CertainTeed Debtor Seeks Garlock-Like Probe For Evidence Of Claimant Fraud

(August 27, 2020, 9:48 AM EDT) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chapter 11 debtor DBMP LLC on Aug. 19 sought permission from a North Carolina federal bankruptcy court to subpoena several asbestos trusts to see if any of the 9,000 asbestos claimants who won verdicts or reached settlements with the debtor or its affiliate, CertainTeed Corp., defrauded the company by not revealing that they had also accepted settlements from the trusts — a discovery tactic used successfully in the landmark Garlock Sealing Technologies bankruptcy case (In re DBMP LLC, No. 3:20-bk-30080, W.D. N.C. Bkcy.)....