ASBESTOS LITIGATION: General Motors Has $627M March 31 Liability

General Motors Corporation’s liability for asbestos-related matters was US$627 million at March 31, 2009, US$648 million at Dec. 31, 2008 and US$628 million at March 31, 2008.

The Company has been subject to asbestos-related claims in recent years. While it has…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Surgers’ Lawsuit Filed v. 82 Firms in Texas

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…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Grenier Lawsuit v. GM, Ford Motor Remanded

The Supreme Court of Delaware remanded an asbestos lawsuit filed by Roland Leo Grenier, Sr. against General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company for a Superior Court judge to reconsider admissibility of plaintiffs’ experts’ opinions.

The case is styled General Motors…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Rulings Issued in Dufour’s Lawsuit in Miss.

The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Southern Division, issued several rulings in the asbestos lawsuit filed by Douglas and Valerie Dufour against various defendants including Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation.

The case is styled Valerie Dufour, et…

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