The Supreme Court of Kentucky reversed the ruling of the Court of Appeals in a case involving asbestos styled CertainTeed Corporation, Appellant v. Ava Nell Dexter, Individually; and James M. Dexter, Executor of the Estate of James G. Dexter, Appellees.
Judges…
An asbestos case styled Carolyn Sue Wilkinson and Richard Wilkinson vs. A.W. Chesterton Company, Certainteed Corporation, FMC Corporation et al was filed on July 28, 2010 in Kanawha County Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.
The Wilkinsons claim the…
The Court of Appeal, First District, Division 1, California, affirmed the ruling of the San Francisco City & County Superior Court, which granted summary judgment in favor of CertainTeed Corporation in an asbestos lawsuit filed by the wife and children…
A Central District Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded more than US$8.8 million in asbestos-related damages and US$200 million in punitive damages to Rhoda and Bobby Evans, according to a Levin Simes Kaiser & Gornick LLP press release dated…
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…
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…
An asbestos lawsuit by Gilbert L. Harper and his wife, Bonita L. Harper, against 18 defendant corporations was filed on Aug. 25, 2009 in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Defendants include: A.O. Smith Corporation, A.W. Chesterton…
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s subsidiary in the United States, CertainTeed Corporation, faced 67,000 outstanding asbestos claims at June 30, 2009, compared with 68,000 claims at Dec. 31, 2008, according to a Company press release dated July 23, 2009.
CertainTeed faced 70,000 asbestos-related…
The Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 1, California, granted a petition filed by Jose and Virginia Valdez in a case filed against The Superior Court of San Diego County, Respondent; Certainteed Corporation et al., Real Parties in Interest.
Judges Patricia…