Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries are still party to claims over the exposure of asbestos and silica to seamen who sailed on the Great Lakes vessels formerly owned and operated by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries.
The…
Dana Holding Corporation, at June 30, 2010, had recorded US$58 million as an asset for probable recovery from its insurers for the pending and projected asbestos personal injury liability claims, unchanged from the asset at Dec. 31, 2009, according to…
Dana Holding Corporation had about 31,000 active pending asbestos personal injury liability claims at June 30, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on July 29, 2010, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About 11,000 mostly…
AK Steel Holding Corporation’s subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation (or its predecessor, Armco Inc.), since 1990, has been named as a defendant in numerous lawsuits alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos.
As of Dec. 31, 2009, there were…
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company recorded US$5 million of expense related to asbestos claims in the second quarter of 2010 and 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on July 29, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company faced 90,100 pending asbestos claims during the six months ended June 30, 2010, compared with 90,200 claims during the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities…
Owens-Illinois, Inc., as of June 30, 2010, has determined that it is a named defendant in asbestos lawsuits and claims involving about 6,400 plaintiffs and claimants, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on July 29, 2010 with the Securities…
Owens-Illinois, Inc.’s asbestos-related cash payments during the second quarter of 2010 were US$43 million, down from US$49 million during the second quarter of 2009, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on…
The Supreme Court of Ohio upheld the ruling of the Eighth District Court of Appeals, which granted summary judgment in favor of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, in an asbestos case filed by Cheryl Boley.
The case is styled Boley,…
Chase Corporation says that, as of May 2010, there have been no new developments as an Ohio asbestos lawsuit filed by Marie Lou Scott has been inactive with respect to the Company, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed…