The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the ruling of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, which held that the Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act is unconstitutional as applied to the Appellees in litigation involving American Optical Corporation.
The cases are…
Juanita Keith Hutto, on June 28, 2011, filed an asbestos lawsuit on behalf of Jimmie Jefferson Hutto against 18 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The defending companies named in the complaint are: A.W.…
The estate of Freeman Eugene Peart, on May 25, 2011, has filed an asbestos suit against American Optical Corporation and 34 other companies in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
According to the lawsuit, Mr. Peart lived…
Frances Jane Deculus, the widow of Milton Deculus, on May 26, 2011, filed an asbestos suit against American Optical Corporation and 14 other companies in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The other defendants named in the…
Jack Atkins on Aug. 9, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 20 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mr. Atkins claims he developed an asbestos-related disease different from the other non-malignant asbestos-related disease for…
Cleveland J. Savoy, on Nov. 5, 2009, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 38 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Defendants include A.O. Smith Corporation, A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical, AMETEK Inc., Babcock Borsig AG,…
Lynda Guillory, on behalf of her late father, Ameal Newman, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 31 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Oct. 1, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The defendants include: A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical…
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County, denied Milton B. Cross’ motion to dismiss an asbestos appeal filed by American Optical Corporation (AOC).
The case is styled Milton B. Cross, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. A-Best Products Co., et…
Alicia Kay Prichard, on behalf of Clevines Leleux, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 49 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on May 28, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Ms. Prichard claims that Mr. Leleux developed an asbestos- related…
Cabot Corporation continues to be party to cases, including asbestos-related, in connection with a safety respiratory products business that a subsidiary acquired from American Optical Corporation (AO) in an April 1990 asset purchase transaction.
The subsidiary manufactured respirators under the AO…