Kaiser Gypsum Wards Off Asbestos Claimants’ Attempt To Transfer Case

Mealey's (November 23, 2016, 12:25 PM EST) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina federal bankruptcy judge, in a Nov. 22 minute order, denied a request by five asbestos personal injury claimants to transfer the recent Chapter 11 case of former gypsum plaster and wallboard manufacturer Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (In re Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., at al., No. 16-31602, W.D. N.C. Bkcy.)....