251 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 1 of 13
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · November 12, 1992
Becht v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the judgment for plaintiff Ann Becht against Owens-Corning, holding it was not entitled to workers' compensation immunity and that the jury's 40% fault allocation and the denial of a new…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 28, 1998
Re' v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Diana Re' sued Owens-Corning, Garlock, W.R. Grace, Flintkote and others in Orleans Parish. She alleged she developed mesothelioma from asbestos dust carried home on her father's work clothes during her childhood, from 1963…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 8, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Keeton (1996)
…spouses against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, rejecting all six of the company's points of error about evidence and the jury charge. Correspondence from other asbestos makers about known hazards was relevant to what Owens-Corning knew…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · January 22, 1997
Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997)
The trial court granted compulsory nonsuits for defendants Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Uniroyal and Harbison Walker Refractories against plaintiffs Dallas Sharpless and Richard Wilson, and issued this opinion explaining the nonsuits for their appeals. In a strict…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · January 10, 1992
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Watson (1992)
The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the judgment for Watson's estate against Owens-Corning, upholding the compensatory and punitive damages awarded by the jury. A manufacturer has a duty to warn only if it knows…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 11, 1995
Morton v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)
…Morton's consortium award to $30,000, and otherwise affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas. The consumer expectations test for design defect can apply to asbestos insulation products. Evidence of what the scientific community knew…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · March 23, 1998
McClain v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
…cohabitation, so Owens-Corning lost. A district court does not abuse its discretion by ordering a new trial on wrongful death damages alone when the award is palpably inadequate and damages are separable from liability. Under…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · June 30, 1992
O'banion v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. against Stanley and Louise O'Banion, finding no reversible error. A court may exclude cancer evidence under Rule 403 in…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 14, 1999
Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's denial of Owens-Corning's motions for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial, leaving the plaintiffs' verdicts and the judgment entered for them in place. Where…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · July 13, 1995
Higgins v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The Appellate Division reversed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and remanded for a new trial in favor of plaintiff Higgins, and dismissed Owens-Corning's cross appeal on the medical monitoring award as moot. A…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 27, 1995
Hefner v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)
The appellate court affirmed the Madison County trial court's denial of Owens-Corning Fiberglas's motion to reconsider transfer to Massac County for forum non conveniens, so the plaintiff kept his chosen forum, and remanded…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · May 30, 1996
Thalman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1996)
The appellate court affirmed the jury's damages award against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, reversed the trial judge's remittitur of the loss of consortium and wrongful death awards, and remanded for an amended judgment reflecting the…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 14, 1990
Owens Corning Fiberglas v. Ind. Comm'n (1990)
…Charlotte Hammond, against Owens Corning Fiberglas and denied Owens Corning credit for her loss of consortium recovery. Under section 7 of the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, a widow has an independent cause of action for death…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995
Schiavo v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The Appellate Division affirmed the compensatory and punitive damage awards against Owens-Corning in favor of the Schiavo plaintiffs, finding the Saranac document error harmless given the small punitive award. A 'day in the life' videotape…
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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 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · March 6, 1997
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Henkel (1997)
The D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed the judgments for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, rejecting its Batson, state-of-the-art evidence and statute of limitations challenges. A Batson objection must be raised before…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 22, 1994
Dumin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that the trial court correctly directed a verdict against Dumin on exposure to OCF Kaylo aboard the Pocono because the evidence was insufficient. Even…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · June 5, 1998
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone (1998)
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed both courts of appeals' judgments for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding any error in excluding OCF's mitigation evidence harmless and that the punitive awards, alone or aggregated with…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 2, 1993
Zenson v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1993)
The court granted Garlock's motion for a directed verdict and Owens Corning Fiberglas's motion for judgment as a matter of law at the close of plaintiff's case, ruling for the defendants because plaintiff…