( April 10, 2025, 8:31 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia federal bankruptcy judge wrongly approved an injunction that bars asbestos claims as part of an $18 million settlement between Chapter 11 debtor Hopeman Brothers Inc. and excess insurers because the settlement’s “nonconsensual third party release and non-debtor discharge and corresponding injunction . . . violate recent Supreme Court precedent,” mesothelioma claimants argue in their opening brief on appeal of the settlement to a federal district court....