IN RE WATERMAN S.S. CORP.

Bankruptcy No. 83 B 11732 (FGC). Adv. No. 87-5042A.

200 B.R. 770 (1996)

In re WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP., Debtor. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP., Plaintiff, v. Jose AGUIAR, et al., Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

October 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.L. Gropper, E.F. Hyman, White and Case, New York City, for Plaintiff/Debtor Waterman Steamship Corporation.

L.C. Jacques, A. Kellman, Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic, a Division of Jacques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, Michigan (MALC), for Defendant Asbestos Claimants.


FRANCIS G. CONRAD, Bankruptcy Judge.

Waterman brought this adversary proceeding1 seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against asbestos-related claims filed by seamen formerly employed by it on one or more voyages of its merchant ships. Waterman contends that the claims were discharged in its 1983 bankruptcy or, alternatively, that MALC's failure to produce evidence within its control warrants a finding that Claimants manifested an...

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