E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, on June 27, 2011, filed an unopposed motion for continuance, asking Judge Donald Floyd to continue an asbestos case filed by Caryl Richardson on behalf of her late father, Willis Whisnant Jr., The…
Juanita Keith Hutto, on June 28, 2011, filed an asbestos lawsuit on behalf of Jimmie Jefferson Hutto against 18 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The defending companies named in the complaint are: A.W.…
Ann Skelton, on July 11, 2011, filed a petition in Jefferson County District Court to perpetuate the testimony of Robert Skelton, a former DuPont De Nemours employee who suffers from asbestos-related lung cancer, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The petition states…
Pfizer Inc.’s Quigley Company, Inc. subsidiary, on April 6, 2011, filed a revised plan of reorganization and accompanying disclosure statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on…
The estate of Freeman Eugene Peart, on May 25, 2011, has filed an asbestos suit against American Optical Corporation and 34 other companies in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
According to the lawsuit, Mr. Peart lived…
Frances Jane Deculus, the widow of Milton Deculus, on May 26, 2011, filed an asbestos suit against American Optical Corporation and 14 other companies in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The other defendants named in the…
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA is 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 and Merger-related…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted AMF Inc.’s motion to dismiss, in an asbestos case styled King, et al., Plaintiff v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., et al., Defendants.
District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno entered judgment in…
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…