Park-Ohio Holdings Corp., at Sept. 30, 2009, was a co-defendant in about 260 cases asserting claims on behalf of about 1,260 plaintiffs alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with…
Cleveland J. Savoy, on Nov. 5, 2009, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 38 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Defendants include A.O. Smith Corporation, A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical, AMETEK Inc., Babcock Borsig AG,…
Lynda Guillory, on behalf of her late father, Ameal Newman, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 31 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Oct. 1, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The defendants include: A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical…
GenCorp Inc., as of Aug. 31, 2009, faced 135 pending asbestos- related cases, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 8, 2009.
The Company faced 135 pending asbestos cases as of May 31,…
Willie Mae Denson, on behalf of husband Elijah Denson Sr., filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against seven defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Sept. 17, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The defendants are A.O. Smith Corp., Babcock Borsig…
Bonnie Duncan, on behalf of her late husband Weldon F. Duncan, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 26 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Sept. 4, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mr. Duncan worked as an insulator and…
An asbestos lawsuit against 23 defendant corporations and brought on behalf of Donald G. Jones was filed on Aug. 28, 2009 in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
According to the suit, Mr. Jones worked as an…
Curtiss-Wright Corporation and its subsidiaries are still named in a number of lawsuits that allege injury from exposure to asbestos.
To date, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have been found liable or paid any material sum of money in settlement…
Todd Shipyards Corporation is currently defending about 557 asbestos claims, of which 11 are “malignant” claims and 546 are “non-malignant” claims.
The Company is named as a defendant in civil actions by parties alleging damages from past exposure to toxic substances,…
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation’s estimated fair value of conditional asset retirement obligations (CAROs), including for asbestos, at June 30, 2009 was US$3.4 million.
The Company’s estimated fair value of CAROs, including for asbestos, at March 31, 2009 was US$3.3 million. (Class Action…