251 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 11 of 13
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 25, 1997
Gauthe v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (1997)
…and the trial court agreed. On appeal, the plaintiffs and Owens Corning argued that the law in effect when Gauthe was exposed should apply, which would allow negligence suits against executive officers. The appeals court disagreed…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 14, 1997
Risch v. Paul J. Krez Co. (1997)
…the 1960s and 1970s through their employment. Both were diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1992 and later died. They testified that Krez employees installed Owens Corning Kaylo insulation at their jobsites. The estates alleged Krez designed, manufactured…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 27, 1998 · in the opinion
In re Asbestos Litigation (1998)
…limited fund. Fibreboard was recently acquired by Owens-Corning in a tender offer for about $515 million cash, plus $85 million of assumed debt. See Andrea Puchalsky, Owens-Corning to Buy Fibreboard for $515 million, WALL…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 12, 1990 · in the opinion
King v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1990)
…Celotex's attorney attempted to demonstrate that Mr. Gresham had considerable work experience with other companies' asbestos-containing products. With regard to Owens-Corning Kaylo, for example, Celotex's attorney asked: "\[Y\]ou used every bit…
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Court case · Massachusetts Appeals Court · December 11, 1997
Thayer v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation (1997)
The Appeals Court reversed the judgment and verdict on liability against Owens-Illinois and ordered a new trial because state of the art evidence had been excluded, but affirmed denial of the plaintiffs' motion for a…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · November 18, 1993
Srite v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993)
The court of appeals affirmed the jury's zero past-damages awards for the workers and wives against Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard, Pittsburgh-Corning and Keene, but reversed the limitations bar against the Spikes plaintiffs and reversed…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · December 22, 1994 · in the opinion
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Ins. Co. (1994)
…BOC Group, Inc., C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc., Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, Combustion Engineering, Inc., Dana Corporation, Dow Corning Corporation, Ferodo America, Inc., Flexitallic, Inc., Ford Motor Company, HM Holdings, Inc., ICI Americas Inc., International Business…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · July 21, 1992 · in the opinion
Kreppein v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
…Inc., individually and as successor to Southern Textile Corporation and Southern Asbestos Company; Fibreboard Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation, individually and as successor-in-interest to Unarco Industries; United States Gypsum Company; Raymark Industries…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 14, 1994 · in the opinion
Matter of Midland Ins. Co. (1994)
…not persuasive. These policies are so awkwardly drafted, with regard to the relevant language, that it is no wonder that ambiguity has been discerned\[5\] (see, Pittsburgh Corning Corp. v Travelers Indem. Co., No. 84-3985…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York · May 21, 1990
Kreppein v. Owens-Illinois (In re New York Asbestos Litigation, 1990)
The court granted Owens-Illinois' motion for reconsideration, held the widow's claims against it barred by collateral estoppel, and vacated the judgment as to it; it denied the JNOV, new trial and remittitur motions of…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · February 26, 1990
Raney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1990)
…Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment of about $450,000 for the widow, Edna Raney, against Owens-Illinois, Celotex and Raymark, holding the evidence let the jury find the missing asbestos warnings were a proximate…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · May 13, 1999
Spoonamore v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1999)
…underlying product claims, so summary judgment stayed in place for Owens-Illinois and against the plaintiffs. If the product liability statute of repose has expired for the claims underlying an asbestos wrongful death action, the wrongful…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · September 4, 1997
In re Celotex Corp. (1997)
…the 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…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 1, 1991
Normann v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
The Superior Court reversed the denial of Owens-Illinois' post-trial motion for a new trial and remanded for a liability trial under New York law, a win for Owens-Illinois over the executrix, Francine Normann…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · March 20, 1990
Johnson v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…including compensatory and punitive damages, against Celotex and Owens-Illinois; one judge dissented as to punitive damages. A trial court may consolidate asbestos cases with common worksites and issues if it uses cautionary instructions and separate…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · August 7, 1992
Blancha v. Raymark Industries (1992)
Frank Thomas served in the Navy from 1951 to 1955. For about nine months he worked as a machinist on two ships at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and was exposed to asbestos products. He was diagnosed with an asbestos-related condition in 1987 and…
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Court case · Colorado Court of Appeals · September 12, 1991
Fenton v. Fibreboard Corp. (1991)
The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the $190,000 jury verdict for the plaintiff widow against Fibreboard and Owens-Illinois and the partial set-off ruling, but reversed the costs award and remanded for findings on…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · September 26, 1990
Hoffman v. Allied Corp. (1990)
Milton Hoffman and his wife Lillian sued Armstrong World Industries and other asbestos product makers in federal court in Florida. Milton was diagnosed with pleural malignant mesothelioma. During World War II he spent about 14 months as a lathe…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Measurement of asbestos dust levels in British asbestos factories in the 1930s
…which treated the average dust level of spinners as a "dust datum." Those data came from 51 samples in eight factories, taken with an Owens Jet Counter, which could not tell asbestos fibers from other particles…