M & F Worldwide Corp., as of March 31, 2009, has not incurred and does not expect to incur material amounts related to asbestos-related claims not subject certain arrangements (Remaining Claims).
The Company’s non-operating contingent claims are generally associated with its…
Tasty Baking Company’s asbestos asset retirement obligation was US$7.1 million as of March 28, 2009, compared with US$7 million as of Dec. 27, 2008, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4,…
Randy Gori, Esq., and Barry Julian, Esq., of Alton, Ill., on April 2, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against more than 200 businesses and state universities on behalf of Charles Childress, a Kentucky bricklayer, The Madison St. Clair Record reports.
The…
Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. is still a defendant in an asbestos case entitled Larry C. Stehman and Leila Stehman v. Asbestos Corporation, Limited and Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. individually and as successor in interest to Strong International, Strong Electric Corporation…
Rohm and Haas Company’s subsidiary, Morton International, Inc., still has pending suits related to employee exposure to asbestos at a manufacturing facility in Weeks Island, La., with more suits expected.
The Company expects that most of these cases will be dismissed…
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. faces actions in the United States, relating primarily to the activities of its U.S. subsidiary TH Agriculture & Nutrition L.L.C. (THAN) prior to 1981, involving allegations of personal injury from alleged asbestos exposure.
The claims generally relate…
Asbestos was discovered at the former Marks and Spencer store in the town center of Wrexham, Wales, the Evening Leader reports.
A Marks and Spencer spokesman stressed that the asbestos was sealed in and therefore presented no health risk.
The spokesman said,…