A couple from Port Arthur, Tex., Floyd D. Gladden Jr. and Rebecca E. Gladden, on May 3, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 30 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Manufacturing and equipment defendants…
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division, denied Foster Wheeler LLC’s motion to strike and dismiss Paragraph 27 of Dennis and Suzanne Crowder’s asbestos- related complaint.
The case is styled Dennis Crowder and Suzanne Crowder, Plaintiffs v.…
Willie Mae Denson, on behalf of husband Elijah Denson Sr., filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against seven defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Sept. 17, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The defendants are A.O. Smith Corp., Babcock Borsig…
Ingersoll-Rand plc’s liability for asbestos-related matters was US$1.159 billion at June 30, 2009, compared with US$1.195 billion at Dec. 31, 2008.
The Company’s liability for asbestos related matters was US$1.179 billion at March 31, 2009. (Class Action Reporter, June 5, 2009)
The…
Certain wholly owned subsidiaries of Ingersoll-Rand plc are still named as defendants in asbestos-related lawsuits in state and federal courts.
In virtually all of the suits, a large number of other companies have also been named as defendants.
The vast majority of…
Robert and Betty Smith, on July 24, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 10 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The lawsuit alleges the Smiths claim Mr. Smith developed an asbestos-related disease during the…
Derrill and Carolyn Conley, on July 21, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 14 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The Conleys claim Mr. Conley developed an asbestos-related disease during the course of his…
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited says that its subsidiary, Trane Inc., continues to be in litigation against certain carriers whose policies it believes provide coverage for asbestos claims.
The insurance carriers named in this suit have challenged Trane’s right to recovery. Trane filed…
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited’s liability for asbestos related matters was US$1.179 billion at March 31, 2009, compared with US$1.195 billion at Dec. 31, 2008.
The Company’s asset for probable asbestos-related insurance recoveries totaled US$421 million at March 31, 2009, compared with US$423.8…
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…