Fraser’s Insurers Battle Over Reopening State Court Contribution Action

Mealey's (June 21, 2019, 4:21 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A group of insurers of Chapter 11 asbestos debtor Fraser’s Boiler Service Inc. who are awaiting a decision from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on whether their settlement with the debtor is valid on June 19 objected to a bid by a nonsettling insurer to allow state court contribution claims against the settling insurers to continue, calling the effort misguided and premature (In re:  Fraser’s Boiler Service, Inc., No. 18-41245, W.D. Wash. Bkcy.)....