The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) handed the City of Central Point, Ore., a penalty of US$815 for violating several asbestos-related regulations, Asbestos.com reports.
Though a small amount of asbestos was found in the debris remaining from the…
Imperial Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Premix-Marbletite Manufacturing Co., is a defendant in five asbestos-related claims (two of which include the Company as a defendant).
These claims allege bodily injury due to exposure to asbestos contained in products manufactured in excess of 30…
Ameren Corporation and its subsidiaries, as of March 31, 2009, faced 69 asbestos-related lawsuits, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company and its subsidiaries, as of Dec. 31, 2008, faced 67 asbestos-related…
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in a case involving W. R. Grace & Co., was filed in April 2009.
In 2005, the NJDEP filed a lawsuit against the…
Magnetek, Inc.’s condensed consolidated statements of operations, for the nine-month period ended March 29, 2009 included, US$500,000 of income from the Federal-Mogul Corporation asbestos settlement trust in income from discontinued operations.
The Company has been named in asbestos-related lawsuits associated with…
W. R. Grace & Co., as of March 31, 2009, recorded about US$923 million in remaining asbestos excess coverage from 53 presently solvent insurers.
The Company estimates that eligible claims would have to exceed US$4 billion to access total coverage.
The Company…
NGA HoldCo, LLC says that asbestos has been determined to be present in the acoustic ceilings of about 216 of the original Eldorado Hotel and Casino’s older hotel rooms.
The Eldorado Hotel and Casino is located in Reno, Nev.
Removal of the…
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and subsidiary Baltimore Gas and Electric Company face 512 asbestos-related claims, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Since 1993, BGE and certain Company subsidiaries have been involved in several…
EnPro Industries, Inc. says that, at March 31, 2009, five asbestos appeals of its subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, were pending from adverse verdicts totaling US$2.7 million, up from US$2.2 million at Dec. 31, 2008 and US$1.4 million at Dec.…
Maureen Whitworth, a 71-year-old widow from Ashton, Manchester, England, won an eight-year legal battle for justice over her husband’s death stemming from exposure to asbestos, the Tameside Advertiser reports.
Mrs. Whitworth said she never expected any money and just wanted someone…