H.B. Fuller Company settled five asbestos-related lawsuits and claims during the 39 weeks ended Aug. 27, 2011, compared with three lawsuits and claims during the 39 weeks ended Aug. 28, 2010.
During the 39 weeks ended Aug. 27, 2011, the Company…
The U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, granted Green, Tweed, & Company’s motion for dismissal in an asbestos case filed by Margaret A. Bulanda.
The case is styled Margaret A. Bulanda, individually and as Special Administrator of the…
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, granted motions filed by John Crane, Inc. and other moving defendants in an asbestos case filed by Emmett Wingfield.
The case, which is part of In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI),…
The Superior Court of Connecticut denied H.B. Fuller Company’s motion for summary judgment in an asbestos case styled Stephen Mastroianni et al. v. Acands, Inc. et al.
Judge Barbara N. Bellis entered judgment in Case No. CV990362945S on May 17, 2011.
Stephen…
Briggs & Stratton Corporation is subject to various unresolved legal actions that typically relate to product liability (including asbestos-related liability), patent and trademark matters, and disputes with customers, suppliers, distributors and dealers, competitors and employees.
No significant asbestos-related matters were discussed…
Deere & Company continues to be subject to various unresolved legal actions, the most prevalent of which relate to product liability (including asbestos related liability), retail credit, software licensing, patent and trademark matters.
No significant asbestos-related matters were discussed in the…
Colonial Commercial Corp. says that, following dismissed and settled asbestos actions, there exists one plaintiff that named subsidiary Universal Supply Group, Inc. as of June 30, 2011.
Universal was named by 37 plaintiffs; of these, one filed an action in 2010,…
Met-Pro Corporation says that for the six-months ended July 31, 2011, and through Sept. 1, 2011, 48 new asbestos-related cases were filed against the Company, and the Company was dismissed from 12 cases and settled one case, according to the…
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld the ruling of the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Civil Division, which granted summary judgment in favor of General Electric Company, in an asbestos case filed by Ernest G. Rabatin for Scot W.…
DeLuca & Nemeroff, a Dallas-based law firm, announced a US$7.55 million jury verdict on behalf of a Louisiana man who was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma following decades of working around asbestos-containing materials at two manufacturing plants, according to a Delucca…