Automatic Stay for Bankrupt Party Doesn't Apply to Co-Defendants, Says Alabama Supreme Court

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An insolvent asbestos defendant's bankruptcy filing does not stay all litigation involving solvent co-defendants, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled.

The plaintiffs filed a wrongful death suit against a number of defendants based on their decedents' exposure to asbestos particles. They sought to hold the defendants jointly and severally liable.

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Automatic Stay for Bankrupt Party Doesn't Apply to Co-Defendants, Says Alabama Supreme Court

One of the defendants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Th...

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