Supreme Court Won’t Review Claims Against Successor of Diacetyl Maker

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review a Third Circuit ruling barring a suit by workers alleging injury from exposure to the food additive diacetyl against the successor of bankrupt diacetyl maker Emoral Inc., the high court said Nov. 3 (Diacetyl Plaintiffs v. Aaroma Holdings LLC, U.S., 14-71, cert. denied 11/3/14).

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in January that the allegations by the plaintiffs, who worked in food flavoring plants, are “generalized claims” that are the property of the bankruptcy estate and the trustee released all claims against the successor 29 TXLR 100, 1/30/14, 42 PSLR 109, 2/3/14