Chase Corporation says that, as of June 30, 2009, there have been no new developments in an Ohio asbestos lawsuit, in which the Company is a defendant.
The Company is one of over 100 defendants in a personal injury lawsuit, pending…
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, on July 8, 2009, filed a motion to Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd to set aside a ruling, in an asbestos case wherein Willis Whisnant Jr. is the plaintiff, The Southeast…
The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, granted Pharmacia Corp.’s Motion to Dismiss Survival Action as Prescribed in asbestos litigation filed by Michael Catania on behalf of his deceased wife, Barbara Catania.
The Court also granted a Joint Motion for…
The Texas Supreme Court ordered Jefferson County Judge Donald Floyd to give reasons behind his ruling to grant Willis Whisnant, Jr. a new asbestos-related wrongful death trial against E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, The Southeast Texas Record…
The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin issued split rulings in an asbestos case filed by Walter Tatera and Vicki Tatera against FMC Corporation and other defendants. The matter was remanded for further proceedings.
The case is styled Walter Tatera, deceased, and…
H.B. Fuller Company, during the quarter ended May 30, 2009, settled one asbestos-related lawsuit for less than US$1,000, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2009.
The Company said that, during the…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crews are testing residential areas near W. R. Grace & Co.’s former insulation factory, Vermiculite Northwest, in Spokane, Wash., for asbestos, The Seattle Times reports.
The work was prompted by the recent declaration of Libby, Mont., as…
Ameron International Corporation faced 26 asbestos-related cases as of May 31, 2009, compared with 24 cases as of March 1, 2009, according to the Company’ quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2009.
The Company is…
Three former workers at a DuPont Co. nylon facility in Argentina, on June 24, 2009, sued the Company claiming it failed to protect them from asbestos that left them seriously ill, The Canadian Press reports.
The plaintiffs claim that DuPont has…
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, on April 14, 2009, disallowed and expunged 35 W. R. Grace & Co. asbestos claims by the applicable Canadian ultimate limitations periods.
Case No. 01-01139 is styled In re W. R. Grace & Co.,…