Chase Corporation says that parties in an asbestos lawsuit filed by Lois Jansen against various companies are still engaged in discovery, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on June 12, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company was…
The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin issued split rulings in a case involving asbestos styled Diocese of Superior, Plaintiff v. Swan & Associates, Inc., and Robert Swanfeld, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, American Safety Casualty Insurance Company, Defendant-Respondent v. Benson Electric Company and…
Rockwell Automation, Inc. and its subsidiaries continue to be defendants in lawsuits alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos that was used in certain components of the Company’s products many years ago, according to the Company’s quarterly…
Magnetek, Inc. and multiple other defendants continue to face asbestos-related lawsuits associated with business operations previously acquired by the Company, but which are no longer owned.
During the Company’s ownership, none of the businesses produced or sold asbestos-containing products. With respect…
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. continues to be party in asbestos- related lawsuits in which it is one of numerous defendants, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 9, 2009.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc.…
RBS Global, Inc.’s Zurn unit and an average of about 100 other unrelated companies, as of Sept. 26, 2009, were defendants in about 5,800 asbestos related lawsuits representing about 30,400 claims.
The suits allege damages in an aggregate amount of about…
RBS Global, Inc.’s Prager subsidiary is a defendant in two pending multi-defendant lawsuits relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in a product allegedly manufactured by Prager.
There are about 3,700 claimants in the Prager lawsuits,…
RBS Global, Inc. is involved in 600 lawsuits (with 3,500 claimants) over alleged personal injuries due to asbestos in certain brakes and clutches previously made by its Stearns division and its predecessor owners, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed…
Briggs & Stratton Corporation continues to be subject to various product liability (including asbestos-related liability actions).
No other asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 4, 2009.
Briggs & Stratton Corporation…
RBS Global, Inc.’s Falk unit, through its successor entity, is a defendant in 190 lawsuits pending in state or federal court in numerous jurisdictions relating to alleged personal injuries due to the alleged presence of asbestos in certain clutches and…