CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC, filed a counterclaim today in federal court alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and other claims against asbestos gasket manufacturer Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC. The counterclaim is asserted in response to a January 2014 RICO…
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina – A South Carolina state court jury has awarded a sizable verdict to the family of a maintenance worker who died from mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos fibers in the 1970s at a Celanese Corp. (NYSE: CE) polyester fiber plant in Spartanburg. Dennis Seay, who died in 2014…
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – An Alabama federal judge has awarded a significant judgment to the family of a woman who died from the lung disease mesothelioma after inhaling asbestos fibers for decades while washing her husband’s work clothes. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. For 22 years,…