14 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · California Supreme Court · August 28, 1997
Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997)
…new trial for Owens-Illinois. It held that the burden-shifting instruction was error but harmless, and that the tobacco company defense issue was controlled by Richards, so the plaintiffs' judgment against Owens-Illinois was not…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 17, 1995
Sparks v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1995)
…upholding the jury's findings that Owens-Illinois's Kaylo insulation was defective and was 100 percent responsible, and holding that Owens-Illinois waived its claim to allocate fault to the Navy. A product such as…
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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 · 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 · California Supreme Court · August 18, 1997 · in the opinion
Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
…tissues of the lungs caused by the disease asbestosis during its lengthy latency period was sufficient to establish that a cause of action had "arisen" within the meaning of the statute's language. (Owens-Illinois, supra…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 12, 1998 · in the opinion
Arena v. Owens Corning Corp. (1998)
…Lewis Saxby, a former Owens Corning executive, established that Owens Corning became the exclusive distributor for Kaylo in 1953 or shortly thereafter. In 1958, Owens Corning bought the division of Owens-Illinois which manufactured Kaylo. Appellant…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 30, 1996 · in the opinion
Armstrong World Industries v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. (1996)
…the trial court's method of apportionment is not challenged on appeal, we find no error in the decision to hold each policy responsible in full subject to such apportionment.\[17\] (See also Owens-Illinois, Inc…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 23, 1994 · in the opinion
Smith v. ACandS, Inc. (1994)
…and thus pointless. For the guidance of the trial court, we note that the matter is now before our Supreme Court. (Coughlin v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993) 31 Cal. App.4th 1633 \[27 Cal. Rptr.2d…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 31, 1995 · in the opinion
Lineaweaver v. Plant Insulation Co. (1995)
…subjected to alternative liability, or a variation of the theory, is raised in a case presently before our Supreme Court. (Coughlin v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993) 36 Cal. App.4th 165 \[27 Cal. Rptr.2d 214…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 13, 1996 · in the opinion
Hansen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
…caused from exposure to asbestos. In one action, John Hansen filed suit in California against Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (OC) and 199 other named defendants, alleging personal injury from his own exposure to asbestos. In another…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 26, 1999
Howard v. Owens Corning (1999)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Owens Corning on a jury verdict that Howard's asbestos exposure was not a cause of his injury, and rejected the Howards' claim that they were entitled to…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 4, 1999 · in the opinion
Ehret v. Congoleum Corp. (1999)
…its motion for new trial. At the August 22 hearing, the court and counsel discussed Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp: (1997) 16 Cal.4th 520, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 438, 941 P.2d 71 (Buttram)…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 8, 1998 · in the opinion
Gatton v. AP Green Services, Inc. (1998)
…in his own personal injury action —one which, according to the pleadings, produced a jury verdict in his favor and against Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation and American Honda Motor Company, Inc., just weeks before he died…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 26, 1998
Gutierrez v. Cassiar Mining Corp. (1998)
…called for much of the monitoring. The trial court refused Cassiar's requested jury instruction saying a defendant owes only for monitoring additional to or different from what those conditions require. The Court of Appeal held…