251 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 11 of 13
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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…
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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 · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · August 3, 1994
In re Keene Corp. (1994)
Dorothy Richter sued Keene Corporation and other asbestos manufacturers in New Jersey state court over her husband's death. The suit alleged he developed mesothelioma through occupational exposure to asbestos. A jury awarded $300,000 for wrongful…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 23, 1999
Pittsburgh Corning Corp. v. James (1999)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the Court of Special Appeals' dismissal of Pittsburgh Corning's and Owens Corning's appeals, holding that denial of their motions to dismiss for inconvenient forum could not be…
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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…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · January 19, 1994
WR Grace & Co.—Conn. v. Dougherty (1994)
The appeals court affirmed the final judgment for the Dougherty plaintiffs against W.R. Grace and Owens-Corning, rejecting their challenges to the jury instructions, the deposition evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence of Grace…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · January 21, 1994
Tabolt v. Flintkote Co. (In re New York Asbestos Litigation, 1994)
Four men with pleural mesothelioma, or their spouses, sued several asbestos companies in federal court in New York. They were Vincent Tabolt, John Consorti, Alfred Luchnick and Peter Pulizzi. Tabolt worked at a farm cooperative and was said to have…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · May 7, 1992
Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992)
…GAF, National Gypsum) jointly and severally liable, deducted the Owens-Corning settlement and a one-sixth Manville Trust share from the verdict, and awarded the plaintiffs Rule 238 delay damages, with some periods excluded. Where several…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · December 4, 1992
In re Joint E. & So. Dist. Asbestos Litigation (1992)
Thousands of people claiming asbestos injuries from Johns-Manville products were to be paid from the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, created under Manville's 1986 bankruptcy reorganization plan. By 1990 the Trust was insolvent. Two…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · January 25, 1991
Moran v. G. & WH Corson, Inc. (1991)
Catherine Moran sued, as personal representative of her husband Andrew Moran's estate, under Pennsylvania's wrongful death and survival statutes. He died in 1973 of mesothelioma, allegedly from asbestos in insulation materials. He had worked as an…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 19, 1997
Potter v. Patterson (1997)
The widow and children of John Potter sued Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) and many other companies and individuals. They alleged he died of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure over many years of work for NOPSI. The plaintiffs settled with MSA alone…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
A case-control study of malignant and non-malignant respiratory disease among employees of a fiberglass manufacturing facility. II. Exposure assessment
A case-control study of malignant and non-malignant respiratory disease among employees of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation's Newark, Ohio plant was undertaken. The aim was to determine the extent to which exposures to…
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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…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · February 27, 1992 · in the opinion
Stevenson v. Keene Corp. (1992)
…of joint and several liability includes cases of "exposure to ... harmful organic or mineral substances", exception applicable to asbestos cases, McNair v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 890 F.2d 753 (5th Cir.Tex. 1989)); Haw. Rev…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · November 5, 1997 · in the opinion
Ciletti v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 1997)
…part, Consorti v. Armstrong World Indust., Inc., 72 F.3d 1003 (2d Cir.1995), vacated, Consorti v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., \_\_\_ U.S. \_\_\_, 116 S.Ct. 2576, 135 L.Ed.2d 1091 (1996), on remand, Consorti…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · May 28, 1992 · in the opinion
Cole v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
…contribution claims, the trial judge in Champagne relied upon the Fifth Circuit's holding in Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 528 So.2d 716 (La.App. 5th Cir.), writ denied, 531…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · September 17, 1997 · in the opinion
Huber v. Watson (1997)
…that a manufacturer may have supplied the asbestos to which a defendant was exposed is insufficient. See, e.g., Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 871 F.Supp. 1092, 1094 (N.D.Iowa 1994), aff'd…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 30, 1999 · in the opinion
Baker v. AC&S, Inc. (1999)
…000 to Mrs. Baker for loss of consortium.\[2\] Several defendants were dismissed from the case on motions for summary judgment; in addition, the Bakers settled with Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Asbestos Claims Management…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · November 30, 1990 · in the opinion
In re Joint Eastern & Southern Dist. Asbestos Lit. (1990)
…Leslie Gordon Fagen, for plaintiffs. Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City by Roger E. Podesta, Anna E. Cohen, for defendant Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. Wood, Williams, Rafalsky & Harris, New York City by Earl L. Scott, for defendant…