Crane Co., on Feb. 2, 2009, received an adverse verdict in the Dennis Woodard asbestos claim in Los Angeles, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2009.
The jury found…
The Illinois Supreme Court, on April 16, 2009, issued a ruling in favor of the defendants in the asbestos-related suit styled Clarence Nolan v. Weil-McLain, Business Insurance reports.
The Court ruled that jurors should have heard evidence of the plaintiff’s exposure…
U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno, on April 8, 2009, dismissed 444 asbestos-related lawsuits, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Judge Robreno, responsible for about 60,000 suits from around the nation, also set an April 21, 2009 hearing on another 686 suits. He…
Some residents of Alameda, Calif., are urging city officials to carry out more environmental tests on debris from a March 29, 2009 fire at the former U.S. Navy base after they said an independent laboratory found asbestos in a chunk…
The New South Wales Supreme Court in New South Wales, Australia, ruled that certain former managers and directors of James Hardie Industries N.V. breached corporations law over the Company’s restructure and establishment of an asbestos payout trust in 2001, ABC…
The Court of Appeals of Oregon upheld the ruling of the Multnomah County Circuit Court, which dismissed Suzann K. Mason’s asbestos-related lawsuit filed against General Electric Company.
The case is styled Suzanne K. Mason, personal representative of the estate of Thomas…
PPG Industries, Inc.’s asbestos settlement (under current liabilities) was US$484 million as of March 31, 2009, compared with US$579 million as of March 31, 2008, according to a Company press release dated April 16, 2009.
The Company’s asbestos settlement (under current…
Secal Laser Ltd and its managing director, Roger Lee Lavender, were fined GBP6,666 and ordered to pay GBP11,040 costs for an unlicensed removal of asbestos at a factory in Telford, Shropshire, England, the Safety & Health Practitioner reports.
Mr. Lavender instructed…
The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York, affirmed a July 24, 2007 ruling of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which ruled that Jerry Webb’s death was causally related to his occupational illness.
The case is styled In the Matter of…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, denied Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association’s (TPCIGA) petition to review a Benefits Review Board ruling, in an action involving asbestos exposure filed by Mary Pelaez on behalf of her late husband,…