Judge: Nonmalignant Claims Fall To Bankruptcy Court; Later Cancer Claims Proceed

Mealey's (December 22, 2016, 2:01 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — While there was no bad faith in a man’s failure to disclose a nonmalignant asbestos action in two personal bankruptcies, the bankruptcy trustees are the tort action’s rightful owners; but a claim arising from a later diagnosed colon cancer is properly before the court, a federal judge in Pennsylvania held Dec. 16 in denying ship owners’ motions for summary judgment (Willard E. Bartel (Administrator for the estate of William A. Lawrence), et al. v. A-C Product Liability Trust, et al., No. MDL 875, 11-45628, E.D. Pa.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174817)....

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