CSX Transportation Inc. worker, Ricky May, has agreed to testify against his former lawyers, The West Virginia Record reports.
Mr. May had received US$8,000 from CSX to settle an asbestos exposure suit that he filed with an X-ray of another man’s…
Robert and Betty Smith, on July 24, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 10 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The lawsuit alleges the Smiths claim Mr. Smith developed an asbestos-related disease during the…
Honeywell International Inc.’s asbestos-related litigation charges, net of insurance, were US$37 million during the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared with US$34 million during the three months ended June 30, 2008.
The Company’s asbestos-related litigation charges, net of insurance, amounted…
Halliburton Company says that, as of June 30, 2009, the Company had not accrued any amounts related to a matter (involving asbestos liabilities) concerning the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund (AMSF).
In June 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed against…
The Mosaic Company, in 2009, recorded about US$40 million in asset retirement obligations (ARO), which generally include the removal and disposition of non-friable asbestos, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24,…
Crane Co. says that it intends to pursue all available rights to appeal an asbestos verdict in favor of James Baccus, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2009.
On…
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation faced 1,750 asbestos claims during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, compared with 1,800 claims during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008.
The Company faced 1,822 unresolved asbestos claims at…
W. R. Grace & Co. says that expenses related to its Chapter 11 proceedings, net of filing entity interest income, were US$8 million in the second quarter of 2009, compared with US$18 million in the second quarter 2008, according to…
PPG Industries, Inc., for over 30 years, continues to be a defendant in lawsuits involving claims alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2009.
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U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson, on July 21, 2009, reversed her own September 2008 asbestos-related ruling, which had favored Families for Asbestos Compliance, Testing, and Safety (FACTS), the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
In the September 2008 ruling, Judge Jackson ruled for…