Bankruptcy Court Orders Enforcement of Automatic Stay

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Pittsburgh on Jan. 15 ordered a stay in a New York state court coverage action filed after the bankruptcy petition. The bankruptcy court also found that the coverage action void ab initio because it implicates the debtor's rights and liabilities under the insurance policies. In re: Global Industrial Technologies, Inc, et al. No. 02-21626 JKF (U.S. Bankr.)

Chief Judge Judith K. Fitzgerald of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted the expedited motion to enforce the automatic stay for Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. and DII Industries LLC. The insurance issues are …