(October 12, 2015, 11:22 AM EDT) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Dallas-based asbestos plaintiffs’ law firm on Oct. 1 asked the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to decide whether a North Carolina federal judge correctly denied the firm’s motion to dismiss fraud and racketeering allegations leveled by Chapter 11 debtor Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC (Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, et al. v. Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, APLC, et al., No. 14-116, W.D. N.C.).

(Notice of appeal available. Document #48-151023-005X.)

Adversary Actions

Garlock and affiliates filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S....