ASBESTOS UPDATE: Casey Injury Action V. Kaiser Settled on May 11

After a three-week trial and a half day of deliberations, a jury in San Francisco, on May 11, 2011, found Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., a manufacturer of joint compounds and wallboard materials, guilty of acting with oppression or malice by…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Court Issues Split Ruling in Silvestro Suit

The Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 8, issued split rulings in the asbestos case styled Doris Silvestro et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., Defendant and Appellant.

Judges Patricia A. Bigelow, Madeleine Flier, and O’Neill entered judgment…

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…