Garlock Denies Law Firm’s Claims, Invokes Bankruptcy Claims Bar Date

(February 23, 2016, 5:22 PM EST) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chapter 11 debtor Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC on Feb. 1 denied fraud and racketeering allegations leveled by a Dallas-based asbestos plaintiffs’ law firm accusing Garlock of scheming to withhold evidence of the dangers of its products, saying there is no proof that the products caused asbestos diseases (Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, et al. v. Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, APLC, et al., No. 14-116, W.D. N.C.)....