CIRCOR International, Inc.’s subsidiary, Leslie Controls, Inc., faced 1,214 open asbestos-related cases during the three months ended July 4, 2010, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 2, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
During the three months…
Smaller numbers of asbestos-related claims are pending against CIRCOR International, Inc.’s two other subsidiaries — Spence, the stock of which the Company acquired in 1984; and Hoke, the stock of which the Company acquired in 1998.
No other asbestos matters related…
CIRCOR International, Inc.’s subsidiary, Leslie Controls, Inc., recorded asbestos and bankruptcy charges of US$28,908,000 during the three months ended July 4, 2010, compared with US$3,443,000 during the three months ended June 28, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed…
CIRCOR International, Inc. says that as of July 4, 2010, it believes that the aggregate amount of indemnity (on a cash basis) remaining on subsidiary Leslie Controls, Inc.’s primary layer of asbestos insurance was about US$1.6 million.
However, after giving effect…
CIRCOR International, Inc. says the Bankruptcy Court scheduled a hearing for Aug. 9, 2010 on subsidiary Leslie Controls, Inc.’s request for a preliminary injunction that would bar the prosecution or commencement of asbestos claims until final approval of a Reorganization…
Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against Helen M. McCarthy, of Boxford, and her son James F. McCarthy, of Laconia, N.H., alleging that they illegally altered and filled protected wetlands and dumped solid waste…
Asbestos abatement at a facility in Wemelco Way, Easthampton, Mass., will cost about US$833,000, and the facility’s owners will pay over US$72,000 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, WWLP.com reports.
The EPA says that the soil behind the facility is contaminated…
According to fire officials, a block of Harrison Avenue in Boston is closed after a “glitch” in the asbestos cleanup process, the Boston Herald reports.
Fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald said crews working at the site of the steam pipe explosion…
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts, Central Division, issued rulings in the case styled Environmental Source Corporation, Plaintiff v. Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety; Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance; and Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, Defendants.
Bankruptcy Judge Melvin S.…
The removal of asbestos from old Newton North High School in Newton, Mass., is part of a US$10 million demolition project, the Mesothelioma Resource Center reports.
The demolition of the old Newton North High School will begin in the summer of…