Harry J. Wilson, a member of the Obama administration’s auto task force testified on July 1, 2009 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York that General Motors Corporation must win approval to sell its best assets to a new…
The West Australian Court of Appeal, on June 26, 2009, ruled in Ford Motor Company’s favor, saying the Company only had to pay between 50 and 60 percent of mechanic Antonino Lo Presti’s legal fees for his asbestos claim, the…
The Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County, noted remand revisions in the case styled Roland Leo Grenier, Sr., Plaintiff- Appellee v. General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company, Defendants-Appellants.
Judge Joseph R. Slights revised and corrected judgment in Civil Action…
General Motors Corporation, on June 19, 2009, opposed requests for an official tort claimant committee in its bankruptcy case by the consumer victims group and a group of people who say they have asbestos injury claims against the Company, Bloomberg…
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp., at March 31, 2009, was a co-defendant in 260 cases asserting claims on behalf of 1,750 plaintiffs alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos.
At Dec. 31, 2008, the Company was a co-defendant in 315…
EnPro Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, at March 31, 2009, had available US$302.2 million of insurance and trust coverage that the Company said it believes will be available to cover future asbestos claims and certain expense payments.
In addition,…
EnPro Industries, Inc. says that, at March 31, 2009, five asbestos appeals of its subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, were pending from adverse verdicts totaling US$2.7 million, up from US$2.2 million at Dec. 31, 2008 and US$1.4 million at Dec.…
Of about 103,900 open asbestos cases at March 31, 2009, EnPro Industries, Inc. is aware of about 5,800 that involve claimants alleging mesothelioma.
At Dec. 31, 2008, the Company faced 104,100 open asbestos- related cases, of which it was aware of…
Insurance firms, on May 28, 2009, went to the Court of Session in Edinburgh in a bid to overturn a new law affecting victims of negligent exposure to asbestos, The Herald reports.
Some leading insurance firms are against giving victims of…
EnPro Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, during the first quarter of 2009, began two asbestos trials involving two plaintiffs.
In a Kentucky mesothelioma case, the jury awarded the plaintiff US$2.1 million. Garlock’s share of this verdict was US$525,000; Garlock…