Honeywell International Inc.’s Bendix friction materials business faced 51,110 asbestos-related claims as of June 30, 2009, compared with 51,951 claims as of Dec. 31, 2008.
Bendix faced 51,791 unresolved asbestos claims during the three months ended March 31, 2009. (Class Action…
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed the ruling of the Superior Court of District of Columbia, which granted summary judgment in favor of Crane Co., in an asbestos case filed by Mildred Debnam on behalf of her husband…
Crane Co. is pursuing an appeal over the verdict in the asbestos case of Chief Brewer, according to a Company report, on Form 8- K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2009.
On May 16, 2008, the…
An appellate court, during the second quarter of 2009, upheld the Supreme Court of New York, County of New York’s ruling in favor of Honeywell International Inc.
In the second quarter of 2006, Travelers Casualty and Insurance Company filed a lawsuit…
The Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Fairfield, issued ruling over compensation in the case styled David Fortier et al. v. A.O. Smith Corp. et al.
Judge David R. Tobin entered judgment in Case Nos. FBTBA0650005849S, FBTBA0650005848S on May 21,…
Derrill and Carolyn Conley, on July 21, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 14 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
The Conleys claim Mr. Conley developed an asbestos-related disease during the course of his…
Asbestos claims against Crane Co. dropped to 71,420 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 from 81,979 claims during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008.
The Company faced 75,266 asbestos claims during the three months…
Crane Co. says that, on June 30, 2009, a California court advised that the Company’s motion in the Dennis Woodard claim was granted.
Judgment was entered in favor of the Company.
On Feb. 2, 2009, the Company received an adverse verdict in…
The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County, affirmed the ruling of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which granted three evidentiary rulings that preceded a jury verdict in favor of John Crane, Inc., in an asbestos…
The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division, affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County, in asbestos insurance litigation involving John Crane Inc.
Judges Michael P. Toomin, Fitzgerald Smith, and O’Mara Frossard entered judgment in Case Nos.…