GM’s Suit Against Manville Trust Barred By Injunction, Bankruptcy Judge Rules

Mealey's (July 26, 2017, 10:16 AM EDT) -- POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — General Motors LLC cannot sue Johns-Manville Corp.’s asbestos personal injury trust in Ohio state court to recover money for payments made to a widow because GM’s claim for contribution is barred by the decades-old injunction issued in Johns-Manville’s Chapter 11 case, a New York federal bankruptcy judge held July 24 (In re Johns-Manville Corporation, et al., No. 82-11656 [General Motors LLC v. Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, et al., No. 1:17-ap-1032], S.D. N.Y. Bkcy., 2017 Bankr. LEXIS 2063)....