Crane Co. is pursuing an appeal in the Chief Brewer asbestos- related lawsuit, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2010.
On May 16, 2008, the Company received an adverse…
The asbestos-related gross settlement and defense costs incurred (before insurance recoveries and tax effects) for Crane Co. totaled US$52 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and US$59.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009.
The gross…
A couple from Port Arthur, Tex., Floyd D. Gladden Jr. and Rebecca E. Gladden, on May 3, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 30 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Manufacturing and equipment defendants…
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 Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles reinstated the asbestos case filed by the family of Patrick O’Neil against Crane Co. and Warren Pumps Llc, the Courthouse News Service reports.
After Mr. Patrick O’Neil died of mesothelioma, his wife…
Bonnie Duncan, on behalf of her late husband Weldon F. Duncan, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 26 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Sept. 4, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mr. Duncan worked as an insulator and…
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…
Crane Co. says that it intends to pursue all available rights to appeal an asbestos verdict in favor of James Baccus, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2009.
On…
Crane Co. and Employers Mutual Casualty Company, by and through its managing general agent and attorney-in-fact Mutual Marine Office, Inc., entered into an asbestos-related “coverage-in- place” agreement on April 21, 2009.
Prior to 2005, a significant portion of the Company’s settlement…