Insurer Loses Bid For Arbitration With Garlock In Coverage Lawsuit

Mealey's (August 21, 2018, 10:55 AM EDT) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An insurer’s obligations to the Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC bankruptcy estate under a $5 million asbestos policy must be determined through litigation, not arbitration, a North Carolina federal judge decided Aug. 20 in affirming a magistrate judge’s ruling (Safety National Casualty Corp. v. Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, et al., No. 3:17-cv-00458, W.D. N.C.)....