Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 1, 2014No. 14-2471PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Owens Corning Corporation, a manufacturer of fiberglass insulation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000 amid a slew of asbestos-related litigation. The company’s reorganization plan-approved by the bankruptcy court in 2006-created the Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust, which assumed all of the company’s liabilities for asbestos-related personal-injury claims. See 11 U.S.C. § 524(g). The plan also established procedures for processing such claims. William Jackson submitted a claim to the Trust. The claim was rejected, first by the Trust and later by an…
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