Specialty Products Holding Corp.

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Case Number:

1:10-bk-11780

Court:

Delaware

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  1. August 28, 2013

    Agencies Slam Ch. 11 Disclosure For Specialty Products Plan

    A pair of Ohio state agencies contended in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday that the disclosure statement put forth by creditors of bankrupt Specialty Products Holding Corp. should be rejected because the Chapter 11 plan it supports is unconfirmable.

  2. August 20, 2013

    Specialty Products Loses Bid To Stay $1B Asbestos Ruling

    Specialty Products Holding Corp. lost its bid to stay a Delaware bankruptcy court's decision pegging its asbestos-related liability at $1.1 billion while it attempts to appeal the ruling directly to the Third Circuit, according to an order filed Tuesday.

  3. June 18, 2013

    Specialty Products Wants $1B Asbestos Appeal In 3rd Circ.

    Specialty Products Holding Corp. sought permission Tuesday to go directly to the Third Circuit with its appeal of a Delaware bankruptcy court's decision pegging its asbestos-related liability at $1.1 billion, saying a quick resolution of the issue has implications for its case and others.

  4. May 20, 2013

    Specialty Products Judge Pegs $1.1B For Asbestos Liability

    A bankruptcy judge on Monday estimated Specialty Products Holding Corp.'s current and future liability for asbestos-related mesothelioma claims at $1.1 billion, a valuation that tops the debtors' various projections by hundreds of millions of dollars.

  5. February 07, 2013

    Specialty Products' Asbestos Liability Tops $1B, Claimants Say

    Bankrupt Specialty Products Holding Corp. has at least $1.1 billion of current and projected asbestos liability, according to a brief filed Wednesday in Delaware bankruptcy court by a committee representing asbestos claimants, a number far above the company's own estimates.

  6. July 13, 2012

    Asbestos-Saddled Specialty Products Submits 1st Ch. 11 Plan

    Specialty Products Holding Corp. submitted its first Chapter 11 reorganization plan Thursday, more than two years after entering asbestos-induced bankruptcy and more than two months after creditors with health-related claims stole a march on the firm and submitted a plan of their own.

  7. July 06, 2012

    Specialty Products Trustee Objects To More Asbestos Attys

    The trustee in Specialty Products Holdings Corp.'s bankruptcy told a Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday that a group of asbestos personal injury claimants should not be able to retain additional lawyers to advise on medical science issues because their services would be redundant.

  8. May 16, 2012

    Specialty Products' Asbestos Creditors Float Ch. 11 Plan

    Creditors with claims for asbestos-related health problems proposed the initial reorganization plan for Specialty Products Holdings Corp. on Monday, hoping to jump-start a case stalled by the difficulty of estimating the bankrupt company's massive asbestos liability.

  9. March 28, 2012

    Mediation Fails In Specialty Products Asbestos Dispute

    Specialty Products Holding Corp. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday that court-ordered mediation had failed to resolve disputes over the creation of a trust to handle the company's massive asbestos liability.

  10. October 05, 2011

    Judge Won't Review Specialty Products Discovery Denial

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday refused to reconsider her decision preventing Specialty Products Holding Corp. from obtaining discovery from asbestos claims trusts, saying the data the bankrupt chemical products company was seeking was irrelevant to its liability calculations.