Claimants In Talc Company’s New Chapter 11 Case Appeal Global Settlement Approval

( May 6, 2026, 3:23 PM EDT) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Asbestos claimants in the new Chapter 11 case of talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals LLC filed three appeals, the most recent on May 5, of a New York federal bankruptcy judge’s approval of a global settlement among the debtor and its affiliates resolving intercompany claims by the affiliates in exchange for the transfer of certain assets to the debtor, including a manufacturing plant in Kentucky and a mine in Arizona....