Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation faced 9,415 open asbestos claims during the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared with 9,402 claims during the three months ended March 31, 2009.
During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company noted 552 claims settled…
Sunoco, Inc. continues to be 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 latest quarterly report filed with the Securities…
Hercules Offshore, Inc. continues to be involved in asbestos litigation styled Robert E. Aaron et al. vs. Phillips 66 Company et al., which was filed in Circuit Court, Second Judicial District, Jones County, in Mississippi.
This is the case name used…
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. continues to be one of several unrelated defendants in asbestos lawsuits filed in the Circuit Courts of the State of Mississippi, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July…
Ashland Inc.’s long-term asbestos litigation reserve was US$828 million at June 30, 2009, compared with US$530 million at June 30, 2008, according to a Company report, on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2009.
The…
Halliburton Company says that, as of June 30, 2009, the Company had not accrued any amounts related to a matter (involving asbestos liabilities) concerning the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund (AMSF).
In June 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed against…
Halliburton received payment of US$79 million for its asbestos- related insurance settlements in July 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2009.
At Dec. 31, 2004, the Company resolved all open…
ENSCO International Incorporated and certain current and former subsidiaries are still defendants in asbestos-related lawsuits filed in Mississippi courts.
In August 2004, the Company and certain current and former subsidiaries were named as defendants in three multi-party lawsuits filed in the…
The Colorado Court of Appeals, Division A, remanded a class action case involving asbestos, filed against Unocal Corporation, Unocal Pipeline Company, and Union Oil Company of California (collectively Unocal).
The case is styled Richard Jackson, Mary Jackson, Thomas Fehringer, Robert Hradecky,…
The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, upheld the ruling of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, In and for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, La., which dismissed Murphy Oil, USA, Inc.’s cross-claim for contractual defense and indemnification.
The case…