251 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 10 of 13
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · January 18, 1995
Consorti v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)
Frances Consorti and her husband John sued Owens-Corning Fiberglas and others over John's mesothelioma. The opinion says he was exposed to asbestos between 1960 and 1970, married Frances in 1976, and was diagnosed in…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 14, 1998
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Sitz (1998)
The court of appeals reversed the $20 million judgment for the Sitz family against Owens-Corning, holding the trial court wrongly applied offensive collateral estoppel on liability issues, and remanded the case. Offensive collateral estoppel should…
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Court case · Florida Supreme Court · August 26, 1999
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Ballard (1999)
…yes and approved the Fourth District's decision upholding the $31 million punitive damages award for Ballard against Owens-Corning. A punitive award above three times compensatory damages can overcome the statutory presumption of excessiveness under…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · May 26, 1992
Rohrbaugh v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
The Tenth Circuit vacated the judgment for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning and Celotex because the jury instructions wrongly imposed a duty to warn Mrs. Palmer, and remanded for a new trial, so the defendants prevailed…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 11, 1998
McCauley v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Bradley McCauley sued Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Pittsburgh Corning and other companies in May 1993, alleging asbestos-related diseases from occupational exposure during work from 1947 to 1986 in construction, as a laborer and plumber. A 1985…
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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 · 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 the Virgin Islands · September 27, 1991
Dunn v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass (1991)
The court denied Owens-Corning's motion for JNOV and for a new trial on liability, but ordered a new trial unless plaintiff Dunn accepted a reduction of compensatory damages from $1.3 million to $500…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 31, 1996
McNeil v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court's order to the extent it allowed a new trial on the lung cancer claim (a win for Owens Corning), and affirmed a new trial limited to the…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · February 14, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Wasiak (1996)
The court affirmed the trial court's judgment for the plaintiffs (about $1.8 million compensatory and $3.7 million punitive damages) against Owens-Corning, overruling all eleven points of error. Under Alabama law and due…
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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 · 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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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 20, 1995
Deposition of Douglas Wayne Merrill in Wooley v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Cameron County, Texas (1995)
…the deposition transcript of Douglas Wayne Merrill in Samuel Oliphant Wooley, Jr., et al. v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, et al., No. 94-09-04823 B. It consists of the cover page and transcript pages 48…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1998
Deposition of Douglas Wayne Merrill (Kelly-Moore) in Alderete v. Owens Corning, with Testimony on Union Carbide Asbestos and the CPSC Ban (1998)
Cover page and excerpted transcript pages (86-89, 166-169, 198-201) from the September 18, 1998 deposition of Douglas Wayne Merrill, a former Kelly-Moore (Paco) employee. He testified about switching asbestos sources to a Union Carbide product in…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · May 15, 1998
Porter Hayden v. Bullinger (1998)
…vacated the trial court's apportionment of damages in the Grimshaw and Granski cases, ruling for Owens Corning and Porter Hayden against the plaintiffs, and remanded for further proceedings. A trial court may not withhold from…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · May 3, 1995
Rohrbaugh v. Celotex Corp. (1995)
The Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that its earlier decision was the law of the case and the plaintiffs, the daughters of Dorothy Palmer, offered no new evidence. Under the law…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · December 11, 1990
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1990)
The court denied Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.'s summary judgment motion, so the estate of Darrel Knox, the plaintiff, could continue its asbestos suit against OCF. Indiana's occupational disease act makes compensation the exclusive remedy…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · August 28, 1995
Consorti v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1995)
…Consorti, ordered a new trial on John Consorti's pain and suffering unless he accepts remittitur to $3.5 million, and otherwise affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, which had appealed. In a diversity case…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · December 13, 1993
Krivanek v. Fibreboard Corp. (1993)
The court affirmed the liability finding against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and the damages awards to Mr. Krivanek's estate and children, but reversed the denial of a new trial on Mrs. Krivanek's damages and remanded…
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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…