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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Asbestos Related Open Claims Rollforward Table [Text Block]
As of September 30, 2014, the Company was a defendant in cases filed in numerous state and federal courts alleging injury or death as a result of exposure to asbestos. Activity related to asbestos claims during the periods indicated was as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
2013
Beginning claims
49,770

 
54,969

 
51,490

 
56,442

 
56,442

New claims
738

 
683

 
2,078

 
2,207

 
2,950

Settlements
(218
)
 
(234
)
 
(772
)
 
(688
)
 
(1,142
)
Dismissals
(2,368
)
 
(1,596
)
 
(4,874
)
 
(4,139
)
 
(6,762
)
MARDOC claims*
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
2

Ending claims
47,922

 
53,822

 
47,922

 
53,822

 
51,490

* As of January 1, 2010, the Company was named in 36,448 maritime actions which had been administratively dismissed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ("MARDOC claims"), and therefore were not classified as active claims. In addition, the Company was named in 8 new maritime actions in 2010 (also not classified as active claims). By settlement agreement of December 30, 2013, the Company resolved all of the remaining MARDOC claims with plaintiffs’ counsel.  The agreement resulted in the dismissal of all MARDOC claims against the Company.
Schedule Of Settlement And Defense Costs
Detailed below are the comparable amounts for the periods indicated.
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
Year Ended
(in millions)
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
2013
Settlement / indemnity costs incurred (1)
$
3.2

 
$
9.0

 
$
18.5

 
$
23.2

 
$
31.6

Defense costs incurred (1)
13.3

 
15.8

 
43.0

 
44.7

 
59.1

Total costs incurred
$
16.5

 
$
24.8

 
$
61.4

 
$
67.9

 
$
90.8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Settlement / indemnity payments
$
6.7

 
$
10.6

 
$
19.1

 
$
29.5

 
$
37.8

Defense payments
15.5

 
14.8

 
42.9

 
42.6

 
59.5

Insurance receipts
(6.8
)
 
(6.1
)
 
(15.8
)
 
(23.8
)
 
(34.5
)
Pre-tax cash payments
$
15.4

 
$
19.4

 
$
46.2

 
$
48.3

 
$
62.8


 
(1)
Before insurance recoveries and tax effects.