The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted Viad Corporation and Railroad Friction Products Corporation’s Motions for Summary Judgment in an asbestos- related suit filed by George Corson and Freda Jung Corson.
The case is styled Kurns, et al., Plaintiffs…
Entergy Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries faced about 500 asbestos exposure lawsuits involving about 6,000 claimants, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009.
Company subsidiaries faced about 600 asbestos-related lawsuits…
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County, affirmed the ruling of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which administratively dismissed the asbestos claims of Jack E. Riedel, Danny R. Six, and Josephine Weldy in litigation involving…
An unnamed federal judge issued an arrest warrant for Albania DeLeon, a Massachusetts business owner, who was convicted of falsifying training records of asbestos workers, the Boston Herald reports.
The 39-year-old Ms. DeLeon was found guilty of selling fake safety training…
American International Group, Inc.’s gross asbestos reserves for liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense were US$3.443 billion during the year ended Dec. 31, 2008, compared with US$3.864 billion during the year ended Dec. 31, 2007.
The Company’s gross asbestos…
Lorillard, Inc. says that, as of Feb. 20, 2009, seven asbestos- related Filter Cases are scheduled for trial, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009.
Trial dates are subject to change.
As…
Sealed Air Corporation continues to be a party to W. R. Grace & Co.’s asbestos-related lawsuits in Canadian courts.
In November 2004, the Company’s Canadian subsidiary Sealed Air (Canada) Co./Cie learned that it had been named a defendant in the case…
General Cable Corporation, which faced asbestos litigation for about 20 years, was a defendant in 34,730 lawsuits as of Dec. 31, 2008, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009.
Also, 33,489…
According to statistics compiled by Tokyo-based Ban Asbestos Network Japan (BANJAN), about 44 percent of Japanese people who have died of mesothelioma received compensation or other relief, The Mainichi Daily News reports.
BANJAN is a network of civic groups and labor…
Sealed Air Corporation continues to be involved in the case styled Senn v. Hickey, et al. (Case No. 03-CV-4372), filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark).
This lawsuit, filed on Sept. 15, 2003, seeks class…