Numerous lawsuits are pending against Pfizer in various federal and state courts seeking damages for alleged personal injury from exposure to products containing asbestos and other allegedly hazardous materials sold by Gibsonburg Lime Products Company.
Gibsonburg was acquired by the Company…
Pfizer Inc.’s Warner-Lambert subsidiary is actively engaged in the defense of, and will continue to explore various means to resolve, asbestos-related claims involving American Optical Corporation.
Between 1967 and 1982, Warner-Lambert owned AO, which manufactured and sold respiratory protective devices and…
Pfizer Inc.’s wholly owned Quigley Company, Inc. continues to be subject to asbestos-related exposure litigation.
Quigley was acquired by the Company in 1968 and sold small amounts of products containing asbestos until the early 1970s. In September 2004, the Company and…
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to lend its Quigley unit as much as US$65 million in cash to extend Quigley’s bankruptcy, potentially giving Pfizer more protection against claims for asbestos-related health issues, Bloomberg reports.
Quigley asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein for…
Pfizer Inc.’s Quigley Company, Inc. subsidiary, on April 6, 2011, filed a revised plan of reorganization and accompanying disclosure statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on…
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein ruled that Pfizer Inc.’s liability for alleged US$5 billion in claims for asbestos products made by its Quigley unit will be partly decided at Quigley’s bankruptcy trial, Bloomberg reports.
Judge Bernstein, on Sept. 23, 2009, began…
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…
Pfizer Inc.’s Quigley subsidiary said OneBeacon Insurance Co. agreed to pay more than US$16 million to resolve a dispute over asbestos liability, Bloomberg reports.
Quigley has been in bankruptcy since 2004. A Pfizer unit since 1968, Quigley no longer operates and…
Randy Gori, Esq., and Barry Julian, Esq., of Alton, Ill., on April 2, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against more than 200 businesses and state universities on behalf of Charles Childress, a Kentucky bricklayer, The Madison St. Clair Record reports.
The…
Pfizer Inc. faces lawsuits in federal and state courts seeking damages for alleged personal injury from exposure to products containing asbestos and other allegedly hazardous materials sold by Gibsonburg Lime Products Company.
Gibsonburg was acquired by the Company in the 1960s…