A couple from Port Arthur, Tex., Floyd D. Gladden Jr. and Rebecca E. Gladden, on May 3, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 30 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Manufacturing and equipment defendants…
BorgWarner Inc., as of March 31, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2009, had about 23,000 pending asbestos-related product liability claims, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on April 29, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Like many other industrial companies…
Dana Holding Corporation had about 32,000 active pending asbestos personal injury liability claims at March 31, 2010 and 31,000 at Dec. 31, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on April 29, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About…
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company faced 90,500 pending asbestos- related claims during the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared with 90,200 claims during the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on April…
EnPro Industries, Inc. says that new asbestos-related settlement commitments in the first nine months of 2009 were US$67.2 million, up from US$53.9 million in the first nine months of 2008.
Company subsidiary Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC settles and disposes of actions…
Tenneco Inc. continues to be subject to lawsuits initiated by a significant number of claimants alleging health problems as a result of exposure to asbestos, according to the Company’s latest quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A small…
EnPro Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, began 10 asbestos-related trials during the first nine months of 2009.
A South Carolina jury returned a defense verdict in favor of Garlock in a mesothelioma lawsuit. In another South Carolina mesothelioma case,…
EnPro Industries, Inc. says that, at Sept. 30, 2009, six Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC asbestos-related appeals were pending from adverse verdicts totaling US$2.9 million, up from US$2.2 million at Dec. 31, 2008 and US$1.4 million at Dec. 31, 2007.
Garlock, which…
EnPro Industries, Inc., at Sept. 30, 2009, faced about 97,400 open asbestos cases, of which it was aware of about 5,300 (5.4 percent) that involve claimants alleging mesothelioma.
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, primarily Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC and The Anchor…
EnPro Industries, Inc.’s subsidiary, Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, at Sept. 30, 2009, had available US$252.7 million of insurance and trust coverage that the Company said it believes will be available to cover current and future asbestos claims and certain expense…