The appeal from RPM International Inc.’s Bondex International, Inc. subsidiary and Specialty Products Holding Corp. over an asbestos-related insurance case is ongoing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
During calendar year 2003, Bondex and SPH’s third-party insurers…
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Oct. 4, 2011, said that Smith County Circuit Court Judge Eddie Bowen should recuse himself from further proceedings in an asbestos lawsuit, which produced a US$322 million verdict against Union Carbide Corporation and Chevron Phillips…
The Hawaii State Department of Health has issued a Notice of Violation and Order against Professional Training Hawai’i, LLC for multiple violations of the state’s asbestos training and certification regulations, according to a Hawaii DOH press release dated Oct. 4,…
Charles Bender High School, which is located in 611 Higgins St., Humble, Tex., is to undergo asbestos abatement beginning Oct. 11, 2011, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Assistant City Manager Mark Martin said the project consists of removing asbestos from the complex,…
A. David Sugar, 62, of New Middletown, Ohio, and his construction company, Honey Creek Contracting Company, were sentenced in U.S. District Court on Aug. 23, 2011, for violating the Clean Air Act rules related to the proper removal and handling…
Copart Inc. says that on Aug. 10, 2011, Glenn A. Mangis and Lynn Brown-Mangis, husband and wife, filed an asbestos suit against the Company in the Superior Court of Washington for Pierce County.
The suit alleges exposure to asbestos during the…
The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York, recalled its decision and vacated it in a case involving asbestos styled Josephine Penn, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Amchem Products, et al., Defendants, Kerr Corporation, Defendant- Respondent.
Judges Saxe, Friedman, Moskowitz, and…
The Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County, granted in part and denied in part, Parker-Hannifin Corporation’s motion for summary judgment in an asbestos case filed by Gerald Bowser.
Judge Peggy L. Ableman entered judgment in Civil Action No. N10C- 05-104…
On Sept. 20, 2011, Andrew Tauber, Esq., an attorney for CSX Transportation, called on justices of the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse Fifth District appellate judges who approved second- hand asbestos claims, The Madison/St. Clair Record reports.
According to Mr. Tauber,…
A House Judiciary Committee of the United States Congress on Sept. 9, 2011, heard testimony on alleged fraud and abuse in the asbestos compensation system, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The committee reviewed transparency issues in asbestos trusts, which are massive…