1,463 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 39 of 74
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 20, 1994
Quick v. Murphy Oil Co. (1994)
The appeals court reversed the $46,000 contribution judgment that the trial court had entered for Owens Corning Fiberglas against Garlock, because Quick's exposure to Garlock's asbestos products was trivial and not a cause…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 30, 1998
Pustejovsky v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1998)
The court affirmed summary judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Pittsburgh Corning and Rapid-American, holding the widow's mesothelioma claim was barred by limitations because it accrued in 1982 with the asbestosis diagnosis. Under Texas's…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 1, 1981
Fusco v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1981)
Albert Fusco worked as a pipe-coverer at the Long Beach Naval Shipyards from 1957 until he retired in 1970. The opinion says his work exposed him to significant concentrations of asbestos fibers. In 1970, after the shipyard's annual medical exam and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · October 28, 1981
Fearson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
Rita Fearson, as administratrix, sued Johns-Manville and other asbestos product companies after her husband Joseph Fearson died of lung cancer in 1979 at age 57. He had worked as an asbestos insulation installer in the District of Columbia from 1936…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · November 30, 2000
Pustejovsky v. Rapid-American Corp. (2000)
…$25,000. In 1994 he was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma and, within two months, sued Rapid-American, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning and other asbestos suppliers. He later died, and his wife continued the case. The…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 10, 2023
Wilgenbusch v. Metalclad Insulation LLC (2023)
…Owens Corning (Kaylo) and later Fiberboard (Pabco). A jury found Metalclad liable for design defect, failure to warn, and negligent failure to warn. It assigned Metalclad 7 percent of responsibility and 12 percent each to Owens…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit · July 30, 1982
Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
Henry Wilson worked as an insulation worker at construction sites in the Washington, D.C. area from 1941. In February 1973 an x-ray showed he had mild asbestosis. In February 1978 he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and he died in May 1978. In May…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · November 29, 1993
Johnstone v. American Oil Co. (1993)
Daniel Johnstone, a seaman, died of mesothelioma. He and his wife sued his shipowner employers and asbestos product makers under the Jones Act and general maritime law, and his wife and children later pursued a wrongful death claim. Johnstone had…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 28, 2005
Adams v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2005)
…from contact with it is a covered occupational disease and workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy. Expert Testimony; Employer and Contractor Liability, and Workers' Compensation; Wrongful Death and Survival former employee of Libbey-Owens-Ford Company
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia · July 19, 1984
Joyce v. AC & s., Inc. (1984)
The court granted summary judgment to Celotex and the joining defendants (Owens-Corning, Armstrong, Eagle-Picher, Keene, Pittsburgh Corning), holding all of plaintiff Joyce's asbestos-related claims barred by Virginia's two-year statute of…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 17, 2001
Crooks v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Pinecrest State School and Central State Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana, sued Southern Pipe and Supply, Owens-Corning, Garlock, the State of Louisiana and other defendants in 1997. They said they were exposed to asbestos-containing products…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · August 3, 1994
In re Keene Corp. (1994)
Dorothy Richter sued Keene Corporation and other asbestos manufacturers in New Jersey state court over her husband's death. The suit alleged he developed mesothelioma through occupational exposure to asbestos. A jury awarded $300,000 for wrongful…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 23, 1999
Pittsburgh Corning Corp. v. James (1999)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the Court of Special Appeals' dismissal of Pittsburgh Corning's and Owens Corning's appeals, holding that denial of their motions to dismiss for inconvenient forum could not be…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · January 14, 1980
Mooney v. Fibreboard Corp. (1980)
R. L. Mooney, Sr. worked as an insulator from 1940 to 1970 and handled large quantities of insulation containing asbestos. He sued eleven companies that allegedly made or sold such products, under strict product liability, saying he had lung…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · July 7, 1993
Behrendt v. GAF Corp. (1993)
…against defendants GAF, National Gypsum, Owens Corning and U.S. Gypsum. A jury award that bears no reasonable relation to uncontradicted losses warrants a new trial, and it cannot be upheld as a compromise verdict where…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · May 5, 2016
Estate OF Blandford v. AO Smith Corp. (2016)
…strictly liable as if it were the manufacturer because Owens Corning had gone through bankruptcy. The Eighth District followed its earlier decision in Potts. It held that Owens Corning was still subject to Ohio's jurisdiction…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · April 25, 2017
Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017)
The family of William D. Coleman sued Anco Insulations, Pilkington North America (formerly Libbey Owens Ford) and several insurers. They alleged that Coleman died of malignant mesothelioma on November 8, 2016, from exposure to dust and…
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Court case · Arizona Supreme Court · November 19, 1982
Nelson v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona (1982)
Marguerite Nelson sought Arizona workers' compensation death benefits after her husband Charles, an insulation worker who had handled asbestos for many years, died of mesothelioma in January 1977. She filed her claim in October 1979, almost three…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · January 19, 1994
WR Grace & Co.—Conn. v. Dougherty (1994)
The appeals court affirmed the final judgment for the Dougherty plaintiffs against W.R. Grace and Owens-Corning, rejecting their challenges to the jury instructions, the deposition evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence of Grace…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 25, 1997
Gauthe v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (1997)
…and the trial court agreed. On appeal, the plaintiffs and Owens Corning argued that the law in effect when Gauthe was exposed should apply, which would allow negligence suits against executive officers. The appeals court disagreed…