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Jack Atkins on Aug. 9, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 20 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Mr. Atkins claims he developed an asbestos-related disease different from the other non-malignant asbestos-related disease for…

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality proposes to approve a plan to cap soil contaminated with asbestos at the Sunriver Owners Association Amphitheater Site, according to an Ore. DEQ press release dated Aug. 10, 2010.

DEQ has determined that this action…

An asbestos case styled Carolyn Sue Wilkinson and Richard Wilkinson vs. A.W. Chesterton Company, Certainteed Corporation, FMC Corporation et al was filed on July 28, 2010 in Kanawha County Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.

The Wilkinsons claim the…

Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.’s gross asbestos-related unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses were US$386,443,000 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, compared with US$342,482,000 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, according to the…

TriMas Corporation, as of June 30, 2010, was a party to about 1,019 pending cases involving an aggregate of about 8,071 claimants alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos containing materials, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug.…

ArvinMeritor, Inc.’s subsidiary, Maremont Corporation, faced about 26,000 pending asbestos-related claims at both June 30, 2010 and Sept. 30, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 4, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Maremont faced 26,000 pending…

Vector Group Ltd.’s subsidiary, Liggett Group LLC, is party to asbestos litigation styled Love, et al. v. John-Crane Houdaille, Inc. et al., Case No. 24-X-08-000120, Circuit Court, Maryland, Baltimore City.

In the case filed on June 1, 2010, Plaintiff and his…

Graham Corporation continues to be named as a defendant in certain lawsuits alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos contained in products made by the Company.

The Company is a co-defendant with numerous other defendants in these lawsuits, according to the…

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation remains a defendant in various personal injury claims, including claims by employees of third- party contractors alleging exposure to asbestos, silica and benzene.

These employees were allegedly exposed to such hazards while working at refineries (previously owned by…

Union Carbide Corporation faced 66,099 unresolved asbestos claims at June 30, 2010, compared with 74,957 unresolved claims at June 30, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 4, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company faced…