The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana granted Thomas and Patricia Ann Bradford’s Motion to Remand in a case involving asbestos filed against Cameron International Corporation and other defendants.
The case is styled Thomas Bradford and Patricia Ann Bradford v.…
Southern Star Central Corp.’s subsidiary, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., recorded an asbestos-related asset retirement obligation liability of US$2.6 million in its Consolidated Balance Sheet.
The corresponding amount of the regulatory asset was US$2.5 million in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
In…
The family of Ronald Yawn, on April 1, 2009, filed an asbestos- related lawsuit against Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc. in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mr. Yawn’s widow (Betty Lou Yawn) and daughter (Sheila Newall)…
Alfredene Surgers, on behalf of her late husband Joseph Wayne Surgers, on March 23, 2009, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Some of the 82 defendants in the suit are A.W. Chesterton…
During 2008, one of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.’s operating districts was found to have coatings on their pipelines containing asbestos, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2009.
The Company has…
Ameren Corporation and its subsidiaries, as of Dec. 31, 2008, faced 67 asbestos-related lawsuits, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2009.
These subsidiaries are: Union Electric Company, Central Illinois Public Service…
Sunoco, Inc. is still subject to legal and administrative proceedings over allegations of exposures of third parties to toxic substances like asbestos and benzene.
No further asbestos-related matters were disclosed in the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange…
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is still a defendant in asbestos-related lawsuits filed in the Circuit Courts of the State of Mississippi, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 24, 2009.
The suits allege…
Ashland Inc.’s noncurrent asbestos litigation reserve was US$807 million at Dec. 31, 2008, compared with US$546 million at Dec. 31, 2007, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Jan. 27, 2009.
The…