Wilshire Enterprises, Inc. says that, on or about July 31, 2009, James Robert Soprito, individually and as successor-in-interest to Josephine Soprito, as Decedent; Cindy Maguglin and Donna Tryon (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed a Complaint for Damages in the Superior Court of…
In a Congoleum Corporation press release dated Dec. 9, 2009, the Company reported that it asked the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to adjourn the hearing on the disclosure statement with respect to the pending Second…
Building Materials Corporation of America says that, on Nov. 17, 2009, its indirect parent G-I Holdings Inc.’s Eighth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization became effective.
With the effectiveness of the Eighth Amended Joint Plan, all of the actions have been resolved…
Colonial Commercial Corp. says that, as of Sept. 30, 2009, there were 11 plaintiffs in asbestos lawsuits relating to alleged sales of asbestos products, or products containing asbestos, by Hilco, Inc.
The Company says that, as of June 30, 2009, there…
Colonial Commercial Corp.’s subsidiary, Universal Supply Group, Inc., as of Sept. 30, 2009, faced asbestos cases with eight plaintiffs.
Universal Supply, as of June 30, 2009, faced asbestos cases with 13 plaintiffs. (Class Action Reporter, Aug. 21, 2009)
In the past, Universal…
Colonial Commercial Corp. says that, as of Sept. 30, 2009, a plaintiff in an asbestos injury lawsuit had its action against Company subsidiary, The RAL Supply Group, Inc., dismissed.
The Company’s RAL subsidiary and other companies had been sued in the…
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (or its subsidiaries) continues to face a number of lawsuits that allege injury from exposure to asbestos.
To date, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have been found liable or paid any material sum of money in settlement in…
K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. says that the remaining asbestos lawsuit, filed against affiliate EW Transportation LLC, has been administratively dismissed, which means that it remains active for routine matters not requiring a formal hearing.
EW Transportation LLC and its predecessors have…
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, affirmed the ruling of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County, which denied Scapa Dryer Fabrics Inc.’s motion for a new trial in consolidated asbestos-related litigation.
Judges Carchman, Sabatino, and…
Prosecutors said on Sept. 8, 2009, that John Deck, the owner of New Jersey-based J.A.D. Inc., admitted in U.S. District Court to obtaining a false state permit allowing asbestos dumping at an illegal landfill, the Observer-Dispatch reports.
The illegal landfill in…