ASBESTOS LITIGATION: 96.6T Claims Ongoing v. Goodyear at June 30

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company faced 96,600 pending asbestos claims during the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared with 99,000 pending claims during the year ended Dec. 31, 2008.

The Company faced 98,400 pending asbestos claims during the three…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Goodyear Tire Has 98,400 Claims at March 31

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company faced 98,400 pending asbestos claims during the three months ended March 31, 2009, compared with 99,000 claims during the year ended Dec. 31, 2008.

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company recorded…

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: Appeals Court OKs Goodyear Summary Judgment

The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County, upheld the ruling of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Clayton and…

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