Asbestosis v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Ass'n (In Re Prudential Lines Inc.)

LEYAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by numerous individual creditors (the “Claimants”) of Prudential Lines, Inc. (“Prudential”) from a ruling of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Buchwald, /.), which affirmed the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Gonzalez, J.) in denying a motion jointly made by Claimants and Prudential’s Trustee in bankruptcy (the “Trustee”) against Prudential’s liability insurer, the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association (the “Insurer”). The motion sought two orders…