14 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 20, 1985
Lowe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
Eugene Lowe and his wife sued a group of asbestos companies in 1982 over injuries from his work exposure to asbestos. Lowe died in September 1982, and his co-administrators were substituted as plaintiffs. He had worked at various times from 1942 at…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · January 31, 1986
Knauer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
George Knauer and his wife Ann sued thirteen asbestos manufacturers in federal court in Maryland in December 1980, alleging he developed mesothelioma from exposure to defendants' asbestos products. He died on May 1, 1982. On May 6, 1985, five days…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 11, 1986
Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
Antoinette Vigiolto sued several asbestos product manufacturers after her husband, Christopher Vigiolto, died of pleural mesothelioma in 1981. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945 on two ships, and she alleged he inhaled asbestos dust and fibers…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Celotex Corporation, Unarco Industries, Turner & Newall, Ltd., Keene Corporation, and Owens-Illinois Glass Company. Frank ALICE and Theresa Alice, Appellants, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., and Johns-Manville Sales Corp., and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., and Forty Eight…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984 · in the opinion
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…Corporation, H.K. Porter, Co., Inc., Southern Textile Corp., A.C. & S., Inc., GAF Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Universal Insulation Company, Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., Delaware Insulation Co., Crown, Cork & Seal Company, Inc., D.A.R…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · October 5, 1981 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981)
…merger with Johns-Manville Products Corporation; Raybestos-Manhatten Corporation, a Connecticut Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, successor by purchase of Kaylo Division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation; The Celotex Corporation…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · January 23, 1984 · in the opinion
In re Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…position and the logic contained therein. See, e.g., Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass, supra (construing Wisconsin law); Nolan v. Johns-Manville, supra (construing Illinois law); Coyne v. Porter-Hayden Co., 286 Pa.Super 1, 5…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · July 31, 1986 · in the opinion
Fischer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…hand, will often affect countless potential plaintiffs whose identities are unknown to defendant at the time of the culpable conduct. We agree with the Illinois court that the mere fact that a defendant, "through outrageous misconduct…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 20, 1981
Carbonaro v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981)
The federal court granted Owens-Corning Fiberglas's motion for summary judgment, holding the plaintiffs' asbestos suit barred by the prior state-court judgment for the defendants, so the plaintiffs lost. Under claim preclusion, a final…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · May 7, 1986
Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
Frances Silver, executrix of her husband Henry Silver's estate, sued several asbestos product companies in federal court, claiming his death was caused by asbestos exposure. He worked from 1941 to 1961, mainly in North Carolina, as an insulator,…
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Court case · New York Court of Appeals · October 29, 1981
Matter of Steinhardt v. JohnsManville Corp. (1981)
Seven sets of plaintiffs sued Johns-Manville and other asbestos companies. Several sued as representatives of workers who had died. They said the workers' inhalation of asbestos caused injuries. Each case was filed more than four years after the…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 8, 1987
Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1987)
David Swogger, a marine engineer who sailed for more than 35 years, died of malignant mesothelioma allegedly caused by asbestos exposure. His executrix, Anna Swogger, sued shipowners under the Jones Act and general maritime law, and that case was…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · June 7, 1984 · in the opinion
Bauer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…Patrick J. Flaherty, Cooney, Scully & Dowling, Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Corning. Maurice T. FitzMaurice, Joseph R. Lupica, Reid & Riege, P.C., Hartford, Conn., for Owens-Ill. Paul W. Orth, John T. Harris, Hoppin, Carey & Powell, Hartford…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 24, 1983 · in the opinion
Wedgeworth v. Fibreboard Corp. (1983)
…Inc.; Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 26 B.R. 644 (E.D.Wis.1983). The careful balancing of interests mandated by the Supreme Court in Landis requires that the stays granted in the instant cases…