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”