From time to time, California Water Service Group has been named as a co-defendant in several asbestos-related lawsuits, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on May 7, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company has been dismissed without…
CH Energy Group, Inc. says that, as of March 31, 2010, of the 3,319 asbestos cases brought against subsidiary, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, about 1,189 remain pending.
As of Dec. 31, 2009, of the 3,319 asbestos cases brought against…
About 100 lawsuits are still pending against Consolidated Edison, Inc. concerning its subsidiary Consolidated Edison Company of New York’s (CECONY) steam main rupture in midtown Manhattan in July 2007.
In July 2007, a CECONY steam main located in midtown Manhattan ruptured.…
Allegheny Energy, Inc.’s total number of claims alleging exposure to asbestos was 868 in West Virginia and five in Pennsylvania as of March 31, 2010, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on May 7, 2010 with the Securities and…
Consolidated Edison, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc. [CECONY] and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.) are still defendants in asbestos-related lawsuits in New York State and federal courts.
In these cases, a large number of plaintiffs sought…
Pepco Holdings, Inc. says that, as of March 31, 2010, there were about 180 asbestos-related cases still pending against its subsidiary Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) in the State Courts of Maryland.
In 1993, Pepco was served with Amended Complaints filed…
Duke Energy Corporation says that amounts recognized as asbestos- related reserves related to subsidiary Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC totaled US$967 million as of March 31, 2010 and US$980 million as of Dec. 31, 2009.
The Company has experienced numerous claims for…
A couple from Port Arthur, Tex., Floyd D. Gladden Jr. and Rebecca E. Gladden, on May 3, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 30 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Manufacturing and equipment defendants…
Duke Energy Corporation reserved US$992 million as of Sept. 30, 2009 (US$1.031 billion as of Dec. 31, 2008) for asbestos matters of its Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC subsidiary.
The Company has claims for indemnification and medical cost reimbursement relating to damages…
Allegheny Energy, Inc., as of Sept. 30, 2009, faced a total of 861 asbestos exposure claims (856 in West Virginia, four in Pennsylvania, and one in Illinois).
As of June 30, 2009, the Company faced 858 claims alleging exposure to asbestos…