Insurer Cannot Litigate Coverage Dispute In State Court, Bankruptcy Judge Says

Mealey's (August 28, 2017, 1:07 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal bankruptcy judge on Aug. 24 denied an insurer’s request to sue a company’s asbestos trust in state court over the amount of coverage owed for asbestos personal injury claims, issuing a strong rebuke to the insurer’s attorneys, who claimed that the trustee knew the claims he submitted to the insurer did not trigger the polices at issue (In re CFB Liquidating Corporation, f/k/a Chicago Fire Brick Co., et al., No. 01-45483, N.D. Calif. Bkcy., 2017 Bankr. LEXIS 2411)....