164 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 6 of 9
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · October 18, 1989 · in the opinion
Vaughn v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc. (1989)
…exposure to the asbestos in Foster Wheeler boilers was a substantial factor in causing Vaughn's mesothelioma. See Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp., 782 F.2d 1156, 1162 (4th Cir.1986).\[2\] The Shipowners' position is…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 21, 1985 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…parts. Martinez v. Rodriguez, 394 F.2d 156, 159 n. 6 (5th Cir.1968). \[22\] See, e.g., Owen, Punitive Damages in Products Liability Litigation, 74 Mich.L.Rev. 1257 (1976); Seltzer, supra note 15; Comment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Asbestosis among electricians
This cross-sectional study examined 38 of 39 eligible union electricians who had worked on renovating a specific building in May 1985, when asbestos exposure was documented. Exact exposure values were unknown, so the authors used years worked as an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
G. B. Elder to C&P Plant Distribution on Proposed Policy Banning Purchase of Asbestos-Containing Materials After 1989, with Attachments (1986)
Cover memo from G. B. Elder to plant and department contacts transmitting a proposed Chemicals and Plastics policy that no asbestos-containing materials be purchased after January 1, 1989, with background on the EPA exposure limit change and cost…
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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 · 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, 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 · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · March 13, 1989
Miller v. Celotex Corp. (1989)
…Eagle-Picher, Keene and Owens-Illinois because plaintiff Raymond Miller's asbestos claim was filed after Colorado's three-year limitations period expired. Under Colorado's products liability statute, a claim arises when the plaintiff knows…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · April 27, 1989
Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp. (1989)
Austin Sofie, who was 67 and suffering from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure during his career as a pipefitter, and his wife Marcia sued Fibreboard and other asbestos manufacturers. A jury found the defendants at fault and awarded…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · April 13, 1989
Kaiser v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1989)
Sol Kaiser, a Navy veteran, and his wife and children sued several asbestos manufacturers in federal court in Puerto Rico for harm from his asbestos exposure. Kaiser served from 1948 to 1952, repairing insulated pipes on destroyers, where he cut and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · August 19, 1986
Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1986)
…at his workplace and caused his disease, and awarded $2,500,000. The jury found for Keene and Owens-Illinois. The four losing defendants asked for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, a new trial or a reduced…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 5, 1985
Meehan v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
Carmella Meehan, as personal representative of her husband Charles Meehan's estate, sued Celotex and other asbestos product makers, claiming their products caused his death. Charles worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1942 to 1945, where he was…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)
Six consolidated cases were brought by workers, or the survivors of deceased workers, against makers and distributors of asbestos products. The workers said they were exposed to asbestos on the job. They claimed illnesses including asbestosis and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
This opinion covers fifty-seven consolidated asbestos cases in the Marshall division of the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs included insulation workers, pipefitters, carpenters and factory workers, and the defendants were asbestos product…
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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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Company document · WARD Documents · April 21, 1981
Armstrong Cork Company's Answers to Interrogatories in Copeland v. Armstrong Cork (1981)
…insulation from about 1941 through 1957, among them Unarco's Armabestos, Owens-Illinois's Kaylo and Ehret and Keasbey & Mattison 85% magnesia. It said it gave no warnings with its products, did no health testing before…
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Company document · WARD Documents · August 5, 1982
Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel Summary of Armstrong World Industries' Interrogatory Answers in Meers v. Johns-Manville (1982)
…1940s through 1957, including Unarco's Armabestos, Owens-Illinois's Kaylo and Keasbey & Mattison's products. It said it first became aware of a possible link between asbestos and disease in late 1968, from an article…
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Company document · WARD Documents · May 12, 1981
Hart and Wedgeworth v. Armstrong Cork, Motion to Compel, Defendants' Supplemental Answers and Expert Witness CVs (1981)
…May to July 1981. The plaintiffs moved to compel Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Celotex, Owens-Illinois, Raybestos-Manhattan, Unarco and other makers to answer supplemental interrogatories, calling their answers "vague and general conclusions of counsel" that…
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Company document · 1986
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
…Florida (85-10770), served on September 8, 1986 with a notice for both Owens-Illinois and USG; only USG's answers are in the file. Exhibit 1 is a chart of USG's asbestos-containing products…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · March 30, 1983 · in the opinion
Austin v. Unarco Industries, Inc. (1983)
…indemnity suit by asbestos manufacturer against the government for, inter alia, designing and specifying asbestos insulation products and failing to inspect the workplaces); Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United States District Court for the Western District of…