Legal Opinion
Sealover v. Carey Canada Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 22, 1993No. Nos. 92-7375, 92-7429PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
In 1982, the Johns-Manville Corporation (“Johns-Manville”) filed for bankruptcy as a result of the thousands of asbestos-related claims pending against it. The Manville Corporation Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund (the “Manville Trust” or the “Trust”) was created in the reorganization that ensued and became a mechanism for the disposition of pending and future asbestos-related personal injury claims against Johns-Man-ville.
In this appeal, we are asked to review the district court’s treatment of the Manville Trust.as a “settled defendant” for purposes…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- In Re BROOKLYN NAVY YARD ASBESTOS LITIGATION (Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Matter of Johns-Manville Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1986
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Bankers Trust Company v. Bethlehem Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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