The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, allowed Andrew M. Obriecht to proceed with his retaliation claim and with the underlying conspiracy and due process claims.
District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller entered judgment in Case No. 10- CV-221 on July 13,…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, affirmed the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, which sentenced Michael Phillips to 18 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, US$12,765 in restitution, and a…
Rock County Circuit Court Judge Michael R. Fitzpatrick, on Sept. 20, 2011, ordered judgment against J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc., of Janesville, Wis., requiring it to pay US$25,000 in forfeitures, mandatory court costs and surcharges to the Rock County Clerk…
Briggs & Stratton Corporation is subject to various unresolved legal actions that typically relate to product liability (including asbestos-related liability), patent and trademark matters, and disputes with customers, suppliers, distributors and dealers, competitors and employees.
No significant asbestos-related matters were discussed…
Magnetek, Inc. has been named, along with multiple other defendants, in asbestos-related lawsuits associated with business operations it previously acquired, but which are no longer owned.
During the Company’s ownership, none of the businesses produced or sold asbestos-containing products.
The Company also…
Joy Global Inc. and its subsidiaries are still involved in various unresolved legal matters that arise in the normal course of operations, the most prevalent of which relate to product liability — including over 1,000 asbestos and silica-related cases —…
RBS Global, Inc. says that, as of July 2, 2011, its Zurn unit and an average of about 80 other unrelated companies were defendants in about 7,100 asbestos related lawsuits representing about 27,500 claims.
Plaintiffs’ claims allege personal injuries caused by…
Multiple lawsuits with about 1,360 claimants are pending in state or federal court in numerous jurisdictions relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in certain brakes and clutches previously manufactured by RBS Global, Inc.’s Stearns…
An investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce found that the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point violated several regulations related to asbestos, WFSX reports.
Filed in July 2011, the report says a construction project in the Communication Arts Center in 2010 contained…
Like other companies in recent years, Badger Meter, Inc. has been named as a defendant in numerous multi-claimant/multi-defendant lawsuits alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos.
The asbestos was manufactured by third parties and integrated into or sold…