The Texas Department of Health Services may penalize Robinson Police with US$10,000 for an asbestos problem at police headquarters on Lyndale Street, Robinson, Tex., Channel News 25 reports.
The two violations were part of a May 26, 2011 letter the agency…
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. is currently involved in five pending asbestos-related cases, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2011.
Since 1999, the Company has been named as one of many defendants…
Certain of McDermott International, Inc.’s subsidiaries are still defendants in an asbestos lawsuit entitled Antoine, et al. v. McDermott, Inc., et al., which is pending in Texas court.
In a proceeding entitled Antoine, et al. vs. J. Ray McDermott, Inc., et…
Certain of McDermott International, Inc.’s subsidiaries are involved in an asbestos-related declaratory judgment action entitled Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, et al. v. J. Ray McDermott, Inc. et al.
The suit was filed on or about Aug. 23, 2004, by certain…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc., as of April 30, 2011, estimated its total potential asbestos and environmental liabilities to range from US$35 million to US$42 million and recorded its best estimate of US$36 million in other liabilities in the Consolidated…
Robert Skelton and his wife, Ann Skelton, on June 2, 2011, filed an asbestos lawsuit against A. W. Chesterton Company and 23 other defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Although Mr. Skelton already received…
The estate of Freeman Eugene Peart, on May 25, 2011, has filed an asbestos suit against American Optical Corporation and 34 other companies in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
According to the lawsuit, Mr. Peart lived…
Houston Wire & Cable Company, along with many other defendants, still faces lawsuits in the state courts of Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota alleging that certain wire and cable, which may have contained asbestos caused injury to the…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, affirmed the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which granted summary judgment in favor of the Travelers Companies.
The case is styled Ford Bacon & Davis, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellant…
Frances Jane Deculus, the widow of Milton Deculus, on May 26, 2011, filed an asbestos suit against American Optical Corporation and 14 other companies in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The other defendants named in the…