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Jack Atkins on Aug. 9, 2010, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 20 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Mr. Atkins claims he developed an asbestos-related disease different from the other non-malignant asbestos-related disease for…

CBS Corporation faced about 58,920 pending asbestos claims as of June 30, 2010, compared with about 62,360 as of Dec. 31, 2009 and 64,480 as of June 30, 2009.

The Company had about 62,340 pending asbestos claims as of March 31,…

CBS Corporation had about 62,340 pending asbestos claims as of March 31, 2010, as compared with about 62,360 pending claims as of Dec. 31, 2009 and 67,540 as of March 31, 2009.

The Company is a defendant in lawsuits claiming various…

The U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division, denied Foster Wheeler LLC’s motion to strike and dismiss Paragraph 27 of Dennis and Suzanne Crowder’s asbestos- related complaint.

The case is styled Dennis Crowder and Suzanne Crowder, Plaintiffs v.…

Cleveland J. Savoy, on Nov. 5, 2009, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 38 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Defendants include A.O. Smith Corporation, A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical, AMETEK Inc., Babcock Borsig AG,…

Lynda Guillory, on behalf of her late father, Ameal Newman, filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against 31 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Oct. 1, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.

The defendants include: A.W. Chesterton Company, American Optical…

Willie Mae Denson, on behalf of husband Elijah Denson Sr., filed an asbestos-related lawsuit against seven defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., on Sept. 17, 2009, The Southeast Texas Record reports.

The defendants are A.O. Smith Corp., Babcock Borsig…

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…

Tommy J. and Linda Harrell, on Aug. 31, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against 36 defendant corporations in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Defendants in the suit include Afton Pumps Inc., Amerflex Rubber and Gasket, AMETEK…

An asbestos lawsuit by Gilbert L. Harper and his wife, Bonita L. Harper, against 18 defendant corporations was filed on Aug. 25, 2009 in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.

Defendants include: A.O. Smith Corporation, A.W. Chesterton…