A New York Workers’ Compensation Board panel affirmed a workers’ compensation law judge’s decision disallowing an unnamed widow’s claim that the development of her husband’s lung cancer, and his subsequent death, were causally related to his exposure to asbestos at…
The U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, granted plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand in the asbestos case styled Franklin D. Holdren, et al., Plaintiffs v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc., et al., Defendants.
U.S. District Judge Gertner entered judgment in Civil Action No. 08cv10570-NG…
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County, upheld the ruling of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which granted a protective order and summary judgment in favor of General Electric Company in an asbestos case filed…
The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit, issued split rulings in the asbestos case styled Patsy Jane Boudreaux, et al. v. Able Supply Co., et al.
Judges Jimmie C. Peters, Michael G. Sullivan, and Billy H. Ezell entered judgment in…
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…
The Court of Appeal, First District, Division 3, California, affirmed the ruling of the San Francisco County Superior Court, which granted summary judgment in favor of Sequoia Ventures, Inc. and Bechtel Corporation, in an asbestos case filed by Deanna Short…
Pfizer Inc.’s Quigley subsidiary said OneBeacon Insurance Co. agreed to pay more than US$16 million to resolve a dispute over asbestos liability, Bloomberg reports.
Quigley has been in bankruptcy since 2004. A Pfizer unit since 1968, Quigley no longer operates and…
The Superior Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk County, allowed defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Count IV of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint, in the case styled Watts Water Technologies, Inc. & Watts Regulator Company v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company & others (Travelers Indemnity Company,…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth District, affirmed the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which denied Geraldine Nicholas’ motion to compel arbitration, in a case involving asbestos filed on behalf of her late…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, issued split rulings in a case involving asbestos styled AstenJohnson, Inc., Appellant v. Columbia Casualty Company; American Insurance Company.
Circuit Court Judges Dolores K. Sloviter, Walter K. Stapleton, and Wallace Tashima entered judgment in…