrawn in Bestwall bankruptcy proceeding
Bankruptcy judge Laura Beyer withdrew an omnibus motion to reconsider approval of counsel for Bestwall LLC, a unit of Georgia pacific, in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding.