City Sanitation, LLC v. Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC

In an appeal from a judgment of the Bankruptcy court approving a proposed settlement, judgment is affirmed where: 1) the disputed claims are commercial tort claims; 2) the bankruptcy trustee had exclusive standing to pursue and settle such claims; 3) the appellant, by failing to comply with Bankruptcy Rule 8006, waived its theory of abandonment; and 4) the court’s approval of the proposed settlement was within its discretion.