3rd Circuit Accepts Direct Appeal In Row Between Insurers, Asbestos Claimants

Mealey's (January 25, 2017, 11:47 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Jan. 20 that it will hear a direct appeal by 27 asbestos disease sufferers of a bankruptcy court’s finding that their personal injury claims against insurers of reorganized Chapter 11 debtor W.R. Grace & Co. are barred (Continental Casualty Company, et al. v. Jeremy B. Carr, et al., No. 17-8002, 3rd Cir.)....