A second asbestos lawsuit on behalf of James Lee Purks was filed against 18 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Aug. 4, 2011, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The suit was filed by James Purks’ family (Patricia, Robert,…
A subsidiary of Crown Holdings, Inc., Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., during the three months ended March 31, 2010, faced about 51,000 outstanding asbestos claims, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on May 10, 2010 with the Securities…
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…
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…
Crown Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., still faced 50,000 outstanding asbestos claims during the six months ended June 30, 2009.
During the six months ended June 30, 2009, Crown Cork received about 1,000 new claims and settled…
Crown Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., is still involved in asbestos-related lawsuits in Texas courts.
In June 2003, the State of Texas enacted legislation that limits the asbestos-related liabilities in Texas courts of companies like Crown Cork…
Crown Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary, Crown Cork & Seal Company, is still involved in asbestos-related lawsuits in Pennsylvania courts.
In December 2001, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted legislation that limits the asbestos-related liabilities of Pennsylvania corporations that are successors by corporate merger…
Robert and Betty Smith, on July 24, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 10 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The lawsuit alleges the Smiths claim Mr. Smith developed an asbestos-related disease during the…
Crown Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary, Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., continues to face 50,000 outstanding asbestos-related claims at March 31, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2009.
Crown Cork still…