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Bestwall LLC v. Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants
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24-1493
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3422 Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
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May 08, 2025
Asbestos Spinoff Ch. 11 Could Upend US Law, 4th Circ. Told
Georgia-Pacific's asbestos unit Bestwall and injury claimants on Thursday accused each other of trying to fundamentally rewrite U.S. law as they argued before the Fourth Circuit on the claimant committee's attempt to have Bestwall's Chapter 11 case thrown out of court.
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May 07, 2025
Texas Two-Step Takes Second Step Into Appeals Courts
The "Texas two-step" will get its second circuit court test Thursday, as a Fourth Circuit panel takes up the question of whether Georgia-Pacific LLC's funding of the asbestos liabilities of its spinoff Bestwall LLC takes the company out of the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court.
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December 06, 2024
Cancer Claimant Amici Slam Bestwall's Two-Step Ch. 11
Georgia-Pacific unit Bestwall's bid to handle asbestos liability using a controversial "Texas Two-Step" Chapter 11 case is "grotesquely inequitable" and "plainly at odds" with the tenets of bankruptcy, a group of injury claimants in separate insolvency proceedings said in a brief urging the Fourth Circuit to toss the case.
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September 05, 2024
Asbestos Claimants Want A Say In 4th Circ. 'Two-Step' Appeal
Asbestos cancer survivors and the estates of victims with pending claims against Aldrich Pump LLC, DBMP LLC and Murray Boiler LLC have asked the Fourth Circuit's permission to file an amicus brief in an appeal centered on the separate Chapter 11 case of Georgia-Pacific unit Bestwall, saying they had been prevented from pursuing relief while Aldrich, DBMP and Murray pursue bankruptcy.
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September 03, 2024
Steward Gets Hospital Deal; Pause Urged For Judge Shop Ban
Steward Health Care reached a tentative deal to keep most of its hospitals operating, Jackson Walker LLP and the U.S. Trustee's Office traded blows at a hearing over deposition disputes, and a group of asbestos claimants urged the Fourth Circuit to toss Bestwall's bankruptcy, alleging the Georgia-Pacific unit isn't actually facing financial distress.
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August 27, 2024
Asbestos Claimants Tell 4th Circ. Bestwall Isn't Distressed
The official committee of asbestos claimants in the Chapter 11 case of Georgia-Pacific unit Bestwall told the Fourth Circuit that the company's bankruptcy should be tossed because commitments to fund asbestos liabilities by the parent mean the debtor isn't facing financial distress.