A number of sealed documents in Garlock Sealing Technologies' chapter 11 bankruptcy accidentally got out, and now a federal judge has ordered them destroyed, the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle reported today. In an order dated Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge George R. Hodges said that anyone who on March 27 or 28 downloaded particular transcripts from the court's electronic case files system to destroy them. The transcripts were from hearings held in the summer of 2013 as part of the Palmyra manufacturer's bankruptcy and had to do with estimating how much company Garlock might have to reasonably pay in coming years to settle any asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits.
