Saint-Gobain Units Must Provide Bankruptcy Files, Claimants Say

Asbestos claimants moved to force US-based subsidiaries of France’s Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to provide emails and other communications detailing the lead-up to a bankruptcy filing that the claimants say is improper.

The bankrupt unit, DBMP LLC, is attempting to use a controversial legal strategy called the Texas Two-Step to resolve tens of thousands of personal injury claims. A committee representing the claimants argued in a Tuesday court filing that DBMP and three non-bankrupt affiliates are withholding critical information amid accusations that the companies misused the bankruptcy process to handle widespread claims that their products contained cancer-causing asbestos.

The committee sued ...