3rd Circuit Upholds Limiting Access To Asbestos Trust Information

Mealey's (August 20, 2019, 10:48 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 16 affirmed the denial of a request by Ford Motor Co. and Honeywell International Inc. to have “full access” to claimants’ information from nine asbestos bankruptcy trusts data in search of evidence of fraud, finding that the limits placed on the companies’ access to the information were proper (In re:  AC&S, Inc., et al., No. 18-1951, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 24668)....