Asbestos Trusts Seek To Protect Claimants’ Data From Companies’ Fraud Probe

Mealey's (August 24, 2017, 11:28 AM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A bankruptcy court properly placed limits on Honeywell International Inc. and Ford Motor Co.’s access to asbestos claimants’ data from nine asbestos bankruptcy trusts, but it should have gone further and denied access altogether based on the “improper nature” of the companies’ purpose for seeking access, the trusts argue in an Aug. 1 brief on appeal in Delaware federal court (In re:  Motions Seeking Access to 2019 Statements, No. 16-1078, D. Del.)....