United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan, Northern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 20, 1997.
November 20, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Barbara J. Houser, Craig J. Litherland, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, P.C., Houston, TX, David M. Bernick, P.C. Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Rozanne M. Giunta, Susan M. Cook, Lambert, Leser, Cook, Giunta & Smith, P.C., Bay City, MI, for Debtor.
Marvin E. Frankel, Kenneth H. Eckstein, Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, & Frankel, NY, for Official Committee of Tort Claimants.
Lenard M. Parkins, Anne M. Ferazzi, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered, Houston, TX, for Official Committee of Tort Claimants.
Donald S. Bernstein, Ogden N. Lewis, Lowell Gordon Harriss, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, NY, Shelton S. Toll, Sheryl L. Toby, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.
Dennis S. Meir, Alfred S. Lurey, Kilpatrick, Stockton, L.L.P., for Official Committee of Tort Claimants.
H. Jeffrey Schwartz, Gregory G. Binford, Jeffrey M. Levinson, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, Randall L. Frank, Bay City, MI, for Official Physicians' Committee.
Linda C. Scheuerman, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, Detroit, MI, for Blue Cross(es) and Blue Shield(s) of Alabama, Michigan and Minnesota and Blue Shield of California.
R. Mike Borland, Vi Lea Borland, Borland & Borland, Robert J. Rhead, P.C., Midland, TX, for Group of 86 Silicon Personal Injury Claimants.
D'Juana Parks, Provost* Umphrey Law Firm L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, for Group of 347 Claimants.
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan, Northern Division.
OPINION ON COURT'S AUTHORITY TO DECIDE DOW CORNING CORPORATION'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON ITS OMNIBUS DISEASE OBJECTION TO BREAST IMPLANT CLAIMS
ARTHUR J. SPECTOR, Bankruptcy Judge.
Introduction
Since enactment of the 1984 amendments to the Bankruptcy Code and to title 28, there has been a general assumption that "bankruptcy courts do not have jurisdiction to decide personal injury tort claims." In re Thomas,
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