News Outlet Moves to Unseal Testimony from Garlock’s Asbestos Estimation Trial

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –– A news outlet has moved to unseal the trial testimony and exhibits on which a North Carolina bankruptcy court based its order estimating Garlock’s asbestos-related mesothelioma liabilities at $125 million.

The motion, filed March 3 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, contends that the sealed information is evidence that the Court used to issue a ruling of “national importance.”

The news outlet previously attempted to keep certain portions of the estimation trial open to the public, but was denied. The instant motion is limited “to access the evidence on which the …