Legal Opinion
Lippe v. Bairnco Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 28, 2003No. 96 Civ. 7600(DC)PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this case, plaintiffs contend that in the 1980s, as Keene Corporation (“Keene”) became the subject of a rapidly increasing number of asbestos claims, it engaged in a series of fraudulent conveyances intended to place hundreds of millions of dollars in assets beyond the reach of claimants. In 1981, Keene formed a holding company, Bairnco Corporation (“Bairnco”), and eventually Keene itself became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bairnco. From 1983 through 1989, Keene transferred certain of its profitable businesses or divisions to newly created Bairnco subsidiaries.…
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