Crane Co. says that, on June 30, 2009, a California court advised that the Company’s motion in the Dennis Woodard claim was granted.
Judgment was entered in favor of the Company.
On Feb. 2, 2009, the Company received an adverse verdict in…
Asbestos claims against Crane Co. dropped to 71,420 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 from 81,979 claims during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008.
The Company faced 75,266 asbestos claims during the three months…
The Colorado Court of Appeals, Division A, remanded a class action case involving asbestos, filed against Unocal Corporation, Unocal Pipeline Company, and Union Oil Company of California (collectively Unocal).
The case is styled Richard Jackson, Mary Jackson, Thomas Fehringer, Robert Hradecky,…
According to figures supplied by the South Korean Education Ministry, asbestos was found in 99.1 percent (3,128 out of 3,158) of kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high schools inspected by the Ministry, The Korea Herald reports.
The Ministry finished its inspection of…
Derrill and Carolyn Conley, on July 21, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 14 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The Conleys claim Mr. Conley developed an asbestos-related disease during the course of his…
Sensus USA Inc. (f/k/a Sensus Metering Systems Inc.) continues to face several lawsuits filed related to illnesses from exposure to asbestos or asbestos-containing products.
The complaints fail to specify which plaintiffs allegedly were involved with the Company’s products, and because the…
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants seven non-executive directors and three former executives of James Hardie Industries N.V. banned from Company directorship for at least five year each and fined a total of AUD2.8 million to AUD3.4 million,…
The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York, granted a Motion to Vacate, in an action styled Eugene Charlop, Plaintiff-Respondent v. A.O. Smith Water Products, et al., Defendants, Kohler Co., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges Peter Tom, David Friedman, Catterson, Karla Moskowitz, and…
The Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Fairfield, issued ruling over compensation in the case styled David Fortier et al. v. A.O. Smith Corp. et al.
Judge David R. Tobin entered judgment in Case Nos. FBTBA0650005849S, FBTBA0650005848S on May 21,…
An appellate court, during the second quarter of 2009, upheld the Supreme Court of New York, County of New York’s ruling in favor of Honeywell International Inc.
In the second quarter of 2006, Travelers Casualty and Insurance Company filed a lawsuit…