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To the extent that any specific amount of damages is sought, the amount applies to claims against all named defendants.
−Removed: There are four asbestos cases, involving 20 plaintiffs, that plead specified damages against named defendants.
−Removed: In each of the four cases, the plaintiff is seeking compensatory and punitive damages based on a variety of potentially alternative causes of action.
+Added: There are three asbestos cases, involving 19 plaintiffs, that plead specified damages against named defendants.
+Added: In each of the three cases, the plaintiff is seeking compensatory and punitive damages based on a variety of potentially alternative causes of action.
In two cases, the plaintiff has alleged three counts at $3 million compensatory and punitive damages each;
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In the third case, the plaintiff has alleged compensatory and punitive damages, each in the amount of $20.0 million, for three separate causes of action, and $5.0 million compensatory damages for the fifth cause of action.
−Removed: In the fourth case, the plaintiff has alleged compensatory and punitive damages, each in the amount of $10.0 million, for ten separate causes of action.
Historically, we have been dismissed from asbestos cases on the basis that the plaintiff incorrectly sued one of our subsidiaries or because the plaintiff failed to identify any asbestos-containing product manufactured or sold by us or our subsidiaries.
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Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.