Biotechnology

Jack Atkins on Aug. 9, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 20 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Mr. Atkins claims he developed an asbestos-related disease different from the other non-malignant asbestos-related disease for…

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA is involved in litigation with Sealed Air Corporation to confirm entitlement to indemnification from Sealed Air for losses and expenses incurred by the Company on pre-Merger tax liabilities and Merger-related claims.

The Company was…

An asbestos lawsuit styled Naomi J. Belville, executrix of the Estate of Bernard C. Belville, decease vs. A.W. Chesterton Company, Allied Chemical Corporation, American Cyanamid Company et al., was filed against 83 defendant corporations in Kanawha Circuit Court, W.Va., on…

Charles Judson and Sharon Marie Judson, on May 17, 2010, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 47 defendant corporations in Kanawha Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.

Mr. Johnson had worked for FMC Corporation from 1972 until 1980. He also…

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA continues to be involved in litigation with Sealed Air Corporation to confirm entitlement to indemnification from Sealed Air for losses and expenses incurred by the Company on pre-Merger tax liabilities and Merger-related claims.

The…

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,…

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA continues to be engaged in litigation with Sealed Air Corporation to confirm its entitlement to indemnification from Sealed Air for all losses and expenses incurred by the Company relating to pre-Merger tax liabilities…

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…

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein ruled that Pfizer Inc.’s liability for alleged US$5 billion in claims for asbestos products made by its Quigley unit will be partly decided at Quigley’s bankruptcy trial, Bloomberg reports.

Judge Bernstein, on Sept. 23, 2009, began…

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…