Appeal Of Bestwall Asbestos Claimants’ Discovery Sanctions Dismissed By Split Panel

(May 3, 2024, 7:44 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in a divided opinion dismissed an appeal by asbestos personal injury claimants and their law firm in the Chapter 11 case of Georgia-Pacific spinoff Bestwall LLC of the dismissal of their challenges to a bankruptcy judge’s contempt finding and sanctions against them for not providing complete information to the debtor in a discovery questionnaire....