Enstar Group Limited anticipates that it will continue to be subject to litigation and arbitration proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including litigation generally related to the scope of coverage with respect to asbestos and environmental claims.
No other asbestos-related…
A total of 415 asbestos property damage claims (following the reclassification, withdrawal or expungement of claims) remain outstanding against W. R. Grace & Co.
The plaintiffs in asbestos property damage lawsuits generally seek to have the defendants pay for the cost…
Doctors, hospice workers and members of the public turned out to the third annual Barrow Asbestos-Related Disease Support Conference on May 22, 2009, the North-West Evening Mail reports.
Speakers at the event were keen to convey the number of asbestos-related deaths…
IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.’s subsidiary, Indiana Power & Light Company, still faced 114 asbestos lawsuits as of both March 31, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2008.
These suits allege personal injury or wrongful death stemming from exposure to asbestos and asbestos containing products…
Two men were injured on May 26, 2009 during an asbestos removal job at the Hotel Clovis in Clovis, N.M., the Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
Closed since 1983, the hotel is currently receiving a US$13 million renovation that will…
W. R. Grace & Co.’s total estimated liability for asbestos remediation related to its former vermiculite operations in Libby, Mont. (including the cost of remediation at vermiculite processing sites outside of Libby), was US$47.7 million at March 31, 2009 and…
M & F Worldwide Corp., as of March 31, 2009, has not incurred and does not expect to incur material amounts related to asbestos-related claims not subject certain arrangements (Remaining Claims).
The Company’s non-operating contingent claims are generally associated with its…
An inquest heard that the death of 71-year-old fell runner, James Tyson, was linked to exposure to asbestos during his working life, the North-West Evening Mail reports.
Mr. Tyson died in January 2009 of asbestos-related lung cancer.
Mr. Tyson’s son, Neil Tyson,…
Empire State Development, on May 21, 2009, awarded a US$34.1 million contract to Cambria Contracting Inc. in Lockport, N.Y., to remove asbestos from Midtown Plaza, the Democrat and Chronicle reports.
Empire State also awarded a separate US$1.69 million contract to Rochester,…
EnPro Industries, Inc. subsidiary Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC’s new asbestos settlement commitments in the first quarter of 2009 were US$22.5 million, up from US$8.2 million in the first quarter of 2008.
Garlock settles and disposes of actions on a regular basis.…