(November 17, 2015, 10:42 AM EST) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Dallas-based asbestos plaintiffs’ law firm accused by Chapter 11 debtor Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC of scheming to fraudulently induce Garlock into settling tort system cases denied the allegations and leveled its own fraud and racketeering charges against Garlock, saying in a Nov. 16 answer and counterclaim filed in North Carolina federal court that the debtor schemed with an affiliate to withhold evidence of the dangers of Garlock’s products to reduce verdict and settlement amounts (Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, et al. v. Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, APLC, et al., No. 14-116, W.D. N.C.)....