Mealey's ( January 27, 2016, 10:47 AM EST) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Frequent asbestos personal injury defendant John Crane Inc. on Jan. 25 sought permission in North Carolina federal court to intervene in two fraud and racketeering cases filed by Chapter 11 debtor Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC against plaintiff law firms and attorneys in order to pursue its own fraud claims against the firms (Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, et al. v. Shein Law Center, Ltd., et al., No. 14-137, Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, et al. v. Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, APLC, et al., No. 14-116, W.D. N.C.)....