23 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
Six longtime workers at the E.I. du Pont plant in Clinton, Iowa, and their wives sued makers of asbestos insulation products. The workers said they were exposed through insulation on pipes and boilers, and in some cases through cleaning out machine…
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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 · 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 · 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 · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 10, 1992
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1992)
…and it ordered a new trial on punitive damages against Owens-Illinois and Eagle-Picher. A nonmanufacturing supplier-installer of asbestos is held to a 'should have known' standard in a negligent failure-to-warn claim…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 1, 1993
Watkins v. Fibreboard Corp. (1993)
Four workers, George Watkins, Lloyd Brannen, Isaac Price Jr. and Harold Barron, sued several asbestos companies in federal court in Texas after years of exposure to asbestos-containing products. At trial, the jury found the defendants' products…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · October 18, 1995
ACandS, Inc. v. Godwin (1995)
…against Porter Hayden. It also reversed all punitive damages awards for insufficient evidence and dismissed Owens-Illinois's appeal. A bystander shows substantial-factor causation for a defendant's asbestos product through the frequency, regularity and…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 21, 1995
Baumgart v. Keene Bldg. Products Corp. (1995)
Mildred Baumgart sued makers and suppliers of asbestos products after her husband, Anthony Baumgart, died of mesothelioma on March 31, 1985. He had worked for Witco Chemical Corporation from 1950 to 1980 and was allegedly exposed to…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 14, 1990
Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990)
Four Babcock & Wilcox workers, Joseph Bushless, Ralph Barber, Lloyd Kelly and Robert Edmond, were diagnosed with asbestosis in 1987. Bushless and Kelly's wives joined their suits. They sued GAF and other makers and suppliers of asbestos products,…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · August 31, 1995 · in the opinion
Brewer v. Fibreboard Corp. (1995)
…jury returned a verdict in favor of Appellant Brewer for $372,300.00 in general and special damages.\[24\] The jury found no liability against Owens-Illinois Company, but held Fibreboard Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 17, 1999 · in the opinion
Burgess v. Abex Corp. (1999)
…Ill.2d 574, 235 Ill.Dec. 943, 706 N.E.2d 498 (1998), this court affirmed judgments entered against Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation (OCF) and Owens-Illinois, Inc. (OI), on a conspiracy theory. We recited the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · December 9, 1992 · in the opinion
Taliferro v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1992)
…Insulation, Inc., GAF Corporation Garlock, Inc., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Southern Textile Corporation, Keene Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Owens- Illinois, Inc., Pacor, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc., Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · April 16, 1990 · in the opinion
Simpson v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1990)
…SIMPSON, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of David Simpson, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., The Celotex Corporation, Intergy, Inc.…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · September 13, 1995 · in the opinion
Horton v. Harwick Chem. Corp. (1995)
…Stutz and Anne Y. Koester, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Owens-Illinois, Inc. PFEIFER, J. We are asked in this case to set forth the appropriate summary judgment standard for causation in asbestos cases, and specifically…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 17, 1998 · in the opinion
Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1998)
…Pittsburgh Corning contends, inter alia, that such accrual date is too early; plaintiffs in their cross-appeal contend it is too late. In Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Estate of Burt, 897 S.W.2d 765 (Tex…
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · May 4, 1995
Click v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1995)
The appeals court reversed the directed verdict for Owens-Corning Fiberglass and Pittsburgh Corning and remanded for trial, ruling that the Click family had presented enough circumstantial evidence that George Click was exposed to the companies…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · March 12, 1999
Wallic v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1999)
Sondra Wallic sued asbestos product makers and suppliers over the mesothelioma and death of her husband, Frank Wallic, Jr., a pipe insulator. The opinion says he developed the cancer allegedly from exposure to the defendants' asbestos products at…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 30, 1998
Pustejovsky v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1998)
The court affirmed summary judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Pittsburgh Corning and Rapid-American, holding the widow's mesothelioma claim was barred by limitations because it accrued in 1982 with the asbestosis diagnosis. Under Texas's…