Halliburton, a pipeline services company based in Huston, is trying to resolve tens of thousands of asbestos-related health claims without having the whole company file for bankruptcy. Halliburton inherited the Asbestos liabilities when it bought Dresser Industries in 1998, when Vice President Cheney was the chief executive of Halliburton. Attorneys for both Halliburton and plaintiffs […]

AMBLER, PA — An EPA test has discovered asbestos at the Mattison Avenue Elementary School in Ambler, Montgomery County. The school will remain closed to students and staff, pending further testing. Wissahickon School District officials said the square-inch piece of asbestos was not airborne but collected in a corner in the maintenance garage, attached to […]

ZURICH, Switzerland — ABB, an industrial engineering group based in Switzerland, is trying to resolve a key asbestos liability case for a U.S. subsidiary, Combustion Engineering Inc. by offering to pay plaintiffs $300 million over several years on top of the unit’s assets of some $800 million. The plaintiffs are former workers and clients who […]

Sealed Air Corp, maker of bubble wrap, Friday offered $838 million to settle its fraudulent conveyance case with asbestos plaintiffs, who charged that W.R. Grace sold Cryovac to Sealed Air for less than its market value to shield the unit from asbestos claims. The company was scheduled to go on trial next week. The Cryovac […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court revisited a 1997 ruling referred to the asbestos litigation crisis on Wednesday questioning whether the law governing railroad employee suits, allows damages for fear of developing cancer, even when the plaintiff does not have the disease or any systems.
The justices heard arguments by Carter Phillips, a lawyer for Norfolk […]

Charleston, W.V. — A West Virginia jury on Thursday found Union Carbide guilty of exposing workers to asbestos poisoning over a 35-year period, the company faces millions of dollars in potential damages. The verdict makes it possible for about a thousand plaintiffs to pursue cases against Union Carbide for injuries suffered or health problems due […]

Charleston, W. Va.–ExxonMobil will pay 132 people about $2000 each to settle asbestos claims against it, leaving Union Carbide the single defendant in what was a mass trial of asbestos claims here.
The case once involved nearly 8,000 claims against more than 250 corporations whittled down to three defendants after settlements. Union Carbide, which is […]