Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants Asks Bankruptcy Court to Amend Rule 2019 Order

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –– The Official Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants has asked a court overseeing bankruptcy proceedings for asbestos defendant Garlock Sealing Technologies to amend its Rule 2019 order so that it includes provisions on who has access to the filings.

In the May 16 motion filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, the representative group of asbestos claimants asked the court to amend its ruling mandating that the movants may not transfer the Rule 2019 documents to other entities.

Specifically, the Committee asked the Bankruptcy Court to include the following provision: