Johns-Manville Affiliate Backs Order Barring Woman’s Mesothelioma Claim

Mealey's (January 23, 2017, 8:41 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A bankruptcy court properly exercised its jurisdiction when determining that a mesothelioma sufferer’s premises liability claim against a subsidiary of Johns-Manville Corp. arose long before the subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection and is therefore enjoined and channeled to Johns-Mansville’s asbestos trust, the subsidiary argues in a Jan. 19 brief filed in a New York federal court appeal (Lynda Berry v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc., No. 16-5817, S.D. N.Y.)....