BorgWarner Inc. and certain of its other historical general liability insurers are still involved in an asbestos-related declaratory judgment action, filed in January 2004 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., by Continental Casualty Company and related companies (CNA).
The…
Over the years, Carlisle Companies Incorporated has been named as a defendant, along with numerous other defendants, in lawsuits in various state courts in which plaintiffs have alleged injury due to exposure to asbestos-containing brakes, which the Company manufactured in…
Standard Motor Products, Inc. accrues asbestos liabilities of US$24,792,000 as of Dec. 31, 2010, compared with US$24,874,000 as of Dec. 31, 2009, according to a Company press release dated March 3, 2011.
Standard Motor Products, Inc. manufactures and distributes engine management…
At 5:18 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, the Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review incorrectly reported that the North Carolina bankruptcy judge presiding over the chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, had denied Garlock’s motion to obtain…
Most of the asbestos litigation Ford Motor Company is party to involve individuals who claim to have worked on the brakes of its vehicles over the years.
Asbestos was used in some brakes, clutches, and other automotive components from the early…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted Ford Motor Company and Honeywell International Inc.’s request for information contained in the claims submitted Shirley Shepherd to bankruptcy trusts.
The case is styled Shirley Shepherd v. Pneumo-Abex, LLC, et al.
U.S. Magistrates…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, denied a request for disclosure of allegations of asbestos exposure contained in Douglas M. Allison’s settlement releases.
The case is styled Douglas M. Allison v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth…
EnPro Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, encounters opposition from the official asbestos claimants’ committee to the proposal for developing a Chapter 11 plan, Bloomberg reports.
In an Aug. 30, 2010 court filing, the asbestos committee said that Garlock is…
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp., at June 30, 2010, was a co-defendant in about 290 cases asserting claims on behalf of about 1,200 plaintiffs alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on…
General Motors Company and Motors Liquidation Corporation (f/k/a General Motors Corporation) are subject to litigation arising out of alleged product defects, including asbestos-related claims.
Detroit-based General Motors Company develops, produces and markets cars, trucks and parts worldwide. It operates through three…