RPM International Inc.’s subsidiaries had a total of 10,329 active asbestos cases as of Feb. 28, 2010, compared with a total of 10,281 cases as of Feb. 28, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on April 8, 2010…
RPM International Inc. says that defendants’ final briefs, in an asbestos case styled Bondex International, Inc. et al. v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company et al., are due on April 28, 2010.
During fiscal 2004, certain of the subsidiaries’ third-party insurers…
TOTAL S.A. continues to be involved in claims related to occupational diseases caused by asbestos exposure, according to the Company’s annual report, on Form 20-F, filed on April 1, 2010 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Like many other industrial…
Everest Re Group, Ltd.’s gross asbestos- and environmental- related reserves were US$638.7 million at Dec. 31, 2009, compared with US$786.8 million at Dec. 31, 2008, according to the Company’s annual report filed on March 1, 2010 with the U.S. Securities…
ING Groep N.V. had an outstanding balance of EUR42 million as at Dec. 31, 2009 (2008: EUR52 million) relating to environmental and asbestos claims of the insurance operations, according to the Company’s annual report, on Form 20-F, filed on March…
DryShips Inc., may be, from time to time, involved in various litigation matters, which may include contract disputes, personal injury claims, environmental claims or proceedings, asbestos and other toxic tort claims, employment matters, governmental claims for taxes or duties.
No other…
A couple from Kermit, W.Va., Russell Lee Messer and Melvina Messer, on March 18, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 26 defendant corporations in Kanawha Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.
On Oct. 9, 2008, Mr. Messer was diagnosed…
Alamo Group Inc. still has a reserve of US$277,000 concerning a potential asbestos issue at Gradall’s facility in Ohio that is expected to be abated over time.
At December 31, 2009, the Company had an environmental reserve in the amount of…
An asbestos-related lawsuit on behalf of Nelson Eugene Walker was filed against 61 defendant corporations on March 18, 2010 in Kanawha Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.
Debra L. Church and Carol J. Boyd are the co-executrixes of the…
EMC Insurance Group, Inc.’s asbestos-related loss and settlement expense reserves amounted to US$4,495,000 during the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, compared with US$4,937,000 during the year ended Dec. 31, 2008.
The Company’s asbestos-related losses and settlement expenses incurred amounted to US$796,000…