Garlock Files Unsealed RICO, Fraud Complaints Against Asbestos Plaintiff Firms

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –– Garlock Sealing Technologies has again levied accusations of conspiracy –– this time, unsealed –– against a number of asbestos plaintiffs’ firms, alleging that they committed fraud and violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Garlock filed the unsealed complaints on Jan. 20 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, saying in part that the defendants have engaged in “a deliberate and ongoing scheme to defraud solvent manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing equipment and components.”

The lawsuits were originally filed in January of last year under seal. Sources at the time confirmed …