The Coca-Cola Company continues to dispute former subsidiary Aqua-Chem, Inc.’s (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) claims over Aqua- Chem’s demands for about US$10 million for out-of-pocket asbestos litigation-related expenses.
During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua-Chem. A division of…
From time to time, FutureFuel Corp. may be party to, or targets of, lawsuits, claims, investigations and proceedings, including product liability, personal injury, asbestos, patent and intellectual property, which the Company expects to be handled and defended in the ordinary…
Madison, Ill.-based RMT Inc. and Detroit-based Homrich Inc. have settled with the State of Wisconsin over charges of breaching asbestos removal rules when demolishing the old Aldrich Chemical building in downtown Milwaukee, as part of the Marquette Interchange reconstruction, The…
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Reap said that, on Dec. 8, 2009, Calvin Burks, owner of J & C Environmental Services Inc. of St. Louis, pleaded guilty making a false asbestos inspection report on a building to be demolished in St.…
A total of 97 asbestos cases were pending against Met-Pro Corporation (with a majority of those cases pending in New York, Mississippi and North Carolina) as of Oct. 31, 2009, compared with 55 cases pending as of Jan. 31, 2009.
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Frank Onoff, an asbestos removal supervisor for Paragon Environmental Construction, Inc., on Nov. 13, 2009, pleaded guilty to various asbestos cleanup charges in New York federal court, EmpireStateNews.Net reports.
Mr. Onoff was indicted in May 2009, along with Certified Environmental Systems,…
Entrx Corporation’s subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, continues to be involved in asbestos insurance coverage litigation filed by ACE Property & Casualty Company, Central National Insurance Company of Omaha, and Industrial Underwriters Insurance Company.
On Feb. 23, 2005, ACE, Central National, and…
Cleveland J. Savoy, on Nov. 5, 2009, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 38 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Defendants include A.O. Smith Corporation, A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical, AMETEK Inc., Babcock Borsig AG,…
Biffa Waste Services Limited, a waste management business, on Oct. 14, 2009, was handed down over GBP55,000 in fines and costs for the poor handling of asbestos, according to an Environment Agency press release dated Oct. 14, 2009.
Derby Magistrates’ Court…
Mario Sanchez, a Marco Island, Fla., Resident and a Miami-Dade College professor, sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the EPA did not release information about asbestos found in 2005 on city property as required by the Freedom of Information…