talc-v011-whittaker-bankruptcy-2026-001

Talc Evidence Atlas — release-gated evidence record. Status: qualified · Track: court_procedure · Modified 2026-09-04

The record

The Third Circuit held that Whittaker, Clark & Daniels properly filed for bankruptcy and that the successor-liability claims at issue were property of the debtors’ bankruptcy estates.

Claim scope

A precedential appellate holding on bankruptcy filing authority and estate-property treatment of the identified successor-liability claims.

What this source does not establish

The truth of background descriptions about talc or asbestos, product content, scientific causation, the merits of personal-injury claims, or liability for any party.

Limitations

Cite by docket numbers and filing date. The official GovInfo court-opinion record is used here; no reporter citation is asserted. The opinion is a procedural bankruptcy decision, not a product-science or merits adjudication.

Source

Precedential Bankruptcy Opinion — In re Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Nos. 24-2210, 24-2211 & 25-1044 (3d Cir. Apr. 27, 2026), concluding paragraph beginning “We conclude that Whittaker properly filed for bankruptcy”

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