Asbestos Trust Correctly Rejected Claims Based On Prior Release, Calif. Judge Says

Mealey's (September 22, 2022, 10:13 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge on Sept. 21 upheld a bankruptcy court’s ruling that a 2017 claim against an asbestos trust for a man’s mesothelioma is barred by a release he signed 31 years earlier when settling a state court suit against one of the companies that eventually established the trust through its bankruptcy case....