ASBESTOS UPDATE: Global Power Named Defendant in Injury Claims

Global Power Equipment Group Inc. has been named as a defendant in a limited number of asbestos personal injury lawsuits, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2011.

Neither the Company nor…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: District Court Issues Split Ruling in Montello

The U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, issued split rulings in the case involving asbestos styled Montello, Inc. Allen J. Johnson, and Leo A. Wooldridge, Plaintiffs v. The Travelers Indemnity Company, Defendant.

Chief Judge Claire V. Egan entered judgment in…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Anadarko Petroleum Facing Exposure Lawsuits

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation continues to face personal injury claims, including claims by employees of third-party contractors alleging exposure to asbestos, silica and benzene while working at refineries (previously owned by predecessors of acquired companies) located in Texas, California and Oklahoma.

No…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: $100T of Amerex Deposit Marked for Cleanup

Amerex Group, Inc. says that, during 2008, US$100,000 of a US$400,000 deposit was released to it to pay some vendor bills related to the removal of asbestos in a Pryor, Okla. site.

In February 2006, Amerex Acquisition Corp., a Company subsidiary,…