CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – An asbestos plaintiffs firm sued in one of Garlock Sealing Technologies’ racketeering cases has requested the lawsuit alleging fraud be transferred to Texas.

Waters & Kraus LLP and several of its plaintiffs’ attorneys filed the motion on Oct. 27 seeking to transfer the case to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, calling it the “center of gravity for this matter.”