The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, issued rulings in an asbestos case styled General Refractories Company v. First State Insurance Co., et al. (Lexington Insurance Company) (AIU Insurance Company).
District Judge Ludwig entered judgment in Civil Action No. 04-3509…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, denied Todd Shipyard Corporation’s motion to dismiss an asbestos lawsuit, which is part of In Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI). The particular case is styled, Taylor v. Various, Defendants.
District Judge Eduardo…
Met-Pro Corporation says that for the six-months ended July 31, 2011, and through Sept. 1, 2011, 48 new asbestos-related cases were filed against the Company, and the Company was dismissed from 12 cases and settled one case, according to the…
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld the ruling of the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Civil Division, which granted summary judgment in favor of General Electric Company, in an asbestos case filed by Ernest G. Rabatin for Scot W.…
In a recent deposition taken in a New Jersey asbestos case, a former Georgia Pacific executive Howard Schutte was forced to admit that the GP fire rated wallboard sold on a mass basis in the United States contained asbestos, according…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted David and Frances Graver’s Motion to Remand, in an asbestos case involving various defendants.
The case, which is part of MDL No. 875, is styled David and Frances Graver v. Various, Defendants.
District…
Legal and administrative proceedings are pending or may be brought against Sunoco, Inc. arising out of its current and past operations, including allegations of exposures of third parties to toxic substances (such as benzene or asbestos) and general environmental claims.
No…
Claims have been filed against Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (d/b/a Wabtec) and certain of its affiliates in various jurisdictions across the United States by persons alleging bodily injury as a result of exposure to asbestos-containing products.
Most of these claims…
One of CONSOL Energy, Inc.’s subsidiaries, Fairmont Supply Company, which distributes industrial supplies, currently is named as a defendant in about 7,500 asbestos-related claims in state courts in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Illinois.
This number has…
For over 30 years, PPG Industries Inc. has been a defendant in lawsuits involving claims alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos.
Most of the Company’s potential exposure relates to allegations by plaintiffs that the Company should be liable for injuries…