A bankruptcy judge, who found “demonstrable misrepresentation” by plaintiffs’ lawyers in several asbestos cases, denied the motions of asbestos defendants and a media outlet to access that sealed evidence.
Ford Motor Co., joined by Volkswagen Group of America Inc, Honeywell International Inc. and Crane Co., filed a motion to unseal that evidence. In a separation motion, news outlet Legal Newsline sought to unseal the trial testimony and exhibits on which the judge based his Jan. 10, 2014, order, finding that plaintiffs’ lawyers withheld evidence of their clients’ exposure to other sources of asbestos in the bankruptcy case of Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC.
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