Marks and Spencer plc has been fined GBP1 million for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores in Reading and Bournemouth, according to a Health…
The children of the late Thaddeus Alpough, on Aug. 16, 2011, filed suit in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., against their father’s former employer, Chevron USA, alleging the Company exposed him to asbestos, The Southeast Texas Record reports.
According to the…
VWR Funding, Inc., from time to time, is named as a defendant in cases that arise as a result of its distribution of laboratory supplies, including litigation resulting from the alleged prior distribution of products containing asbestos by certain of…
Eaton Corporation remains subject to claims, administrative and legal proceedings, like lawsuits that relate to contractual allegations, tax audits, patent infringement, personal injuries (including asbestos claims), antitrust matters and employment- related matters, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on…
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company faced 82,700 pending asbestos claims during the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared with 83,700 claims during the year ended Dec. 31, 2010, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed on July 28,…
Marks and Spencer plc and two of its contractors have been convicted for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores, according to a Health and…
Willis Marceaux, on June 28, 2011, filed an asbestos lawsuit against Atlantic Richfield, Chevron USA, and Oxy USA in Jefferson County District Court, Tex., The Southeast Texas Record reports.
Mr. Marceaux alleged asbestos exposure while working in area refineries indirectly caused…
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation is currently a party in two product liability cases, both pertaining to asbestos, according to a Company report, on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2011.
These asbestos cases are…
The law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., on June 21, 2011, won an asbestos-related lung cancer trial against defendants, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Goodyear Canada, according to a Weitz & Luxenberg press release dated June 22,…
American Biltrite Inc. is a co-defendant with many other manufacturers and distributors of asbestos containing products in about 1,280 pending claims involving about 1,826 individuals as of March 31, 2011.
The Company faced 1,261 asbestos-related claims at Dec. 31, 2010, compared…