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  1. Court case · Washington Supreme Court · August 31, 1995 · in the opinion

    Brewer v. Fibreboard Corp. (1995)

    …Bartells Company; G.K. Technologies, Inc., successor in interest to General Cable Company; General Electric Company; Okonite Company; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Ericcsson North America, Inc., successor in interest to Anaconda Wire & Cable Company, and successor in…

  2. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990

    Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)

    …Nemours & Co. plant, Clinton, Iowa Clinton 1953 onward (except Navy 1954-1958); service crew, general maintenance worker and electrical maintenance worker E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. plant, Clinton, Iowa Clinton 1948-1985; maintenance person…

  3. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 17, 1998 · in the opinion

    Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1998)

    …that exposure sufficient to cause asbestosis is also sufficient to cause mesothelioma, lung cancer, and pleural plaques. \[18\] The crafts were divided into four general groupings: "Production Crafts" (some thirteen in all, including e.g. pumper…

  4. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · April 16, 1990 · in the opinion

    Simpson v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1990)

    …Plaintiff's decedent, David Simpson, was employed at Rochester Gas and Electric Company from 1957 to 1988. His primary duties involved working on the steam piping system. This work brought him into extensive contact with asbestos…

  5. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · July 2, 1990

    White v. Celotex Corp. (1990)

    …The Ninth Circuit affirmed. It held that the defendants' general sale of asbestos insulation during those years was not evidence that they supplied the asbestos Edward encountered. It also found market share liability unsuited to asbestos…

  6. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 25, 1990

    In re Fibreboard Corp. (1990)

    …authority. It reasoned that Texas law requires each plaintiff to prove causation and damage, and that a group-based statistical trial could prove only general causation. It also held that the class members' differences in disease…

  7. Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 10, 1992 · in the opinion

    Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1992)

    Castleman also testified that some general-knowledge encyclopedias included notes on asbestosis as early as 1939 or 1940. The Court of Special Appeals reviewed this evidence and held that "\[a\] jury ... could reasonably infer that Porter…

  8. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 17, 1999

    Burgess v. Abex Corp. (1999)

    …and judgment for plaintiffs (the Burgess estate and Francis Burgess) against Abex Corporation and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation on a civil conspiracy theory. A defendant who understands the general objectives of a conspiracy to conceal asbestos hazards…

  9. Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · December 9, 1992

    Taliferro v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1992)

    …Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia Navy Yard); Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia laborer doing general cleanup and debris removal on ships Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia 1967-1981

  10. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 1, 1993 · in the opinion

    Watkins v. Fibreboard Corp. (1993)

    …asbestos was the producing cause. This is a basic issue in this case, articulated to some extent in the trial judge's general instructions, but not clearly articulated by either party, except perhaps by the plaintiffs…

  11. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 20, 1998 · in the opinion

    Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)

    …The "minimum contacts" prong of the test can be broken down into two types of personal jurisdiction, specific and general. A state exercises "specific jurisdiction" over a non-resident defendant when the lawsuit arises from or…

  12. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 5, 1999 · in the opinion

    Pittsburgh Corning Corp. v. Walters (1999)

    …be raised at any point in the proceeding. A preliminary motion is, therefore, necessary to assure the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. General Chem. Corp. v. De La Lastra, 852 S.W.2d 916…

  13. Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · October 18, 1995 · in the opinion

    ACandS, Inc. v. Godwin (1995)

    …we have now evidence of the consequences of exposure, but we do not have, in general, accurate measures of the levels of exposure occurring 20 or 30 years ago, which have given rise to these consequences…

  14. Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 23, 1999 · in the opinion

    Pittsburgh Corning Corp. v. James (1999)

    …exposure to asbestos. The issue really is the more general one—whether forcing any movant to await final judgment makes the issue of inconvenient forum effectively non-reviewable. Our view as to that was, to some…

  15. Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · August 29, 1990 · in the opinion

    Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1990)

    … 388 (1965), observing that the section had previously been adopted as a general principle in the duty to warn area by previous Maryland cases. Section 388 states as follows: Chattel Known to Be Dangerous for Intended…

  16. Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 21, 1995 · in the opinion

    Baumgart v. Keene Bldg. Products Corp. (1995)

    …835 (1967). However, we have long recognized an exception to this general rule which acts to toll the running of the limitations period. The discovery rule "provides that where the existence of the injury is not…