Asbestos Group Seeks Appeal Over Denial Of Venue Change For Chapter 11 Talc Debtor

(January 9, 2024, 10:20 AM EST) -- HOUSTON — A Texas federal court should hear an interlocutory appeal by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 case of talc mining company Barretts Minerals Inc. (BMI) of a bankruptcy court’s refusal to transfer the case to Montana because the decision “raises a clear, discrete and important question of law based on undisputed facts,” the committee says in a motion for leave to appeal....