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Asbestos lawyers were milking billions from American industry by allowing their clients to misrepresent their exposure. They got away with it for years, until an obscure, bankrupt gasket company ...
By suing the asbestos lawyers who are suing it, Garlock is following in the steps of CSX, which in 2012 won a $429,000 fraud verdict against Pittsburgh lawyers Robert Peirce and Louis Raimond ...
To Fight Asbestos Cases, Garlock Uses Other Claims as Defense Maker of Gaskets Hopes to Show Plaintiffs' Lawyer Are Blaming Others By Dionne Searcey July 21, 2013 10:45 pm ET Resize ...
Tony Pinfold, the chairman of GWM SA, said yesterday a thorough investigation had been undertaken into the asbestos found in the gaskets of some of GWM’s vehicles in Australia, but the amount of ...
This legislation threatens to make the already undesirable manufacture and use of asbestos products uneconomic, if permitted at all. In response to the resulting demands from the automotive industry ...
Asbestos contains fibres that can cause serious diseases such as mesothelioma when inhaled. However, Wolseley said the asbestos gaskets were safe and could be sold legally in the US and Canada.
Holding: (1) Yes; reversed and remanded. The continuing presence of asbestos constitutes property damage; however, the insurer’s liability is to be prorated according to time on the risk. (2) No.