Containers/Packaging

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…

TriMas Corporation, as of June 30, 2010, was a party to about 1,019 pending cases involving an aggregate of about 8,071 claimants alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos containing materials, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug.…

MeadWestvaco Corporation, as of June 30, 2010, was involved in about 550 asbestos-related lawsuits, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 3, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company, as of March 31, 2010, faced about 550…

Owens-Illinois, Inc., as of June 30, 2010, has determined that it is a named defendant in asbestos lawsuits and claims involving about 6,400 plaintiffs and claimants, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on July 29, 2010 with the Securities…

Owens-Illinois, Inc.’s asbestos-related cash payments during the second quarter of 2010 were US$43 million, down from US$49 million during the second quarter of 2009, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on…

Circuit Judge Scott Drazewski of McLean County, Ill., substituting for McLean County Circuit Judge Michael Prall during deliberations, announced a mistrial on July 16, 2010, regarding an asbestos conspiracy among various corporations, The Madison/St. Clair Record reports.

A single juror rejected…

The Supreme Court of Alabama upheld the Colbert Circuit Court’s denial of Owens-Illinois, Inc.’s motions for summary judgment in six asbestos lawsuits.

Judges Sue Bell Cobb, Champ Lyons Jr., Thomas A. Woodall, Patricia M. Smith, Michael F. Bolin, Tom Parker, Lyn…

Sealed Air Corporation, since 2000, has been served with lawsuits alleging that, as a result of the Cryovac transaction, the Company is responsible for alleged asbestos liabilities of W. R. Grace & Co. and its subsidiaries, some of which were…

Sealed Air Corporation’s Canadian subsidiary, Sealed Air (Canada) Co./Cie, since 2004, is a defendant in an asbestos case styled Thundersky v. The Attorney General of Canada, et al. (File No. CI04-01-39818).

The case is pending in the Manitoba Court of Queen’s…

A subsidiary of Crown Holdings, Inc., Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., during the three months ended March 31, 2010, faced about 51,000 outstanding asbestos claims, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on May 10, 2010 with the Securities…