Judge Closes Case Barring State Court Asbestos Claims Against Former Debtor

(December 4, 2020, 8:54 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — A Maryland federal bankruptcy judge in a Nov. 4 docket entry closed an adversary case in which she held that Pennsylvania state court asbestos claimants cannot hold former Chapter 11 debtor L.K. Comstock & Co. Inc. liable for their injuries because their claims are barred by the discharge injunction in the 20-year-old bankruptcy case (In re RailWorks Corporation, et al. [L.K. Comstock & Company, Inc. v. Irene Reibie, et al.], No. 01-64463, Adv. No. 1:19-ap-199, D. Md. Bkcy.)....