An asbestos lawsuit filed on behalf of Malcolm E. Pilcher against Chevron Corporation was filed in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mr. Pilcher’s widow, Joan Pilcher, and his children (Deborah Lackey, Michael Pilcher and Bruce Pilcher)…
Floyd Forse’s widow, Veola Forse, and his 10 children filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against Texaco Inc. on Oct. 7, 2009 in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
In addition to Mrs. Forse, the other plaintiffs named in…
The surviving children of Ameal Newman, on Oct. 7, 2009, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against ExxonMobil Corporation, Mobil Oil Corp. and Mobil Chemical Co. in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
This is the third asbestos lawsuit…
Sam Atwood, a spokesperson for South Coast Air Quality Management District says that the coker unit at Tesoro Corporation’s refinery in Wilmington, Los Angeles, may have debris contaminated with asbestos, my SA business reports.
The refinery caught fire last Sept. 25,…
Assistant U.S. Attorney Melanie Pierson, on Oct. 6, 2009, dropped criminal charges against San Diego Gas & Electric Co. in a case alleging the Company violated safety standards while removing asbestos from a Lemon Grove, Calif., site, The Union-Tribune reports.
Debra…
U.S. District Court Judge Dana M. Sabraw, on Aug. 31, 2009, dismissed prosecution’s evidence against Kyle Rheubottom, who supervised an excavation contracted by San Diego Gas & Electric in 2000 that allegedly exposed some residents Lemon Grove, Calif., to asbestos,…
The law firm of Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP announces a take-nothing defense verdict in a Mississippi asbestos exposure lawsuit in favor of Union Carbide Corporation and two other defendants, including ConocoPhillips Company and Montello, Inc., according to…
Bonnie Duncan, on behalf of her late husband Weldon F. Duncan, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 26 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Sept. 4, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mr. Duncan worked as an insulator and…
The U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, upheld the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, which dismissed an asbestos-related declaratory judgment action involving Exxon Mobil Corporation and Turner Industries Group LLC.
The case is styled…
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation’s long-term asbestos liability was US$159,357,687 as of June 30, 2009, compared with US$187,014,436 as of Dec. 31, 2008.
The Company’s long-term asbestos liability was US$180,670,000 as of March 31, 2009. (Class Action Reporter, June 5, 2009)
The Company’s current asbestos…