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…
Foster Wheeler AG, as of March 31, 2009, estimated the value of its unsettled asbestos insurance asset related to ongoing litigation in New York state court with its subsidiaries’ insurers at US$25.9 million.
As of Dec. 26, 2008, the Company estimated…
Foster Wheeler AG’s subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, as of March 31, 2009, still faced 357 claims alleging personal injury arising from exposure to asbestos.
To date, 908 claims have been brought against the U.K. subsidiaries. None of the settled claims…
Foster Wheeler AG’s net asbestos-related provision was US$1,750,000 during the fiscal three months ended March 31, 2009, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company’s net asbestos-related provision was US$6,607,000 during the fiscal…
Foster Wheeler AG’s subsidiaries in the United States faced 131,010 open asbestos claims during the fiscal three months ended March 31, 2009, compared with 130,810 during the fiscal three months ended March 28, 2008.
The Company’s U.S. subsidiaries faced 130,760 open…
Foster Wheeler AG’s long-term asbestos-related liability was US$339,834,000 as of March 31, 2009, compared with US$355,779,000 as of Dec. 26, 2008.
The Company’s long-term asbestos-related insurance recovery receivable was US$273,430,000 as of March 31, 2009, compared with US$281,540,000 as of Dec.…
A jury in Bay County, Fla., on April 28, 2009, awarded US$995,600 in damages and medical bills to Betty McBride for the wrongful asbestos-related death of her husband, Woodrow McBride, the News Herald reports.
Trial in the case began on April…
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, denied Michael Curry’s motion to remand an asbestos action (to the Supreme Court of the State of New York) filed against Foster Wheeler and other defendants.
The case is styled Michael Curry,…
The family of Gerald C. Taylor Sr., of Nederland, Tex., filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 57 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court on March 2, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
On behalf of herself and Florenda Gale Gonzales and…