Craig Hirsch, on Sept. 12, 2011, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 41 defendant corporations in St. Clair County Circuit Court, Ill., The Madison/St. Clair Record reports.
Mr. Hirsch’s case is St. Clair County Circuit Court Case No. 11-L-511.
Mr. Hirsch is represented…
Most of the asbestos litigation Ford Motor Company is party to involve individuals who claim to have worked on the brakes of its vehicles over the years.
Asbestos was used in some brakes, clutches, and other automotive components from the early…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted Ford Motor Company and Honeywell International Inc.’s request for information contained in the claims submitted Shirley Shepherd to bankruptcy trusts.
The case is styled Shirley Shepherd v. Pneumo-Abex, LLC, et al.
U.S. Magistrates…
The Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County, denied Ford Motor Company’s Motion for Reargument of Decision in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Barry Urian.
The case is styled Barry Urian, Plaintiff v. Ford Motor Company, et al., Defendants.
Judge Johnston entered…
The Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 8, issued split rulings in a case involving asbestos styled John Russell et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges Tricia A. Bigelow, Madeleine Flier and Elizabeth A. Grimes…
The Supreme Court of Delaware upheld the Superior Court of the State of Delaware’s decision, which ruled in favor of Roland Leo Grenier, Sr., in an asbestos case filed against General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company.
The case is styled…
A jury in Jefferson County Circuit Court in Jefferson County, Ky., returned a verdict in favor of Ford Motor Company and Garlock Sealing Technologies after a trial in which James Rehm, a former millwright, said he developed mesothelioma from exposure…
The West Australian Court of Appeal, on June 26, 2009, ruled in Ford Motor Company’s favor, saying the Company only had to pay between 50 and 60 percent of mechanic Antonino Lo Presti’s legal fees for his asbestos claim, the…
Tony Lo Presti’s lawyers argue that the Ford Motor Company should pay the legal costs for Mr. Lo Presti’s trial, ABC News reports.
In 2008, Mr. Lo Presti was awarded AUD840,000 after a judge found that the Company’s negligence caused his…
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…