Halliburton received payment of US$79 million for its asbestos- related insurance settlements in July 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2009.
At Dec. 31, 2004, the Company resolved all open…
ENSCO International Incorporated and certain current and former subsidiaries are still defendants in asbestos-related lawsuits filed in Mississippi courts.
In August 2004, the Company and certain current and former subsidiaries were named as defendants in three multi-party lawsuits filed in the…
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. recorded US$5.7 million in “Accounts payable and other” for asbestos and environmental cleanup as of June 30, 2009, compared with US$5.5 million as of Dec. 31, 2008.
The Company recorded US$5.1 million in “Accounts payable and other”…
An asbestos lawsuit filed on behalf of Atwood Taylor was filed in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on July 16, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The case is styled Linda Duke et al vs. AO Smith Corp.
Ms. Duke is suing…
Derrill and Carolyn Conley, on July 21, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 14 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The Conleys claim Mr. Conley developed an asbestos-related disease during the course of his…
Asbestos lawyers are seeking to stop a flood of motions to dismiss their lawsuits in Multi-District Litigation (MDL) court, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The lawyers claim that a “dysfunctional database” has churned out false allegations against their clients. The allegations…
Lois C. Gallien, on behalf of the estate of Cecil R. Gallien, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 37 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on June 26, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mrs. Gallien says Mr. Gallien already…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, on July 8, 2009, filed a motion to Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd to set aside a ruling, in an asbestos case wherein Willis Whisnant Jr. is the plaintiff, The Southeast…
The Texas Supreme Court ordered Jefferson County Judge Donald Floyd to give reasons behind his ruling to grant Willis Whisnant, Jr. a new asbestos-related wrongful death trial against E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, The Southeast Texas Record…
Asbestos abatement is underway at the former King Chevrolet car dealership in Tyler, Tex., in which the site was bought by the City in 2008, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reports.
Susan Guthrie, communications director for the City, said getting rid of…