Ford granted access to Garlock bankruptcy trial filings

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – After originally denying several defendants’ requests for access to confidential information from the Garlock bankruptcy proceedings, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge George Hodges has granted access to Rule 2019 Filings.

Hodges ruled in January that asbestos attorneys have been withholding evidence while pursuing claims against Garlock, ordering that the amount sufficient to satisfy the company’s asbestos liability is $125 million, roughly $1 billion less than what plaintiffs’ representatives felt was proper.