John Crane Inc.
Recent News About John Crane Inc.
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Appeals panel: Judge OK to leave other, settled defendants off jury form in $6M asbestos verdict
Cook County judge didn't make errors in multi-million dollar action -
Appeals judges: Chicago not right court for John Crane's asbestos fraud RICO claims vs Simon Greenstone, Shein Law
A federal appeals panel in Chicago has agreed industrial seals and couplings maker John Crane Inc. should be afforded the chance to air its claims two law firms allegedly engaged in racketeering and fraud in the way they pressed asbestos-related personal injury claims against the company in the past. However, the judges also agreed with lower court judges that Chicago federal court is not the right place for John Crane can pursue its claims. -
IL Supreme Court removes asbestos case from judge accused of abusing authority in pursuing sanctions
The Illinois Supreme Court has removed a Cook County judge from an asbestos personal injury case, granting a request from lawyers who had asked the court to step in and block a "rogue" judge from continuing his sanctions proceedings amid a bench investigation of a situation the judge said resembled an improper “grand bargain” between plaintiffs’ lawyers and those for a company named as a defendant in the case. -
IL Sup Ct puts hold on Cook judge accused of abusing authority in pursuing sanctions in asbestos case
The Illinois Supreme Court, acting in response to a request from lawyers who claim they and others have been targeted by a “rogue” Cook County judge, has stepped in to slap a hold on potential sanctions proceedings against lawyers and litigants on both sides of an asbestos personal injury case, blocking the judge, for now, from continuing his bench investigation of what he said resembled an improper “grand bargain” between plaintiffs’ lawyers and those for defendant gasket maker John Crane Inc. -
Cook Co. judge wrong to refuse transfer of asbestos case with no links to Cook
A state appeals panel has overruled a Cook County judge who had refused to transfer to Winnebago County an asbestos exposure case involving a plaintiff who had worked at industrial facilities in Winnebago, and couldn't say for sure he had even been exposed to asbestos in Cook County at all. -
Phoney Lawsuits: Attorneys accused of racketeering, manufacturing claims
One company recently brought into the world of litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act doesn’t like what it sees. BrandRep is taking its anger out on Beverly Hills, CA, attorney Todd Friedman, one of the most prolific lawsuit-filers in the country. -
John Crane wants lawsuits vs asbestos attorneys consolidated; law firm argues cases aren’t related
A company that has been frequently targeted by asbestos attorneys now wants the lawsuits it filed in June against two separate firms to be heard before a single judge. -
John Crane asks judge to back off bench-initiated discovery for possible asbestos case sanctions
Ford Motors and other corporate co-defendants in an asbestos action pending in Cook County court have ended the push to punish gasket maker John Crane Inc. and its lawyers for allegedly allowing plaintiffs’ lawyers to use it as a “shill” to allow such cases to remain in Cook County. Now, lawyers for the Chicago-based JCI have asked a Cook County judge to also back off a potential unprompted request for documents in thousands of asbestos cases in Cook and Madison counties. -
Despite Garlock settlement, asbestos lawyers can't shake racketeering claims yet
CHICAGO - A company that frequently finds itself targeted by asbestos attorneys is taking the reins on racketeering claims that allege those lawyers manipulated the system to unfairly drive up the costs of settlements and verdicts. -
John Crane renews demands judge reject 'revolutionary' sanctions sought by Ford over asbestos case actions
Lawyers for John Crane Inc. have again asked a Cook County judge to reject demands by Ford Motors and other asbestos co-defendants to punish Crane, saying Ford has asked the court to do "something nothing short of revolutionary" in response to allegations Crane allowed plaintiffs' lawyers to use it as a “shill” to prevent other defendants from moving asbestos cases out of Cook County's courts. -
John Crane says Ford lawyers' asbestos sanctions motion a 'witch hunt' to advance 'implausible conspiracy theory'
A manufacturer named as a defendant in about 75,000 asbestos personal injury cases nationwide has pushed back against a request for sanctions from lawyers representing Ford Motor Company, who have accused their client of being a “shill” to prevent other defendants from transferring cases out of Cook County Circuit Court, saying Ford has no basis to support an “implausible conspiracy theory” serving as a pretense for the chance to fish for privileged information. -
Sanctions sought vs asbestos trial lawyers for using John Crane Inc. as 'shill' to keep cases in Cook County
Attorneys for defendants in a Cook County asbestos case have brought an action against the opposing counsel in the case, asking the court to punish the plaintiff’s attorneys and the counsel for John Crane Inc., one of the other defendants named in the case, for their alleged use of Crane as a "shill" to prevent defendants from transferring the case and others like it out of Cook County Circuit Court. -
ICO Polymers sued over alleged asbestos exposure
A former material handler's family is suing over claims repeated exposure to asbestos resulted in mesothelioma and death.