IN RE DIOCESE OF BUFFALO, N.Y.

BK 20-10322 CLB.

665 B.R. 198 (2024)

IN RE The DIOCESE OF BUFFALO, N.Y., Debtor.

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

Signed November 22, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Stephen A. Donato, Esq., Grayson T. Walter, Esq., Charles J. Sullivan, Esq., Brendan Sheehan, Esq., Justin S. Krell, Esq., of counsel, One Lincoln Center, Syracuse, New York 13202-1355, Attorneys for The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Ilan D. Scharf, Esq., James I. Stang, Esq., Iain A.W. Nasatir, Esq., Hayley Winograd, Esq., of counsel, 780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attorneys for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Gleichenhaus, Marchese & Weishaar, PC, Scott Bogucki, Esq., of counsel, 43 Court Street, Suite 930, Buffalo, New York 14202, Co-Counsel for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Timothy P. Lyster, Esq., of counsel, 1900 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, New York 14604, Co-Counsel for Parish Steering Committee.

Elsaesser Anderson, CHTD., J. Ford Elsaesser, Esq., of counsel, 320 East Neider Avenue, Suite 102, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815, Co-Counsel for Parish Steering Committee.

Jeff Anderson & Associates, PA, Jeffrey R. Anderson, Esq., Stacey Benson, Esq., Michael G. Finnegan, Esq., of counsel, 366 Jackson Street, Suite 100, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101, Attorneys for Various Claimants.

Steve Boyd, PC, Stephen Boyd, Esq., of counsel, 2969 Main St., Suite 100, Buffalo, New York 14214, Attorneys for Various Claimants.

Marsh Law Firm PLLC, James R. Marsh, Esq. and Cori Iacopelli, Esq., of counsel, 31 Hudson Yards, 11th Fl., New York, New York 10001, Attorneys for Various Claimants.

Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Anelga Doumanian, Esq., of counsel, 31 Hudson Yards, 11th Fl., New York, New York 10001, Attorneys for Various Claimants.

Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian, Mitchell Garabedian, Esq., of counsel, 100 State Street, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, Attorneys for Various Claimants.

Dan Chiacchia Attorneys, PLLC, Daniel J. Chiacchia, Esq., of counsel, 5113 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, New York 14075, Attorneys for Various Claimants.

Merson Law, PLLC, Matthew G. Merson, Esq., of counsel, 950 Third Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10022, Attorneys for Various Claimants.

Barclay Damon LLP, Jeffrey A. Dove, Esq., and Kevin D. Szczepanski, Esq., of counsel, 125 East Jefferson Street, Syracuse, New York 13202, Attorneys for The Continental Insurance Company and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.

Plevin & Turner LLP, Mark D. Plevin, Esq., of counsel, 580 California Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, California 94104, Attorneys for The Continental Insurance Company.

Plevin & Turner LLP, Miranda Turner, Esq., of counsel, 1701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 200, Washington, District of Columbia 20006, Attorneys for The Continental Insurance Company.

David Christian Attorneys LLC, David Christian, Esq., of counsel, 105 West Madison Street, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attorneys for The Continental Insurance Company.

Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP, William T. Corbett, Jr. Esq. and Laura A. Brady, Esq., of counsel, 350 Mount Kemble Avenue, PO Box 1917, Morristown, New Jersey 07962, Attorneys for Selective Insurance Company of New York.

Gibbons P.C., Robert K. Malone, Esq., and Brett S. Theisen, Esq., of counsel, One Gateway Center, Newark, New Jersey 07102, Attorneys for Selective Insurance Company of New York.

Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP, Judith Treger Shelton, Esq., of counsel, The Calumet Building, 233 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202, Attorneys for Selective Insurance Company of New York.

Goldberg Segalla LLP, Jonathan Schapp, Esq. and Adam R. Durst, Esq., of counsel, 665 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1425, Attorneys for Employers Insurance Company of Wausau and Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company.

ArentFox Schiff, LLP, Everett Cygal, Esq., Joseph Mark Fisher, Esq., Dan Schufreider, Esq., of counsel, 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 7100, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attorneys for The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Tancred V. Schiavoni, Esq. and Adam P. Haberkorn, Esq., of counsel, Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, Attorneys for U.S. Fire Insurance Company.

Clyde & Co US LLP, Marianne G. May, Esq., of counsel, 340 Mt. Kemble Ave., Suite 300, Morristown, New Jersey 07340, Attorneys for U.S. Fire Insurance Company.

Carlton Fields, P.A., Robert W. DiUbaldo, Esq. and Nora A. Valenza-Frost, Esq., of counsel, 405 Lexington Avenue, 36th Floor, New York, New York 10174-0002, Attorneys for National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Gimigliano Mauriello & Maloney, PA, John Maloney, Esq., of counsel, 163 Madison Avenue, Suite 500, P.O. Box 1449, Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1449, Attorneys for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company and First State Insurance Company.

Office of the U.S. Trustee, Joseph W. Allen, Esq., Olympic Towers, 300 Pearl Street, Suite 401, Buffalo, New York 14202


DECISION & ORDER

Seventeen plaintiffs have filed motions for stay relief to allow the continuance of litigation in state court to determine liability and damages for injuries arising from alleged instances of sexual abuse. The debtor opposes these requests and asks the Court instead...

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