Legal proceedings are pending or may be brought against BP p.l.c. group entities arising out of current and past operations, including matters related to general environmental claims and allegations of exposures of third parties to toxic substances, such as lead…
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and its Air & Liquid Systems Corporation subsidiary, on Feb. 24, 2011, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against 13 domestic insurance companies, certain underwriters at Lloyd’s, London and certain…
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation faced 8,081 open asbestos-related claims during the year ended Dec. 31, 2010, compared with 8,168 claims during the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March…
Legal and administrative proceedings are pending or may be brought against Sunoco, Inc. arising out of its current and past operations, including allegations of exposures of third parties to toxic substances (such as benzene or asbestos) and general environmental claims.
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Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation’s loss from operations for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2010 equaled US$(12,399,000) and includes a pre-tax charge of US$19,980,000 for additional net asbestos litigation costs through 2020 associated with products manufactured decades ago by the Air and…
Fred Brinkman Jr., on behalf of his father Fred Brinkman, on Aug. 23, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 45 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Some of the defendants named in the suit…
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation was party to 8,155 open asbestos- related claims during the six months ended June 30, 2010, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on Aug. 6, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
During the six months ended June…
Howden Buffalo, Inc.’s asbestos-related insurance lawsuit against its former parent, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, is ongoing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
On Aug. 4, 2009, Howden filed the suit against the Company, two insurance companies that allegedly…
Noble Corporation says that, at June 30, 2010, there were about 39 asbestos lawsuits in which it is one of many defendants.
The Company is, from time to time, a party to various lawsuits that are incidental to its operations in…
Ashland Inc.’s subsidiary, Hercules, faced 20,000 open asbestos- related claims during the nine months ended June 30, 2010, compared with 24,000 claims during the nine months ended June 30, 2009.
Hercules has liabilities from claims alleging personal injury caused by exposure…