In Re Asbestos Claims Management Corp.

294 B.R. 663, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12561, 2003 WL 21321888
CourtDistrict Court, N.D. Texas
DecidedJune 5, 2003
Docket3:02-cv-01779
StatusPublished
Cited by5 cases

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Bluebook
In Re Asbestos Claims Management Corp., 294 B.R. 663, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12561, 2003 WL 21321888 (N.D. Tex. 2003).

Opinion

ORDER CONFIRMING THE THIRD AMENDED PLAN OF REORGANIZATION UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE FOR ASBESTOS CLAIMS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (WITH TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS) AND ISSUING INJUNCTIONS UNDER SECTIONS 524(g) AND 105(a) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE

KINKEADE, District Judge.

Asbestos Claims Management Corporation, debtor and debtor in possession (the “Debtor” or “ACMC”) filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) ’ on August 19, 2002 (the “Petition Date”). The Debtor filed its Third Amended Plan of Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for Asbestos Claims Management Corporation (the “Third Amended Plan”) on December 12, 2002. 1 On April 21, 2003, ACMC filed those certain Technical Modifications to Third Amended Plan, dated April 21, 2003 (the “Technical Modifications”). The Third Amended Plan, as modified by the Technical Modifications and together with the Plan Documents and all exhibits and attachments thereto, is herein called the “Plan.” 2 The Plan pro *665 vides, among other things, for the issuance of the permanent Supplemental Injunction under sections 524(g) and 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and of the Asbestos Insurance Company Injunction under section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Confirmation Hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan was held on April 24, 2003 and May 1, 2003 before The Honorable Steven A. Felsenthal, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Bankruptcy Court has considered (i) all of the testimony presented and evidence admitted at the Confirmation Hearing; (ii) the papers and pleadings on file in the Reorganization Case, (iii) the arguments of counsel; and (iv) the law applicable to the case. Following the Confirmation Hearing and in conjunction with this Order, the Bankruptcy Court entered its Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Regarding the Third Amended Plan of Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for Asbestos Claims Management Corporation (With Technical Modifications) (the “Findings and Conclusions”), and submitted its Report and Recommendation to the District Court (the “Court”).

This Court has reviewed (a) the Plan, all pending objections to the Plan and the Debtor’s memorandum submitted in support of the Plan and in opposition to the pending objections, (b) all evidence and argument presented at the Confirmation Hearing, including but not limited to the Exhibits, the Affidavits submitted in support of the Plan and the transcript of the Confirmation Hearing, (c) the Findings and Conclusions and the report of the Bankruptcy Court recommending (the “Bankruptcy Court’s Recommendation”) that this Court should approve the Findings and Conclusions and enter the Confirmation Order, together with all other bench rulings entered by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with the Confirmation Hearing. Based on the Findings and Conclusions, the Bankruptcy Court’s Recommendation, together with all other bench rulings entered by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with the Confirmation Hearing, all of which are adopted in their entirety by this Court and incorporated in this Confirmation Order as if set forth fully herein, and for all of the reasons set forth therein, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED:

A. General Decrees and Implementation

1. Plan Confirmation. The Plan as modified by the Technical Modifications (including all exhibits and all attachments to the Plan and all Plan Documents (including the New NGC Plan Documents and the NGC Bodily Injury Trust Documents)) is hereby confirmed in its entirety, and each and every provision contained therein is hereby approved in its entirety. In the event of a conflict between the terms or provisions of the Plan and the Plan Documents, the terms and provisions of the Plan shall control the Plan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a conflict between the terms or provisions of the Plan and the New NGC Plan Documents, the terms and provisions of the New NGC Plan Documents shall control the Plan. In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Plan or the Plan Documents (including the New NGC Plan Documents), on the one hand, and the terms of this Confirmation Order, on the other hand, the terms of this Con *666 firmation Order shall control. In the event of a conflict between the terms of any bench ruling and the terms of this Confirmation Order, the terms of this Confirmation Order shall control. The provisions of the Plan related to the CCR Reimbursement Agreement Settlement shall automatically be effective, without further order of the Bankruptcy Court or this Court, if and when the Debtor’s motion to approve such settlement filed in the Reorganization Case is approved by the Bankruptcy Court, and such settlement is fully implemented. The provisions of the Plan related to the Prostok Bondholder Settlement shall automatically be effective, without further order of this Court, if and when such settlement filed in the NGC Reorganization Cases is approved by the • Bankruptcy Court, and such settlement is fully implemented.

2. Approval of Technical Modifications. As set forth in this Court’s separate order on the Debtor’s Motion to Determine That the Technical Modifications to Debtor’s Third Amended Plan of Reorganization Do Not Adversely Affect Any Creditor, the Technical Modifications are approved and the Third Amended Plan shall be modified to the extent set forth therein and as provided in paragraph 113 below. Acceptances and rejections previously cast for or against the Third Amended Plan are deemed to constitute acceptances or rejections of the Plan as modified by the Technical Modifications.

3. Objections Overruled. Ml objections to Confirmation of the Plan (and all reservations of rights contained therein), other than those withdrawn in writing pri- or to, or on the record at, the Confirmation Hearing, are overruled or denied, as the case may be. Any objections to the Findings and Conclusions and the Bankruptcy Court’s Recommendation, are overruled or denied, as the case may be. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Court, for the reasons set forth in the Findings and Conclusions, overrules the objections to confirmation of the Plan filed by the law firm of Cascino Vaughan Law Offices and by the law firm of Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White, P.C. For the reasons set forth in the Findings and Conclusions, the Court hereby approves, and authorizes the Debtor to enter into and take any actions necessary to perform, that certain agreement (the “AMICO Agreement”), dated April 22, 2003, by and between ACMC and American Motorists Insurance Company (“AMICO”) to resolve the objection to confirmation filed by AMI-CO. No further notice of the AMICO Agreement need be given.

4.Approval of Plan Documents.

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