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Simmons BENTON – Asbestos attorney John Simmons of Alton broke the ranks of Illinois asbestos lawyers by dropping out of a suit at U.S. district court and agreeing to file client questionnaires for a bankruptcy judge in North Carolina. The Gori firm in Edwardsville, Maune Raichle in St. Louis, and Cooney and Conway in Chicago continue to resist questionnaires. U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle plans a hearing for them on July 23. First the firms must face bankruptcy judge Laura Beyer of Charlotte, who ordered them to show why she shouldn’t hold them in contempt. She plans a hearing on July 22. ....
Judge Beyer CHARLOTTE, N.C – Asbestos lawyers want U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad to keep a Georgia Pacific entity from hunting for double recoveries among 15,000 individuals who filed injury claims in trusts and courts. On April 7, they appealed an order of bankruptcy judge Laura Beyer that would require answers to questions of debtor Bestwall LLC about trust payments. Beyer found the information necessary for estimating future litigation liability. A committee of plaintiff lawyers in her court lost an argument that Bestwall should base its estimate on Georgia Pacific’s litigation history. Bestwall prevailed on an argument that Georgia Pacific would have paid less if it had recovered setoffs from plaintiffs who received trust payments. ....