1,462 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 42 of 74
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · May 13, 1999
Spoonamore v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1999)
…underlying product claims, so summary judgment stayed in place for Owens-Illinois and against the plaintiffs. If the product liability statute of repose has expired for the claims underlying an asbestos wrongful death action, the wrongful…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · September 4, 1997
In re Celotex Corp. (1997)
…the district court's denial of Owens-Illinois's motion to remand and its dismissal of the contribution action against Rapid American for lack of personal jurisdiction, so Rapid won and Owens-Illinois lost. A contribution…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 1, 1991
Normann v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
The Superior Court reversed the denial of Owens-Illinois' post-trial motion for a new trial and remanded for a liability trial under New York law, a win for Owens-Illinois over the executrix, Francine Normann…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · February 27, 1986
Kisor v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
The Ninth Circuit reversed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Owens-Illinois and remanded for a new trial, ruling for Kisor's estate, because the district court wrongly admitted evidence of the manufacturer's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 12, 2017
Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017)
The court granted Owens-Illinois's re-urged exception of res judicata, holding the 1996 release barred the Savoie family's mesothelioma, wrongful death and survival claims against Owens-Illinois. Under Louisiana law, a signed compromise…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · July 1, 2015
McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015)
The district court denied Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, finding enough circumstantial evidence of exposure for plaintiff McAlvey's claim to go forward. Under Illinois and maritime law, a plaintiff may use circumstantial…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · April 3, 2008
State EX rel. Pilkington North America, Inc. v. Indus. Comm. (2008)
…Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals' mandamus grant and held that the Industrial Commission did not abuse its discretion in naming Pilkington, successor to Libbey Owens Ford's self-insured claims, as the amenable employer…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · March 8, 2007
State EX rel. Pilkington N. AM. v. Indus. Comm. (2007)
…Apportionment and Settlement Credits Worksites: Libbey-Owens-Ford Rossford plant; Libbey-Owens-Ford Rossford plant (Plant 6 and Thermopane Plant 9), Rossford laborer, furnace tender, and crew leader Libbey-Owens-Ford Rossford plant (Plant 6 and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · November 10, 2015
Sydow v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2015)
The court found Owens-Illinois' motion to dismiss moot, denied 3M's and Weyerhaeuser's motions to join it, and granted Theresa Sydow's motion to file a third amended complaint substituting her as special administrator…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · August 22, 2014 · in the opinion
Boyer v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2014)
Strict Liability Plaintiffs' strict liability claim against Owens-Illinois is similarly flawed. To impose strict liability under Wisconsin law, the defendant must be "engaged in the business" of selling the alleged defective product. Geboy v. TRL…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · March 20, 1990
Johnson v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…including compensatory and punitive damages, against Celotex and Owens-Illinois; one judge dissented as to punitive damages. A trial court may consolidate asbestos cases with common worksites and issues if it uses cautionary instructions and separate…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · September 18, 1989
IN the Matter of Estate OF Foster (1989)
Kathryn Koehler, personal representative of Edwin Foster's estate, sued asbestos insulation manufacturers, including Fibreboard and Owens-Illinois, alleging improper design and lack of warnings. Foster developed mesothelioma, which the estate attributed to asbestos exposure at…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · August 7, 1992
Blancha v. Raymark Industries (1992)
Frank Thomas served in the Navy from 1951 to 1955. For about nine months he worked as a machinist on two ships at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and was exposed to asbestos products. He was diagnosed with an asbestos-related condition in 1987 and…
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Court case · Colorado Court of Appeals · September 12, 1991
Fenton v. Fibreboard Corp. (1991)
The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the $190,000 jury verdict for the plaintiff widow against Fibreboard and Owens-Illinois and the partial set-off ruling, but reversed the costs award and remanded for findings on…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 31, 2017
Krik v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2017)
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the judgment for Exxon Mobil and Owens-Illinois after a jury found cigarettes were the sole cause of Krik's lung cancer, holding that excluding Dr. Frank's causation testimony and the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 5, 1985
Rosenberg v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
Stanley Rosenberg worked at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn from 1961 to 1965 and was exposed to asbestos products there. He was diagnosed with asbestosis in 1976 and malignant mesothelioma in 1978. He and his wife sued Celotex in New York…
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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, District of Maryland · June 6, 2013
Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (2013)
…for reconsideration by Crane Co. and Owens-Illinois as moot. A plaintiff may use a Rule 15(a) amendment to disclaim damages for one product and so avoid federal officer jurisdiction. A defendant that did not…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 31, 2007
Penn v. A-Best Prods. Co. (2007)
Eight Ohio workers or their estates sued many companies, claiming asbestos-related diseases from their employment. Hubbard, Siegel and Price had colon cancer; Williams had laryngeal cancer; Ward had lung cancer; Roth, Penn and Harrison had…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 21, 2015
Kochera v. General Electric Company (2015)
The district court denied General Electric's motion in limine, joined by Owens-Illinois and John Crane, to exclude plaintiff Kochera's medical expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff won the ruling. A physician board certified…