Pa. Court Says Plaintiff’s Failure to Disclose Asbestos Claims During Bankruptcy Proceedings Not Made in Bad Faith

PHILADELPHIA –– The federal court overseeing the national coordinated docket for asbestos product liability claims has ruled that a plaintiff’s failure to disclose his pending asbestos suit during his subsequent bankruptcy proceedings was not made in bad faith since the case had been administratively dismissed for eight years prior to the bankruptcy filing.

In the June 23 order, however, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania did agree with the defendants that the trustee of the bankruptcy estate is the real party of interest to the claims and ordered that efforts be made to locate the trustee …