Lack Of Error, Verdict Award Weigh Against Woman’s Appeal, 2nd Circuit Told

Mealey's (May 14, 2021, 12:55 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal bankruptcy court and district court both correctly held that a woman’s asbestos personal injury claims were discharged in the Johns-Manville Corp. Chapter 11 case and channeled to the company’s asbestos trust because her first exposure occurred years before the company filed for bankruptcy protection, a successor to a Johns-Manville affiliate says in a May 12 response brief in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....