Alicia Kay Prichard, on behalf of Clevines Leleux, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 49 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on May 28, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Ms. Prichard claims that Mr. Leleux developed an asbestos- related…
Linda Dale Baggett McLemore, Larry Donald Baggett and Hazel Baggett (on behalf of Lawrence Baggett) filed an asbestos lawsuit against 33 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on May 20, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The defendants include…
Crane Co.’s long-term asbestos liability was US$820,447,000 as of March 31, 2009, compared with US$839,496,000 as of Dec. 31, 2008, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2009.
The Company’s…
Crane Co.’s long-term asbestos insurance receivable was US$244,956,000 as of March 31, 2009, compared with US$260,660,000 as of Dec. 31, 2008, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2009.
The…
Crane Co. continues to pursue an appeal in the adverse verdict in the Chief Brewer asbestos claim in Los Angeles, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2009.
On May…
Crane Co., on Feb. 2, 2009, received an adverse verdict in the Dennis Woodard asbestos claim in Los Angeles, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2009.
The jury found…
The gross asbestos settlement and defense costs incurred (before insurance recoveries and tax effects) for Crane Co. totaled US$22.3 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 and US$$22.5 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2008.
The gross…
Crane Co. says that it intends to pursue all available rights to appeal an adverse verdict in the James Baccus asbestos claim in Philadelphia.
On March 14, 2008, the Company received the adverse verdict in the Baccus claim, with compensatory damages…
Crane Co. faced 75,266 asbestos claims during the three months ended March 31, 2009, compared with 81,103 claims during the three months ended March 31, 2008, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange…
Alfredene Surgers, on behalf of her late husband Joseph Wayne Surgers, on March 23, 2009, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Some of the 82 defendants in the suit are A.W. Chesterton…