12 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and the jury verdicts for the three plaintiffs, and ordered judgment entered for Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois because the evidence did not prove a civil conspiracy. Parallel…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
The appellate court affirmed the jury verdicts for plaintiffs Bicknell, Thacker and McClure against Owens Corning Fiberglas and (in McClure) Owens-Illinois, and remanded only so the trial court could apply setoffs for settlements with other…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 20, 1998
Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Evelyn Ruckstuhl and her husband Richard sued several companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged she was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 1996 from asbestos exposure in two ways: dust on her husband's work clothes from the Baton Rouge…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 2, 1993
Jackson v. Anchor Packing Co. (1993)
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for all defendants (Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard, Keene, Anchor, Chesterton, Garlock, John Crane, Rexnord and Georgia Talc) against the ten Mohawk tire plant workers, because the workers lacked sufficient…
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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 · Illinois Appellate Court · June 14, 1990
Owens Corning Fiberglas v. Ind. Comm'n (1990)
…Charlotte Hammond, against Owens Corning Fiberglas and denied Owens Corning credit for her loss of consortium recovery. Under section 7 of the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, a widow has an independent cause of action for death…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 2, 1993 · in the opinion
Zenson v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1993)
…Philadelphia, PA, for Celotex Corp., Hopeman Bros., Inc., Keene Corp., Owen Illinois, Inc. Mary K. Coleman, Pittsburgh, PA, for Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. Fredrick L. Goldfein, Philadelphia, PA, for Garlock, Inc. MEMORANDUM/ORDER KATZ, District Judge…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · June 15, 1998
Consorti v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (In Re Joint Eastern and Southern Dist. Asbestos, 1998)
The court granted Owens Corning's motion for a new trial unless Consorti accepts a reduced pain and suffering award of $5 million (a $7 million remittitur), and denied Owens Corning's request to cut the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · August 24, 1998
Feidt v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Gerald Feidt and his wife sued several companies in New Jersey state court, including Westinghouse (later renamed CBS), over his mesothelioma. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos while working aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise at the Newport News…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 20, 1994
Quick v. Murphy Oil Co. (1994)
The appeals court reversed the $46,000 contribution judgment that the trial court had entered for Owens Corning Fiberglas against Garlock, because Quick's exposure to Garlock's asbestos products was trivial and not a cause…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · November 29, 1993
Johnstone v. American Oil Co. (1993)
Daniel Johnstone, a seaman, died of mesothelioma. He and his wife sued his shipowner employers and asbestos product makers under the Jones Act and general maritime law, and his wife and children later pursued a wrongful death claim. Johnstone had…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · July 7, 1993
Behrendt v. GAF Corp. (1993)
…against defendants GAF, National Gypsum, Owens Corning and U.S. Gypsum. A jury award that bears no reasonable relation to uncontradicted losses warrants a new trial, and it cannot be upheld as a compromise verdict where…