251 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 2 of 13
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 14, 1997
Van Winkle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
The appellate court reversed the jury verdicts for the Van Winkle and Hicks plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas because the trial court did not properly answer the jury's question on conspiracy, and remanded for a…
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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 · Wisconsin Supreme Court · October 27, 1999
Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed the circuit court's order dismissing the Sophas' mesothelioma action against Owens-Corning and the other defendants as time-barred, and remanded for further proceedings. A diagnosis of a non-malignant…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · January 19, 1994
Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for Marilyn Spaur and her husband's estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, including compensatory, loss of consortium and punitive damages. Asbestos plaintiffs may prove causation under a flexible substantial…
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Court case · Missouri Court of Appeals · June 4, 1996
Nugent v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Inc. (1996)
The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Owens-Corning Fiberglas and ACandS, rejecting the widow's claims of trial error (one judge dissented as to the Hazard deposition). A trial…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995
Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The appellate court affirmed liability and compensatory damages for plaintiff Pauline Ripa against Owens-Corning, but cut Owens-Corning's share to thirty percent and reversed the $5.5 million punitive award, remanding for a new…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 3, 1996
Barry v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The appellate court affirmed the judgment on the jury's roughly $12.3 million verdict (reduced to about $11 million for settlements) for the Barry estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, rejecting OCF's challenges to the…
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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 · California Supreme Court · August 18, 1997
Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
…holding the accrual test wrong and remanding; this favors defendant Owens-Corning. For deciding whether Proposition 51 can be applied prospectively, a cause of action for a latent disease like mesothelioma accrues when the plaintiff is…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 28, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996)
…liability findings and compensatory awards for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois and Porter Hayden, but reversed the $1.5 million punitive damages award against Owens-Corning in the Scruggs case. A bystander's proof…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 31, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Baltimore City (1996)
The Court of Special Appeals reversed the $2,600,000 punitive damages award against Owens-Corning for lack of proof of actual knowledge, affirmed the compensatory award for the City of Baltimore, and rejected the juror…
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Court case · Michigan Court of Appeals · September 12, 1997
Allen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury verdict for the plaintiff estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that excluding evidence of other asbestos exposures was error but harmless, and that the directed verdict and warning rulings…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · February 22, 1995
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Am. Centennial Ins. (1995)
Owens-Corning Fiberglas (OCF), a maker of asbestos-containing products such as Kaylo insulation, sued three excess insurers (American Centennial, Protective National and Associated International) in an Ohio trial court for a declaration of coverage for…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 12, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Schmidt (1996)
…s prejudgment interest calculation and its taxing of ad litem fees against the minor plaintiffs, and otherwise affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning, denying it a malpractice credit and a pro rata settlement credit. A defendant…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
The appellate court affirmed the jury verdicts for plaintiffs Bicknell, Thacker and McClure against Owens Corning Fiberglas and (in McClure) Owens-Illinois, and remanded only so the trial court could apply setoffs for settlements with other…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · November 13, 1996
Hansen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's orders staying the Hansens' California asbestos actions against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and others on forum non conveniens grounds, so the plaintiffs lost and were directed to file…