3rd Circuit Upholds Remand of Friction Product Asbestos Claims

3rd Circuit Upholds Remand of Thousands of Friction Asbestos Claims

PHILADELPHIA - The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled it does not have jurisdiction to review a ruling earlier this year that denied the transfer of thousands of asbestos-related friction product claims to federal bankruptcy court. In Re: Federal-Mogul Corp., No. 02-1426 (3rd Cir.).

In a ruling issued July 31, the federal appeals court upheld a bankruptcy judge's decision to remand the asbestos claims to the state courts from which they were originally removed. The Third Circuit also noted that insofar as the friction products defendants' appeal of …