VWR Funding, Inc., from time to time, is named as a defendant in cases that arise as a result of its distribution of laboratory supplies, including litigation resulting from the alleged prior distribution of products containing asbestos by certain of…
Like hundreds of other industrial companies, FMC Corporation has been named as one of many defendants in asbestos-related personal injury litigation, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 3, 2011.
Most of these…
The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, issued split rulings in a case involving asbestos styled Jose Cristobal Cardona, Plaintiff v. B.A. Bledsoe, et al., Defendants.
District Judge James M. Munley entered judgment in Civil Action No. 3:CV-11-0054 on May…
An inactive subsidiary of Quaker Chemical Corporation, which was acquired in 1978 and sold certain products containing asbestos, primarily on an installed basis, is among the defendants in numerous lawsuits alleging injury due to exposure to asbestos.
The subsidiary discontinued operations…
Mine Safety Appliances Company is presently named as a defendant in 1,965 suits in which plaintiffs allege to have contracted certain cumulative trauma diseases related to exposure to silica, asbestos, and/or coal dust.
These lawsuits mainly involve respiratory protection products allegedly…
Crane Co. says that all appeals in the Larry Bell and James Nelson asbestos-related claims are still pending.
On March 23, 2010, a Philadelphia County state court jury found the Company responsible for a 1/11th share of a US$14.5 million verdict…
PPG Industries, Inc.’s current asbestos settlement liabilities amounted to US$603 million as of June 30, 2011, compared with US$545 million as of June 30, 2010, according to a Company press release dated July 21, 2011.
The Company’s current asbestos settlement liability…
GenCorp Inc. faced 138 pending asbestos-related claims as of May 31, 2011, compared with 141 claims as of Nov. 30, 2010, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2011.
The Company has…
The U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, denied Glenna McElhone’s Motion to Remand in an asbestos lawsuit filed against Beazer East, Inc.
The case is styled Glenna McElhone, as Executrix of the Estate of Albert F. McElhone, Jr., deceased; and…
Visiting Clarion County Judge James Arner, on June 23, 2011, ordered that plaintiffs in an asbestos case filed against the Armstrong School District in Kittanning, Pa., and other defendants must post a US$150,000 bond instead of the proposed US$650,000, the…