Building, Industrial Materials

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…

An asbestos case styled Carolyn Sue Wilkinson and Richard Wilkinson vs. A.W. Chesterton Company, Certainteed Corporation, FMC Corporation et al was filed on July 28, 2010 in Kanawha County Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.

The Wilkinsons claim the…

Caterpillar Inc. continues to face unresolved legal actions involving disputes on product design, manufacture and performance liability (including claimed asbestos and welding fumes exposure), contracts, employment issues, environmental matters or intellectual property rights.

No other asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the…

W. R. Grace & Co. recorded net Chapter 11- and asbestos-related costs of US$7.8 million during the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared with US$23.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2009, according to a Company report,…

W. R. Grace & Co. and Oldon Limited Partnership agreed to pay for asbestos cleanup at the 2.3-acre site and contiguous building on Wemelco Way in Easthampton, Mass., Mesothelioma reports.

Grace used the Wemelco Way site to manufacture Zonolite brand attic…

The congressional delegation of Montana seeks assurances from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the U.S. Government will not abandon the asbestos-town of Libby, Mont., before cleanup is complete, the Associated Press reports.

According to health workers, at least 400 people…

The Plan Proponents, on July 1, 2010, consented to the effective date of Congoleum Corporation’s Plan of Reorganization occurring on July 1, 2010 (Effective Date), according to a Company press report, on Form 8-K, filed on July 8, 2010 with…

The Court of Appeal, First District, Division 1, California, affirmed the ruling of the San Francisco City & County Superior Court, which granted summary judgment in favor of CertainTeed Corporation in an asbestos lawsuit filed by the wife and children…

CSR Limited will check its AU$55 million provision for asbestos compensation as it decides how to deploy the AU$1.66 billion net proceeds from the sale of its Sucrogen sugar business, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

On July 5, 2010, the Company…

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One, upheld the ruling of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission in a case involving asbestos styled David G. McGhee, Employee- Appellant/Respondent v. W. R. Grace & Co., Employer- Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

Judges Don E.…