Advance Auto Parts, Inc.’s Western Auto subsidiary has been named as a defendant in lawsuits alleging injury as a result of exposure to asbestos-containing products, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March…
An October 2009 trial is set for one of the claimants in asbestos-related litigation ongoing against Pride International, Inc.
Since 2004, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries have been named, along with numerous other defendants, in several complaints that have been filed…
The Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Fairfield, denied Viad Corporation’s motion for summary judgment in an asbestos-related lawsuit filed by David H. Fortier.
The case is styled David H. Fortier et al. v. A.O. Smith Corp. et al.
Judge Trial…
Several subsidiaries of Transocean Ltd. continue to face asbestos lawsuits filed in the Circuit Courts of the State of Mississippi.
In 2004, several of the Company’s subsidiaries were named in 21 complaints involving about 750 plaintiffs that alleged personal injury arising…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, denied Fernando Spencer’s petition, in a case involving asbestos filed against Warden M. Thomas Bragg.
The case is styled Fernando Spencer, Petitioner-Appellant v. Warden M. Thomas Bragg, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges Patrick E. Higginbotham, James L. Dennis,…
Sunoco, Inc. is still subject to legal and administrative proceedings over allegations of exposures of third parties to toxic substances like asbestos and benzene.
No further asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange…
United States Steel Corporation, as of Dec. 31, 2008, faced 450 active asbestos-related cases involving about 3,050 plaintiffs (claims), according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 24, 2009.
As of Sept. 30, 2008,…
An unnamed subsidiary of Transocean Ltd., as of Dec. 31, 2008, was a defendant in 1,008 asbestos-related lawsuits, according to the Company’s 2008 annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
As of Sept. 30, 2008, the subsidiary faced about…