Judge Denies Remand, Summary Judgment In Asbestos Case

Mealey's (May 24, 2022, 10:02 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In a trio of May 17 asbestos case rulings, a federal judge in Louisiana denied remand, denied summary judgment on the question of derivative sovereign immunity as premature and said a bankrupt defendant’s insurance proceeds are the property of its estate but that whether the automatic stay applies to them is a question for the bankruptcy court....