asbestos-litigation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A837 Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants of Bestwall LLC v. Bestwall LLC Fourth Circuit 2026-01-21 Application asbestos-litigation bankruptcy-injunction bankruptcy-restructuring corporate-divisive-merger mass-tort-liability texas-two-step Question not identified. The document provided is an "Application for an Extension of Time Within Which to File Petition for a Writ of Certiorari." I…
23-702 Sander L. Esserman, in His Official Capacity as Future Claims Representative v. Bestwall LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied asbestos-litigation bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-standard corporate-reorganization debtor-protection likelihood-of-success non-debtor-litigation organizational-restructuring preliminary-injunction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a sophisticated corporate defendant may use an organizational reshuffling to devise bankruptcy jurisdiction for a nationwide preliminary injun…
18-998 Sandra Waite, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Waite, Jr. v. Union Carbide Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response Waived asbestos asbestos-liability asbestos-litigation civil-procedure corporate-registration due-process forum-selection in-state-causation mesothelioma personal-jurisdiction product-liability products-liability specific-jurisdiction three-prong-test Whether the circuit court erred when it ignored the three-prong analysis the Court has repeatedly set forth for analyzing specific jurisdiction and, i…