A total of 97 asbestos cases were pending against Met-Pro Corporation (with a majority of those cases pending in New York, Mississippi and North Carolina) as of Oct. 31, 2009, compared with 55 cases pending as of Jan. 31, 2009.
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Teachers at the Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School in Bethlehem, Pa., asserted that they and their students were exposed to asbestos during work on a house, Mesothelioma.com reports.
They also claimed that the school conspired to keep the incident hushed up. Instructors…
Allegheny Energy, Inc., as of Sept. 30, 2009, faced a total of 861 asbestos exposure claims (856 in West Virginia, four in Pennsylvania, and one in Illinois).
As of June 30, 2009, the Company faced 858 claims alleging exposure to asbestos…
EnPro Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, began 10 asbestos-related trials during the first nine months of 2009.
A South Carolina jury returned a defense verdict in favor of Garlock in a mesothelioma lawsuit. In another South Carolina mesothelioma case,…
VWR Funding, Inc. continues to be involved in litigation resulting from the alleged prior distribution of products containing asbestos by certain of the Company’s predecessors or acquired companies.
No other asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s latest quarterly report filed…
Penn Millers Holding Corporation’s estimated liability for asbestos and environmental claims is US$2,272,000 at Sept. 30, 2009, and US$2,502,000 at Dec. 31, 2008, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 16, 2009.
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Sunoco, Inc. is still subject to legal and administrative proceedings over allegations of exposures of third parties to toxic substances like asbestos and benzene.
No further asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange…
Harsco Corporation, as of Sept. 30, 2009, faced 26,142 pending asbestos personal injury claims, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 5, 2009.
There were 26,219 pending asbestos personal injury claims filed…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, denied CSX Transportation Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in an asbestos case filed by William Breedlove.
The case is styled William Breedlove, Plaintiff v. CSX Transp. Corp., Defendant.
District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno entered…
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is set to conduct restoration and repairs (including asbestos-related) on campus buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Mesothelioma.com reports.
Congressman Joe Sestak has helped Cheyney University obtain a US$300,000 grant to repair and preserve…