IN RE W.R. GRACE & CO.

No. 17-1208.

900 F.3d 126 (2018)

IN RE: W.R. GRACE & CO., et al, Reorganized Debtors Continental Casualty Company; Transportation Insurance Company v. Jeremy B. Carr, et al. Jeremy B. Carr, et al. Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: August 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Busenkell , Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, 1201 North Orange Street, Suite 300, Wilmington, DE 19801, Daniel C. Cohn [Argued], Taruna Garg , Murtha Cullina, 99 High Street, 20th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, Allan M. McGarvey , Heberling, Sullivan & Lacey, P.C., 345 First Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901, Counsel for Appellants.

Brian T. Burgess , Michael S. Giannotto [Argued], Goodwin Procter, 901 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 900 East, Washington, DC 20001, Scott D. Cousins , Evan T. Miller , Bayard P.A., 600 North King Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Appellees.

Robert M. Horkovich , Anderson Kill, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor, 41-154W, New York, NY 10020, Edward J. Longosz, II , Mark A. Johnston , Kennedy L. Cabell , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, Jeffrey C. Wisler , Connolly Gallagher, 1000 West Street, The Brandywine Building, Suite 1400, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Amici Appellees.

Before: McKEE, AMBRO, and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Mass-tort liability of entities with asbestos operations typically results in their filing for bankruptcy protection. The Bankruptcy Code allows a court to supplement a confirmed plan of reorganization by entering an injunction that channels this liability to a trust set up to compensate persons...

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