The Dow Chemical Company’s non-current asbestos liabilities were US$800 million as of March 31, 2009, compared with US$824 million as of Dec. 31, 2008, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on…
BorgWarner Inc. and certain of its other historical general liability insurers still face an asbestos-related declaratory judgment action filed by Continental Casualty Company and related companies (CNA).
The suit was filed in January 2004 in the Circuit Court of Cook County,…
BorgWarner Inc. faced about 24,000 pending asbestos product liability claims as of March 31, 2009, compared with 27,000 claims as of Dec. 31, 2008, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30,…
The presence of asbestos and lead-based paint poses problems in the sale of the former Tecumseh Products Company plant in Tecumseh, Mich., to Consolidated Biscuit Company, The Daily Telegram reports.
Tecumseh Economic Development Director Paula Holtz said at the April 6,…
Tony Lo Presti’s lawyers argue that the Ford Motor Company should pay the legal costs for Mr. Lo Presti’s trial, ABC News reports.
In 2008, Mr. Lo Presti was awarded AUD840,000 after a judge found that the Company’s negligence caused his…
TriMas Corporation, as of Dec. 31, 2008, was a party to 784 pending asbestos-related cases involving an aggregate of 7,524 claimants, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2009.
As of Sept.…
The Supreme Court of Delaware remanded an asbestos lawsuit filed by Roland Leo Grenier, Sr. against General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company for a Superior Court judge to reconsider admissibility of plaintiffs’ experts’ opinions.
The case is styled General Motors…
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Southern Division, issued several rulings in the asbestos lawsuit filed by Douglas and Valerie Dufour against various defendants including Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation.
The case is styled Valerie Dufour, et…
Certain subsidiaries of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. continue to be subject to asbestos-related claims, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 20, 2009.
These claims seek damages for illnesses alleged to have resulted…