16 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · September 4, 1997
In re Celotex Corp. (1997)
…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 action…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…liability counts against Celotex and the other defendants, refusing to adopt market share liability in Illinois asbestos cases. Illinois does not recognize market share liability in asbestos cases, so a plaintiff who cannot identify the manufacturers…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 16, 1991
Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (1991)
Five workers at the Texas Eastman plant in Longview, Texas, or their families sued Fibreboard, Owens-Illinois, Celotex, Flintkote and Garlock, claiming the companies failed to warn of asbestos dangers. The workers were insulators or maintenance…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · October 3, 1995
Barnes v. Keene Corp. (1995)
…and remanded for judgment against the four remaining defendants (Keene, Manville, Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Owens-Illinois), but affirmed the single judgment in all other respects, so widow Ruth Barnes won on liability and lost on the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 18, 1990
Howell v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
Joseph Howell and his wife sued Celotex, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh-Corning, GAF, Keene and Owens-Corning in federal court in Pennsylvania over asbestos-related harm. Howell had pleural thickening, a scarring of the lung lining linked…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · July 16, 1992
Bowers v. Fibreboard Corporation (1992)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury verdicts for the plaintiffs (the Eldredge and Williams estates and Mrs. Eldredge) against Fibreboard and Owens-Illinois, finding no error in the jury instruction or the evidence rulings; Celotex…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 12, 1996
Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)
Elda Nelson and Patricia Dunning sued asbestos companies after Robert Nelson, a former asbestos worker, and Colette Fitzsimmons, a teacher exposed at her school, developed mesothelioma and died in 1987. In April 1987 the plaintiffs had opened Rule…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · July 2, 1990
White v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
Dorothy White, widow of Edward White, and their son Douglas sued Celotex and many other asbestos product makers and sellers in Arizona state court over Edward's death. The defendants removed the case to federal court. According to the family's…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · August 29, 1990
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1990)
The Court of Special Appeals reversed the punitive damages awards for the Knuckles estate against Eagle-Picher and Owens-Illinois and affirmed all other judgments for the plaintiffs against the manufacturer and installer defendants. A jury…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 20, 1992
Marinari v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1992)
Anthony Marinari worked as a laborer at Philip Carey Manufacturing in 1928-1929 and at Alan Wood Steel from 1937 to 1972, and was allegedly exposed to asbestos dust at both. A 1983 chest x-ray showed asymptomatic pleural thickening, and he did not…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 19, 1990 · in the opinion
Novelli v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1990)
…Inc., Garlock, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Amatex Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Keasbey Mattison, Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Pittsburgh, Corning Corporation, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, H.K. Porter, Inc., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · March 30, 1992 · in the opinion
Borman v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1992)
…818-23, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938); Gruber v. Owens-Illinois Inc., 899 F.2d 1366, 1369 (3d Cir.1990). When the state's highest court has not addressed the issue, the federal court must predict…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 19, 1994 · in the opinion
Hartman v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1994)
…of money, such as this case, all of the retired judges in Illinois may not only supplement their pensions, but they may also be given the continued opportunity to pontificate to a captive audience, the poor…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · May 28, 1992 · in the opinion
Cole v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
…contribution claims, the trial judge in Champagne relied upon the Fifth Circuit's holding in Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 528 So.2d 716 (La.App. 5th Cir.), writ denied, 531…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · September 17, 1997 · in the opinion
Huber v. Watson (1997)
…that a manufacturer may have supplied the asbestos to which a defendant was exposed is insufficient. See, e.g., Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 871 F.Supp. 1092, 1094 (N.D.Iowa 1994), aff'd…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · January 10, 1990 · in the opinion
Farrall v. AC & S. Co., Inc. (1990)
…C. § 6304(b) Pro Rata Share of Released Tortfeasors: Combustion Eng. 2% Delaware Ins. 4% Eagle Picher 10% Fibreboard 4% Owens Corn. Fib. 8% Owens-Ill. 3% Pitts. Corn. 3% Cent Cl Res. 29% \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Total Share…