ASBESTOS UPDATE: Exposure Actions Still Pending v. Manitowoc Co.

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is involved in numerous lawsuits involving asbestos-related claims in which the Company is one of numerous defendants.

No significant asbestos-related matters were discussed in the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 9, 2011 with the Securities and…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Exposure Cases Still Ongoing v. FMC Corporation

Like hundreds of other industrial companies, FMC Corporation has been named as one of many defendants in asbestos-related personal injury litigation, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 3, 2011.

Most of these…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: N.C. Court Issues Split Ruling in Ensley Claim

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina issued split rulings in a case involving asbestos styled Grover M. Ensley, Plaintiff- employee v. FMC Corporation, Defendant-employer, Self-Insured and Broadspire, A Crawford Company, Defendant-servicing agent.

Judges Steelman, Stephens and Hunter Jr. entered judgment…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Manitowoc Co. Still Involved in Exposure Claims

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is named in numerous lawsuits involving asbestos-related claims in which the Company is one of numerous defendants.

No significant asbestos-related matters were discussed in the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Chiquita Records 2,250 MARDOC Actions Dismissed

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. says that, of the MARDOC cases pending in Federal court in Pennsylvania (claims alleging injury or illness from exposure to asbestos), about 2,250 of about 4,000 cases that had been administratively dismissed without prejudice (i.e., with…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: FMC Corporation Still Facing Exposure Lawsuits

Like hundreds of other industrial companies, FMC Corporation has been named as one of many defendants in asbestos-related personal injury litigation, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2011.

Most of these…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Asbestos to be Removed From Farmland Industries

Asbestos is slated to be removed from the former Farmland Industries site in Lawrence, Kans., before the demolition of the building, Mesothelioma.com reports.

Lawrence City commissioners have approved a proposal cleaning the buildings, equipment and other debris at the site. The…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Exposure Actions Still Ongoing v. Manitowoc Co.

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is still involved in numerous lawsuits involving asbestos-related claims in which the Company is one of numerous defendants, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 9, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Manitowoc, Wis.-based…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Scotts Miracle-Gro Still Party to Injury Suits

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company still faces cases alleging injuries that the lawsuits claim resulted from exposure to asbestos- containing products, apparently based on the Company’s historic use of vermiculite in certain of its products.

The complaints in these cases are not…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Wilkinson Case v. 9 Firms Filed in Kanawha Co.

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…

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