H. Benzie (Gregory J. Mayer, on the brief), Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, New York City, for Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., CIGNA Property and Cas. Ins. Co., Great American Ins. Co., Hartford Fire Ins. Co., U.S. Fire Ins. Co. (“Fulton Survivors”) and Continental Ins. Co. (“Continental”)., R. Brown (James E. Pratt, on the brief), Kirlin, Campbell, Meadows & Keating, New York City, for American S.S. Owners Mut. Protection and Indem. Ass’n, Inc. (“American Club”)., D. Dougherty, Kirlin, Campbell, Meadows & Keating, New York City, for Liverpool & London Mut. S.S. Protection and Indem. Associated Ltd. (“Liverpool & London”)., M. Corrigan (Nicholas Even, on the brief), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for Travelers Ins. Co. (“Travelers”)., A. Gropper, White & Case, New York City, for Creditors’ Committee (“Committee”)., J. Harwood and J. Kimball, Healy & Bail-lie, New York City, for United Kingdom Mut. S.S. Assur. Ass’n (Bermuda) Ltd. (“UK Club”)., W. Hogan (Alexander F. Vitale, on the brief), Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York City, for West of England Ship Owners Mut. Ins. Ass’n (‘West of England”)., A. Kellman, The Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic, Detroit, MI, for Asbestosis Claimants (“Claimants”)., M. Stern (Nancy J. Heller and Susan G. Wood, on the brief), Stern, Dubrow & Marcus, Maplewood, NJ, for U.S. Lines, Inc. and U.S. Lines (S.A.), Inc. Reorganization Trust (“Trust”)., G. Sullivan, Lilly Sullivan Purcell Barkan & Junge, P.C., New York City, for Assuran-ceforeningen Skuld (“Skuld”).