Judges on the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday appeared cautious of Aearo Applied sciences’ bid to halt litigation in opposition to its father or mother firm 3M over allegedly faulty army earplugs because the subsidiary goes via Chapter 11 reorganization.
Choose Frank Easterbrook poked at Aearo’s argument {that a} decrease court docket decide failed to contemplate exceptions to a Chapter Code rule limiting automated stays to claims in opposition to debtors.