About US$800,000 (out of US$1 million) is estimated for the removal of asbestos at a school building in Ohio, Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.
The Ohio School Facilities Commission says it will likely cost US$1 million to demolish the aging…
American Financial Group, Inc.’s property and casualty group’s asbestos and environmental insurance reserves, at June 30, 2009, were US$397 million, net of reinsurance recoverables of US$84 million.
Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group, Inc. is an insurance holding company with assets in…
Dana Holding Corporation, through June 30, 2009, had collected the entire US$47 million paid to claimants with respect to Center for Claims Resolution (CCR) asbestos claims.
After the CCR discontinued negotiating shared settlements for asbestos claims for its member companies…
Dana Holding Corporation had about 31,000 active pending asbestos personal injury liability claims at June 30, 2009 and at Dec. 31, 2008.
In addition, about 15,000 mostly inactive claims have been settled and are awaiting final documentation and dismissal, with or…
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is still a defendant in cases alleging injuries that the lawsuits claim resulted from exposure to asbestos-containing products, based on the Company’s historic use of vermiculite in certain of its products.
The complaints in these cases are…
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth District, Scioto County, upheld the ruling of a trial court, which favored Norfolk Southern Railway in a case involving asbestos filed by Mark G. Maynard.
The case is styled Mark G. Maynard, Plaintiff-Appellant v.…
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Tenth District, Franklin County, granted Robert J. Garrison’s request for the Court to issue a writ of mandamus in the case styled State of Ohio ex rel. Robert J. Garrison, Relator v. The Industrial…
Owens-Illinois, Inc.’s asbestos-related cash payments during the second quarter of 2009 were US$49.4 million, down from US$63.4 million during the second quarter of 2008, according to a Company press release dated July 29, 2009.
The deferred amount payable for previously settled…
RPM International, Inc.’s long-term asbestos liabilities were US$425,328,000 as of May 31, 2009, compared with US$494,745,000 as of May 31, 2008, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2009.
The…
The U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, issued split decisions in a case involving asbestos, in which Ronald L. Huber is one of the plaintiffs.
U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab entered judgment in Case No. 02cv304 on June 19,…