Texas firm at center of asbestos fraud case seeks summary judgment

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) — A Houston firm alleged to have made inconsistent claims about the origin of a client’s mesothelioma is now asking a U.S. bankruptcy court to enter a summary judgment in its favor.

However, the company being sued over a rare type of asbestos — Garlock Sealing Technologies — is opposing the motion.

Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas LLP — the Houston firm founded by John Eddie Williams Jr. — sued Garlock in 2008 in a Texas state court, alleging that client John Phillips’ illness was caused by a rare type of asbestos called crocidolite that came solely from Garlock’s products.

Read the full story on Legal Newsline ...