Gasket manufacturer Garlock Technologies has sued four prominent asbestos law firms for fraud as it awaits a bankruptcy judge's decision on how much money the company must set aside to settle ...

When the bankruptcy hearings of Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC begin Monday, the maker of asbestos gaskets hopes to show that plaintiffs' lawyers have already found someone else to blame for ...

Arguing for a manufacturer of asbestos gaskets named Garlock Sealing Technologies, Cassada explained how lawyers had tailored the testimony of their clients to minimize their exposure to more ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it is banning the most common form of asbestos, a cancer-causing substance that's linked to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans ...

but were subsequently clad in asbestos insulation or connected using asbestos gaskets. While the "bare-metal" liability question before the Court will directly affect only cases filed under ...

King’s job in the Navy was to change gaskets, repair pumps and repair valves. Part of his job required him to scrape out the dry, baked asbestos from gaskets in order to replace them with new ones.

It is the most common type of asbestos used in the world, used in car parts such as aftermarket automotive brakes and linings and other vehicle friction products and gaskets. It’s been banned in ...

EPA is evaluating the risks of current uses of asbestos in the U.S., which include the asbestos gaskets fabricated for the chlor-alkali industry, sheet gaskets used in titanium dioxide chemical ...

While the rule covers the most widely used asbestos fiber, it doesn’t cover all six forms. It’s focused on banning gaskets, diaphragms containing asbestos used in the production of chlorine ...

Early automobile gaskets like the one recovered from the site monitoring visit were very frequently manufactured with asbestos. Asbestos was used in many products during the first half of the 20th ...