Armstrong World Industries Seeks Return of More Than $90 Million Paid to CCR

WILMINGTON, Del. - Bankrupt asbestos defendant Armstrong World Industries has filed an adversary complaint in its own proceedings, asking the bankruptcy court to return nearly $94 million it paid the Center for Claims Resolution in the months leading up to its Chapter 11 filing. In re Armstrong World Industries, Inc., No. 00-4471 (D. Del. Bankr.).

Armstrong World Industries, a former member of the CCR, says in a complaint filed Oct. 8 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware that the payments should be voided in accordance with bankruptcy laws because, at the time they were made, the …