Loewen Group, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $2,029 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $8,347 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 16,700
• Sub-industry: 72 Personal Services
• Place of incorporation: Canada
• Court for city of headquarters: Outside United States
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Jones Day
• Date of filing: June 1, 1999
• Judge at filing: data not available
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 99-01244
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: December 5, 2001
• Judge at disposition: Peter J. Walsh
• Days from filing to disposition: 918

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile