ASBESTOS UPDATE: Peirce Clients Encouraged to See Pulmonologists

Circuit Judge Arthur Recht of Wheeling, W.Va., on Sept. 14, 2009, ruled that every client of Robert Peirce, Esq., who intends to pursue an asbestos case against CSX Transportation Inc. in West Virginia, must consult with a pulmonologist, not a…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Tenn. Court Reverses Ruling in Hensley Lawsuit

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court for Hamilton County in an asbestos-related lawsuit involving Thurston Hensley and CSX Transportation Inc.

The case is styled Thurston Hensley v. CSX Transportation Inc.

Judges Charles D. Susano, Jr.,…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: CSX’s Summary Judgment Bid Denied in Breedlove

The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, denied CSX Transportation Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in an asbestos case filed by William Breedlove.

The case is styled William Breedlove, Plaintiff v. CSX Transp. Corp., Defendant.

District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno entered…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Stamp Dismisses CSX’s Action v. Harron, Peirce

U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp dismissed an asbestos fraud case filed by CSX Transportation Inc. against Dr. Ray Harron (a Bridgeport, W.Va.-based radiologist), Robert Peirce, Esq., and Louis Raimond, Esq.

The trial was supposed to get underway on Sept. 15, 2009,…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Ricky May to Testify Against Former Lawyers

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…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Baylor “Unaware” of CSX Transportation Case

Lawyers in Earl Baylor’s deposition say they found that Mr.

Baylor knew next to nothing about his asbestos case against

CSX Transportation Inc., The Madison St. Clair Record reports.

On June 16, 2009, CSX lawyer Marc Williams, Esq., of Huntington,

W.Va., wrote to Judge…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: 4 Workers’ FELA Action Filed May 29 in Ill.

Four former railroad workers (Gerald Abbott, Thomas Wright, Ronald Franklin, and Carl Cory), on May 29, 2009, filed an asbestos-related Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) lawsuit against five defendants corporations in St. Clair County Circuit Court, Ill., The Madison St.…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: CSX Partial Summary Judgment Filed April 6

CSX Transportation Inc., on April 6, 2009, asked U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp for partial summary judgment against Robert Gilkison and the firm of Peirce, Raimond and Coulter, The West Virginia Record reports.

CSX pleaded in federal court that it has…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Peirce Law Firm Blamed for Asbestos Forgery

CSX Transportation Inc.’s attorney Marc Williams, Esq., in a March 18, 2009 report to Circuit Judge Arthur Recht, traced a forgery to asbestos plaintiff, Huntington, W.Va.-based Rodney Chambers, but blamed the law firm of Peirce, Raimond and Coulter, The West…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: CSX, MeadWestvaco Summary Judgment Affirmed

The Supreme Court of Alabama upheld the ruling of the St. Clair Circuit Court, which granted summary judgment in favor of MeadWestvaco Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., in asbestos litigation filed by Sheila Henderson on behalf of her husband, Tony…

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