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Calif. appeals court upholds judgment of more than $5.8 million against brakes manufacturer
Defendant Honeywell International Inc. appealed the judgment awarded to the spouse and three surviving children of James Lester Phillips. A jury found the mesothelioma contracted by Phillips was caused in part by exposure to asbestos contained in Bendix-brand brakes. Honeywell, formerly known as Allied Corporation and Allied Signal Inc., bought Bendix in 1985. -
Illinois judges: Racketeering lawsuits against asbestos lawyers belong elsewhere
Judges Amy St. Eve and John J. Tharp Jr., both of whom sit on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, each filed orders March 23 in John Crane Inc.’s lawsuits against Dallas asbestos firm Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett PC and Philadelphia-based Shein Law Center. -
California federal judge dismisses Dallas asbestos firm’s lawsuit against John Crane Inc.
Judge Consuelo B. Marshall for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, in an order last week, said the plaintiffs, Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett PC, failed to file an amended complaint. -
Dallas asbestos firm argues it hasn’t failed to obey federal judge’s orders
Judge Consuelo B. Marshall for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a one-page order last week, asking Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett PC to show cause why its case against John Crane Inc. over the company’s allegations of racketeering shouldn’t be dismissed for failure to prosecute. -
Company wants its lawsuits against asbestos attorneys to be consolidated; firm argues cases aren’t related
John Crane Inc. wants the two lawsuits it filed in early June, against Shein Law Center in Philadelphia and Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett PC in Dallas, to be heard before a single federal judge. Shein has filed an opposition to the request, along with a motion to dismiss the case against it altogether. -
Federal judge agrees to stay RICO cases against asbestos plaintiffs firms
On Monday, Judge Graham Mullen granted Garlock Sealing Technologies’ motion for stay, pointing to the pending consideration of the company’s consensual plan of reorganization. Garlock reached an agreement on the principal terms of a plan this month. Also Monday, John Crane Inc., in light of the settlement, withdrew its motion to intervene in one of the racketeering lawsuits. -
Asbestos firm says it has settled with Garlock in RICO suit
Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett PC, one of five plaintiffs firms facing racketeering lawsuits from Garlock Sealing Technologies, said in a filing in a North Carolina federal court last week that it has settled with the gasket-maker. In its motion, granted Monday, it argues a motion to intervene filed by John Crane Inc. in January is now moot due to the pending settlement. -
Asbestos firm goes on attack in response to Garlock's RICO suit against it
Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, one of five plaintiffs firms facing racketeering lawsuits from Garlock Sealing Technologies, has filed a counterclaim that maintains Garlock is the one that engaged in racketeering. -
Asbestos firm files appeal in effort to dismiss racketeering case against it
On Oct. 1, the Dallas firm Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett filed a notice to appeal a recent decision that denied the firm’s motion to dismiss the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act lawsuit against it. That suit, filed by former frequent asbestos defendant Garlock Sealing Technologies, alleges the firm hid evidence of their clients’ exposures to other asbestos products in order to drive up settlements and verdicts against Garlock. -
Garlock seeking info from asbestos firms to boost racketeering claims
Some asbestos law firms are being dragged into racketeering lawsuits against their colleagues. Now that a federal judge has affirmed its right to do so, Garlock Sealing Technologies recently issued subpoenas to 29 law firms, including Baron & Budd, Brayton Purcell and Williams Kherker Hart Boundas.