American Benefits Ltd

The final chapter was written Thursday in the 1982 bankruptcy of Tarzana-based American Benefits Ltd.--and it may mean a happy ending at last for several thousand workers still holding unpaid health insurance claims. Lawrence A. Diamant, the Los Angeles attorney who supervised liquidation of the company, announced a tentative settlement of $2.

The final chapter was written Thursday in the 1982 bankruptcy of Tarzana-based American Benefits Ltd.--and it may mean a happy ending at last for several thousand workers still holding unpaid health insurance claims. Lawrence A. Diamant, the Los Angeles attorney who supervised liquidation of the company, announced a tentative settlement of $2.

Monte A. Krissman, an attorney best known publicly as a court-appointed receiver who supervised the remaining assets of bankrupt and failing companies, died Saturday. He was 45 and had cancer. A graduate of Stanford University, Krissman worked for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles. From there he became a vice president and director of Jefferies & Co. Inc., a large securities brokerage firm.