Creditors' File Motion Recuse Asbestos Bankruptcy Judge

WILMINGTON, Del. - Creditors involved with asbestos-related bankruptcy proceedings pending in Delaware recently moved to recuse Judge Alfred M. Wolin from hearing the cases, alleging that his relationship with two consultants appointed to work with him on the cases has challenged the impartiality of the Court. In re: Owens Corning, et al. No. 00-03837 (D. Del., Bankr.).

In a motion filed Oct. 10 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, creditors Kensington International Limited and Springfield Associates, LLC, allege that two of Wolin's court-appointed consultants, David R. Gross and C. Judson Hamlin, are employed at a law …