Olin Corporation and its subsidiaries are still defendants in various legal actions (including proceedings based on alleged exposures to asbestos) incidental to its past and current business activities.
No other asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s quarterly report filed on…
Various lawsuits and claims (including asbestos-related actions) arising in the normal course of business are still pending against Mine Safety Appliances Company.
These lawsuits are primarily product liability claims. The Company is presently named as a defendant in about 2,500 lawsuits,…
Halliburton Company says that a brief in opposition to the petition for writ of certiorari, which was filed by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, is due on Aug. 18, 2010.
In June 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed against…
Crane Co.’s long-term asbestos liability was US$672,848,000 as of June 30, 2010, compared with US$720,713,000 as of Dec. 31, 2009, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2010.
The Company’s…
An inquest ruled that the death of Peter William Taylor, a retired gas fitter and steel worker from Great Broughton, Cumbria, England, was linked to workplace exposure to asbestos, News & Star reports.
Mr. Taylor died on Feb. 13, 2010 at…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, denied Kyle Meridieth’s Brief in Support of Seeking Judicial Review in a case involving asbestos styled Kyle Meridieth, Plaintiff v. Elaine I. Chao and the U.S. Department of Labor, Defendants.
District Judge Thomas…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirmed the Sept. 8, 2008 ruling of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, which denied Betty March Raby’s claim for entitlement to enhanced dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC)
The case is styled Betty March…
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, denied The Brock Group’s motion for summary judgment in a case styled Melissa Guerrero and Veronica Villareal, Plaintiffs v. The Brock Group a/k/a Brock Maintenance a/k/a Brock Specialty Group a/k/a…
Asbestos is found in the basement pipes of the firehouse in Bogota, N.J., NorthJersey.com reports.
In a January 2010 inspection, an official from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services noticed a possible case of asbestos on the basement…
According to fire officials, a block of Harrison Avenue in Boston is closed after a “glitch” in the asbestos cleanup process, the Boston Herald reports.
Fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald said crews working at the site of the steam pipe explosion…