4 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 24, 1979
Nolan v. Johns-Manville Asbestos & Magnesia Materials Co. (1979)
Edwin Nolan worked as an asbestos insulator from 1941 until May 1973, applying asbestos and fiberglass pipe coverings and related materials. He sued several makers and sellers of those products, alleging defective products and failure to warn. His…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · November 28, 1978
Daniels v. Combustion Engineering, Inc. (1978)
Thomas Daniels, a professional insulation installer from 1965 to 1977, developed a mild case of asbestosis. He and his wife Oma sued Combustion Engineering and 16 other makers of asbestos-related insulation under strict products liability, and she…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · September 10, 1973 · in the opinion
Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation (1973)
…1590. The Act gives the Secretary of Labor the authority to establish standards for permissible concentrations of airborne asbestos fibers. \[17\] The original complaint also named as defendants Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1971
Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure
This case series, continuing an earlier one by Owen, covered 52 people with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma diagnosed between 1955 and 1970 at three Merseyside hospitals in England. Industrial histories confirmed asbestos exposure in 80% of…