20 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
…and ordered judgment entered for Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois because the evidence did not prove a civil conspiracy. Parallel conduct by manufacturers of the same or similar products may be circumstantial evidence of a civil…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · April 29, 1999
Spain v. Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1999)
The appellate court affirmed the $1.8 million jury verdict for plaintiff Shirley Spain against Owens Corning Fiberglass, rejecting its challenges to causation, evidence exclusion, the jury instruction, and the denial of a new trial or…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 30, 1993
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1993)
Affirmed the judgment on the $213,811.79 verdict for the plaintiff executor against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, upholding denial of OCF's motion to dismiss the civil conspiracy counts and the default judgment on liability entered…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · November 23, 1994
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1994)
…Court affirmed the appellate court and the $213,811.79 judgment for the plaintiff estate against Owens-Corning, holding Owens-Corning waived its challenge to the conspiracy counts by answering and going to verdict. A defendant…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994
Keystone Steel and Wire Co. v. Costa (1994)
The appellate court affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning (including the new trial limited to wrongful death damages) and affirmed the denial of Keystone Steel & Wire's petitions for subpoena-compliance expenses, so the plaintiff and…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
Laurie Leng, administrator of the estate of her husband Julian Leng, sued Celotex and other asbestos product makers. Julian Leng died of mesothelioma in 1987 at age 34. He had worked as an industrial welder at several Illinois companies, including…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 12, 1996
Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)
Elda Nelson and Patricia Dunning sued asbestos companies after Robert Nelson, a former asbestos worker, and Colette Fitzsimmons, a teacher exposed at her school, developed mesothelioma and died in 1987. In April 1987 the plaintiffs had opened Rule…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 19, 1994 · in the opinion
Hartman v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1994)
…spotless. Only defendant's knowledge of the hazardousness of asbestos and how and when that knowledge was revealed to the defendant was relevant. See Kochan v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1993), 242 Ill.App.3d 781…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 17, 1999 · in the opinion
Burgess v. Abex Corp. (1999)
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 233 Ill.App.3d 425, 436, 174 Ill.Dec. 583, 599 N.E.2d 129, 136 (1992). It is striking how many times Abex and PCC argue there is insufficient evidence to…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994 · in the opinion
Costa v. Dresser Industries, Inc. (1994)
…Annette Costa. John Dames, M. Jayne Rizzo, Stephen A. Wood, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Chicago, IL for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. James R. Carter, Carter & Rasmussen, Peoria, for Dresser Industries, Inc. and E.D. Bullard Co. Karen…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 29, 1999 · in the opinion
Westinghouse Airbrake Co. v. Indus. Com'n (1999)
…Inc., 213 Ill. App.3d 6, 157 Ill.Dec. 251, 572 N.E.2d 320 (1991); Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Industrial Comm'n, 198 Ill.App.3d 605, 144 Ill.Dec. 714, 555 N.E…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · September 21, 1992 · in the opinion
Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1992)
…Davis, St. Louis, Mo., for amicus curiae Owens-Corning Fiberglas. Cooney and Conway, Chicago (Kathy Byrne, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers. Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court: On March 1, 1982…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · February 27, 1992 · in the opinion
Betts v. Manville Personal Injury Trust (1992)
…720, 101 Ill.Dec. 193, 195, 498 N.E.2d 375, 377; see also Wolford v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1988), 176 Ill.App.3d 312, 314, 125 Ill.Dec. 563, 564, 530 N.E.2d…
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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 · Illinois Appellate Court · November 4, 1994 · in the opinion
US Gypsum Co. v. Admiral Ins. Co. (1994)
…the reasons discussed below, we conclude that that cause should be characterized as the continuing process of the manufacture and sale of asbestos containing products. On point again is Owens-Illinois Inc. v. United Insurance Co…