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…
Certain subsidiaries of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. are still subject to asbestos-related claims, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 4, 2009.
These claims seek damages for illnesses alleged to have resulted from…
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,…
The Supreme Court of Delaware upheld the Superior Court of the State of Delaware’s decision, which ruled in favor of Roland Leo Grenier, Sr., in an asbestos case filed against General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company.
The case is styled…
A jury in Jefferson County Circuit Court in Jefferson County, Ky., returned a verdict in favor of Ford Motor Company and Garlock Sealing Technologies after a trial in which James Rehm, a former millwright, said he developed mesothelioma from exposure…
Tommy J. and Linda Harrell, on Aug. 31, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 36 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Defendants in the suit include Afton Pumps Inc., Amerflex Rubber and Gasket, AMETEK…
About 3,670 cases at June 30, 2009 were outstanding for which Standard Motor Products, Inc. was responsible for any related liabilities.
In 1986, the Company acquired a brake business, which it subsequently sold in March 1998 and which is accounted for…
Dana Holding Corporation, through June 30, 2009, had collected the entire US$47 million paid to claimants with respect to Center for Claims Resolution (CCR) asbestos claims.
After the CCR discontinued negotiating shared settlements for asbestos claims for its member companies…