Asbestos Claimants Battle Possible Contempt Finding In Bestwall’s Chapter 11

(July 21, 2021, 8:55 AM EDT) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Asbestos claimants from Illinois and their counsel should not be held in contempt for violating a North Carolina federal bankruptcy court order directing the claimants to answer questions about their injuries for Chapter 11 debtor Bestwall LLC’s estimation proceeding because they were not properly served, and their suit in Illinois to halt the discovery does not violate the bankruptcy court’s order, the claimants and counsel say in a July 14 brief in the Chapter 11 case....