Federal Judge Upholds FCR Appointment In Duro Dyne Under ‘Disinterested’ Standard

(October 9, 2019, 2:21 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey federal bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in appointing longtime future claimants’ representative (FCR) Lawrence Fitzpatrick as FCR for the Chapter 11 case of Duro Dyne National Corp. and correctly used the “disinterested” standard when assessing the candidate, a federal judge held Oct. 30 in dismissing an appeal by the U.S. Trustee’s Office (Andrew R. Vara v. Duro Dyne National Corp., et al., No. 3:18-cv-15563, D. N.J., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172168)....