ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Court OKs Partial Dismissal in Watts Action

The Superior Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk County, allowed defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Count IV of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint, in the case styled Watts Water Technologies, Inc. & Watts Regulator Company v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company & others (Travelers Indemnity Company,…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Seltmann’s Action v. Watts, Others Remanded

The U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, granted Dorothy Seltmann’s Motion to Remand an asbestos-related lawsuit filed against Watts Water Technologies, Inc. and other defendants.

The case is styled Dorothy Seltmann, et al., Plaintiff v. A.W. Chesterton Co., et al.,…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Watts Facing 105 Lawsuits in Miss., Calif.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. is facing 105 lawsuits in different jurisdictions, with the greatest number filed in Mississippi and California state courts, alleging injury or death as a result of exposure to asbestos.

The complaints in these cases typically name a…