The Court of Appeals of Indiana upheld the ruling of the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board, which denied Gene A. Joiner’s claim for worker’s compensation for medical difficulties he had experienced as a result of exposure to asbestos in the course…
Tenaris S.A.’s subsidiary in Italy, Dalmine S.p.A., as of Sept. 30, 2009, faced 45 asbestos-related claims, none of which are covered by insurance, according to a Company report, on Form 6-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov.…
AK Steel Holding Corporation or its predecessor, Armco Inc., since 1990, has been named as a defendant in numerous lawsuits alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos.
As of Dec. 31, 2008, there were 437 such lawsuits pending…
United States Steel Corporation, as of June 30, 2009, was a defendant in 415 active cases involving 3,015 plaintiffs (claims), according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2009.
At Dec. 31, 2008,…
Tenaris, S.A.’s Italian subsidiary, Dalmine S.p.A., as of March 31, 2009, faced a total of 41 pending asbestos claims, of which none were covered by insurance.
As of Dec. 31, 2008, Dalmine faced 55 pending asbestos claims, of which none were…
AK Steel Holding Corporation (or its predecessor, Armco Inc.), since 1990, has been facing lawsuits alleging personal injury as a result of exposure to asbestos.
Most of these lawsuits have been filed on behalf of people who claim to have been…
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, entered decisions in the case styled In re Chateaugay Corporation, Reomar, Inc. The LTV Corporation, et al. Debtors.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton J. Lifland entered judgment in Case Nos. 86 B 11270(BRL)…
United States Steel Corporation, as of Dec. 31, 2008, faced 450 active asbestos-related cases involving about 3,050 plaintiffs (claims), according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 24, 2009.
As of Sept. 30, 2008,…
ArcelorMittal’s subsidiary ArcelorMittal USA’s environmental provisions of US$222 million are mainly related to investigation, monitoring and remediation of soil and groundwater investigation at its current and former facilities and to removal and disposal of PCBs and asbestos-containing material.
The environmental provisions…
The number of outstanding asbestos exposure claims against certain French subsidiaries of ArcelorMittal was 431 at Dec. 31, 2008, as compared to 449 at Dec. 31, 2007, according to the Company’s annual report, on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities…