ASBESTOS UPDATE: Parker Drilling, Units Still Facing Miss. Cases

Parker Drilling Company and certain of its subsidiaries are still defendants in asbestos-related lawsuits filed in the Circuit Courts of the State of Mississippi.

In August 2004, the Company was notified that certain of its subsidiaries have been named, along with…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Transocean Ltd. Still Has Cases in Mississippi

Certain of Transocean Ltd.’s subsidiaries continue to be defendants in asbestos exposure lawsuits in the Circuit Courts of the State of Mississippi.

In 2004, several of the Company’s subsidiaries were named in 21 complaints filed on behalf of 769 plaintiffs in…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Defense Verdict Announced in Union Carbide Case

The law firm of Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP announces a take-nothing defense verdict in a Mississippi asbestos exposure lawsuit in favor of Union Carbide Corporation and two other defendants, including ConocoPhillips Company and Montello, Inc., according to…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Guy & Brock Summary Judgment Denied in Harried

The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Western Division, denied the first Motion for Summary Judgment filed by William Guy and Thomas Brock (Guy and Brock) in an asbestos case involving Willie R. Harried.

The case is styled Illinois Central…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Miss. Jury Denies Westrope’s Injury Action

A jury in Claiborne County, Miss., ruled that three companies do not owe Eugene Westrope of Hazlehurst, Miss., anything for his claims that he suffered from silicosis after using their products, ClaimsJournal.com reports.

Lawyers for the 73-year-old Mr. Westrope asked jurors…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Katy Ind. Records 2700 Sterling Fluid Cases

Katy Industries, Inc. says that Sterling Fluid Systems (USA) has tendered about 2,700 asbestos cases to the Company for defense and indemnification.

These cases are pending in Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Nevada, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Kentucky,…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Transocean Still Faces Suits in Mississippi

Certain subsidiaries of Transocean Ltd. continue to face asbestos exposure lawsuits in the Circuit Courts of the State of Mississippi.

In 2004, several of the Company’s subsidiaries were named, along with numerous unaffiliated defendants, in 21 complaints involving 750 plaintiffs that…

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