The Law Firm of Rudolph F. X. Migliore P.C. and their co-council have been successful in recovering compensation for victims of asbestos, mesothelioma and lung cancer, according to a Company press release dated Aug. 27, 2010.
The most recent major settlements…
Eighteen individuals, on Aug. 11, 2010, filed 14 asbestos-related complaints against 147 defendant corporations in Kanawha Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.
The plaintiffs are: Ermel L. Deulley and Elneta J. Deulley; Carl E. Douglas and Karen L. Douglas;…
Houston Wire & Cable Company, along with many other defendants, has been named in a number of asbestos lawsuits in the state courts of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
The suits allege that certain electrical wire and cable, which may…
STERIS Corporation is, and is likely to continue to be involved in a number of legal proceedings, government investigations, and claims that are asbestos-related.
No other asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 9, 2010 with…
The New Mexico Environment Department issued a compliance order against Advantage Asphalt, a paving firm in Santa Fe, N.M., for allegedly mishandling hazardous asbestos-containing construction waste, the Mesothelioma Resource Center reports.
The state claims that Advantage Asphalt illegally dumped pipes containing…
Motors Liquidation Company, f/k/a General Motors Corporation, on Aug. 31, 2010, announced that MLC, MLC of Harlem, Inc. (f/k/a Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem, Inc.), MLCS, LLC (f/k/a Saturn, LLC), MLCS Distribution Corporation (f/k/a Saturn Distribution Corporation), Remediation and Liability Management Company,…
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. says that in the second quarter of 2010, subsidiary Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.’s (HECO) asbestos and environmental asset retirement obligation was increased by US$11 million to US$35 million due to an increase in estimated removal and…
James Hardie Industries SE’s contributions to the Asbestos Injury Compensation Fund may be in jeopardy after it lost an appeal against a tax ruling, The Australian reports.
The ruling — that the Company owes AU$412 million in unpaid taxes and penalties,…
Harbinger Group Inc. faces multiple complaints in Mississippi and Louisiana state court and in a federal multi-district litigation alleging injury from exposure to asbestos on offshore drilling rigs and shipping vessels formerly owned or operated by the Company’s offshore drilling…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, denied the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association’s petition for review in an asbestos case involving Robert Harvey.
The case is styled Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association; Baton Rouge Marine Contractors Inc., Petitioners v. Director, Office of…