Ensco plc and certain current and former subsidiaries are still defendants, along with numerous other third-party companies as co-defendants, in three multi-party asbestos-related lawsuits filed in Mississippi.
Filed during 2004, the lawsuits sought an unspecified amount of monetary damages on behalf…
Ashland Inc’s long-term asbestos litigation reserve was US$899 million as of March 31, 2010, compared with US$796 million as of March 31, 2009, according to a Company press release dated April 27, 2010.
The Company’s noncurrent asbestos litigation reserve was US$906…
ABB Ltd’s total asbestos-related provisions amounted to US$53 million as of March 31, 2010, the same as for the period ended Dec. 31, 2009.
Of the US$53 million as of both March 31, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2009, about US$28 million…
CSR Limited won an appeal against an Australian court ruling that had blocked plans to spin-off the Company’s sugar business, Bloomberg reports.
The Company is Australia’s second largest building products manufacturer.
The appeal judges considered that an “error” was made in the…
Michael Beard, on behalf of Claris J. Beard Jr., on April 16, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 25 defendant Corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Michael Beard filed the second asbestos lawsuit. Claris J.…
The U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland Division, granted Patrick and Mary Dunkin’s motion to remand an asbestos-related lawsuit.
The case is styled Patrick Dunkin, et al., Plaintiff v. A.W. Chesterton Co., et al., Defendants.
District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong…
Some 1,000 asbestos claims were filed against Compagnie de Saint- Gobain’s subsidiary in the United States, CertainTeed Corporation, in first-quarter 2010, in line with the number of claims filed in the three months to March 31, 2009.
Taking into account some…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirmed the May 22, 2008 ruling of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, which ruled against Mary Lou Molina in an asbestos-related compensation claim involving veteran Melvin R. Castello.
The case is styled Mary…
The Supreme Court of North Dakota affirmed the ruling of the District Court of Morton County, South Central Judicial District, which granted summary judgment in favor of defendants in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Shirley Mertz on behalf of her…
Roy Windsor, the widower of Margaret Windsor, a former factory worker who was exposed to asbestos, is appealing for Mrs. Windsor’s former colleagues to help in his fight for compensation, The Sentinel reports.
Mrs. Windsor died at the age of 73…