Claimant Appeals Bankruptcy Ruling Barring Suit Against Johns-Manville Affiliate

(August 19, 2016, 12:59 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A woman who filed a Louisiana state court asbestos personal injury lawsuit against a subsidiary of Johns-Manville Corp. asked a New York federal court on July 27 to decide if a bankruptcy judge erred in enjoining her claims and finding that the claims arose from her prebankruptcy petition exposures and not from her continuing and post-confirmation exposures without first affording her a trial or evidentiary hearing (In re Johns-Manville Corporation, et al., No. 82-11656, S.D. N.Y. Bkcy.)....