Insurers Appeal Ruling That Libby, Mont., Plaintiffs’ Negligence Suits Can Proceed

(October 23, 2019, 4:47 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Insurers of former Chapter 11 debtor W.R. Grace & Co. on Oct. 4 appealed to Delaware federal court a bankruptcy court’s finding on remand that the insurers can be sued in state court by asbestos claimants who say their diseases were caused by W.R. Grace’s mining operations in Libby, Mont., and by the negligence of the insurers (Continental Casualty Co., et al. v. Jeremy B. Carr, et al., No. 1:19-cv-1871, D. Del.)....