The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted motions filed by John Crane, Inc. and other moving defendants in an asbestos case filed by Emmett Wingfield.
The case, which is part of In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI),…
DeLuca & Nemeroff, a Dallas-based law firm, announced a US$7.55 million jury verdict on behalf of a Louisiana man who was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma following decades of working around asbestos-containing materials at two manufacturing plants, according to a Delucca…
Circuit Judge Scott Drazewski of McLean County, Ill., substituting for McLean County Circuit Judge Michael Prall during deliberations, announced a mistrial on July 16, 2010, regarding an asbestos conspiracy among various corporations, The Madison/St. Clair Record reports.
A single juror rejected…
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.…
Tommy J. and Linda Harrell, on Aug. 31, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 36 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Defendants in the suit include Afton Pumps Inc., Amerflex Rubber and Gasket, AMETEK…
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota issued split rulings in the asbestos-related lawsuit styled Dennis Newinski, et al., Respondents v. John Crane, Inc., Appellant.
Judges Kevin G. Ross, Heidi S. Schellhas, and Michelle Ann Larkin entered judgment in Case No. A08-1715…
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…
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County, affirmed the ruling of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which granted three evidentiary rulings that preceded a jury verdict in favor of John Crane, Inc., in an asbestos…
The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division, affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County, in asbestos insurance litigation involving John Crane Inc.
Judges Michael P. Toomin, Fitzgerald Smith, and O’Mara Frossard entered judgment in Case Nos.…
The family of Gerald Gray, a retired U.S. Navy sailor who died of mesothelioma, on June 15, 2009, was awarded US$1.2 million against John Crane, Inc., the Daily Press reports.
Mr. Gray, of Suffolk, Va., died on April 16, 2009 at…