Asbestos plaintiffs have filed motions opposing Ford Motor Co.’s bid to view sealed information that led a bankruptcy judge to conclude that their attorneys withheld evidence of “demonstrable misrepresentation” in the bankruptcy of Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge George Hodges of the Western District of North Carolina lost jurisdiction pending an appeal by news organization Legal Newsline of an order denying it access to sealed estimates of the value of claims against Garlock, a frequent co-defendant with Ford in asbestos cases, the plaintiffs said.
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