Praxair, Inc., as of Sept. 30, 2008, faced lawsuits (involving 1,805 individual claimants) alleging personal injury caused by manganese contained in welding fumes.
As of June 30, 2008, the Company was a co-defendant with many other companies in 428 lawsuits alleging…
Micron Technology Inc. disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that on Oct. 3, 2008, the California Attorney General filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court, purportedly on behalf of local…
RPM International Inc. reports in its Form 10-Q dated Oct. 9, 2008, that as of Aug. 31, 2008, its subsidiary Dryvit Systems Inc. was a defendant or co-defendant in various single family residential exterior insulated finish systems (EIFS) cases.
Majority of…
A trial date has not yet been scheduled in the suit filed by a third party insurer over cost-sharing agreements involving Dryvit System Inc.’s exterior insulated finish systems (EIFS).
Dryvit is one of RPM International Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiaries.
Third party excess…
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, by an order dated Aug. 8, 2008, denied the City of Cleveland’s motion to remand its action against The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and numerous financial institutions.
On…
Certain directors and officers of Cintas Corp. face a purported shareholder derivative lawsuit filed by Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust in the Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton County, Ohio.
The suit, captioned Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust v. Richard T.…
ConAgra Foods, Inc. continues to face active public nuisance suits in Ohio and California.
The State of Ohio and several of its municipalities continue to seek abatement of alleged nuisance and unspecified damages against the Company, as alleged successor to W.…
The plaintiffs in a consolidated securities litigation, on Sept. 16, 2008, has filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit related to the federal court of the Northern District of Ohio’s August 2008…
Diebold, Incorporated continues to engage in disputes with the Board of Elections of Cuyahoga County, Ohio; the Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio (collectively, the County), and Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
The Company filed…
Diebold, Incorporated continues to face consolidated lawsuits alleging breaches of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to the Company’s 401(k) plan.
The complaints seek compensatory damages in an unspecific amount, fees and expenses related…