Imerys Insurers Oppose Setting Bar Date For ‘Indirect’ Talc Claims

Mealey's (November 21, 2019, 11:45 AM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A request by Chapter 11 debtor Imerys Talc America Inc. to set a bar date for filing indirect talc claims should be denied because the debtor is not allowed to restrict claims by nondebtor parties, especially when the term “indirect” is so ill-defined in the request, a group of insurers say in a Nov. 18 objection filed in Delaware federal bankruptcy court (In re:  Imerys Talc America, Inc., et al., No. 19-10289, D. Del. Bkcy.)....