27 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 1, 1991
Normann v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
The Superior Court reversed the denial of Owens-Illinois' post-trial motion for a new trial and remanded for a liability trial under New York law, a win for Owens-Illinois over the executrix, Francine Normann…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 25, 1993
Dempsey v. Pacor, Inc. (1993)
The Superior Court vacated the judgments entered for the six plaintiff couples against Owens-Illinois, Keene and Fibreboard and remanded for a new trial on damages only, with no fear or increased-risk-of-cancer elements…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · April 4, 1996
Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996)
…for the defendants in Giffear and reversed the plaintiffs' verdicts in Simmons and Murray, so Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard and Keene prevailed over the three plaintiff couples. Asymptomatic pleural thickening without physical impairment is not a compensable…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…judgment for plaintiff Sarah Kirk against Owens-Corning and remanded for a new trial on damages and liability, because the district court refused to strike two biased jurors for cause, impairing Owens-Corning's peremptory challenges…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 26, 1999
Greenleaf v. Garlock, Inc. (1999)
…so judgment for the Greenleafs against Garlock and Owens Corning must be entered at the state amount. It also ordered a new trial on Garlock's and Owens Corning's crossclaims against the non-appearing defendants…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 11, 1994
DiDio v. Philadelphia Asbestos Corp. (1994)
…asbestosis based on fear of cancer were not compensable, and affirmed the $900,000 judgment against Owens-Illinois and the severance of its cross-claims. Under Giffear, asymptomatic pleural thickening is not compensable and claims for…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 21, 1995
Baumgart v. Keene Bldg. Products Corp. (1995)
Mildred Baumgart sued makers and suppliers of asbestos products after her husband, Anthony Baumgart, died of mesothelioma on March 31, 1985. He had worked for Witco Chemical Corporation from 1950 to 1980 and was allegedly exposed to…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · June 23, 1994
Busfield v. AC & S., Inc. (1994)
Alva Busfield and his wife sued many asbestos companies. A jury found that Busfield had an asbestos-related disease, asymptomatic asbestosis or pleural thickening, but that it caused him no harm. The opinion does not describe where or how he was…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 20, 1992
Marinari v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1992)
Anthony Marinari worked as a laborer at Philip Carey Manufacturing in 1928-1929 and at Alan Wood Steel from 1937 to 1972, and was allegedly exposed to asbestos dust at both. A 1983 chest x-ray showed asymptomatic pleural thickening, and he did not…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 14, 1990
Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990)
Four Babcock & Wilcox workers, Joseph Bushless, Ralph Barber, Lloyd Kelly and Robert Edmond, were diagnosed with asbestosis in 1987. Bushless and Kelly's wives joined their suits. They sued GAF and other makers and suppliers of asbestos products,…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 16, 1993 · in the opinion
Giffear v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1993)
…Inc., Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Fibreboard Corporation, GAF Corporation, v. 48 INSULATIONS, Nicolet, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Amatex, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Argued June 7, 1993. Filed…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 15, 1993 · in the opinion
Higginbotham v. Fibreboard Corp. (1993)
…Ct. 26 (1993) 630 A.2d 14 Nathan HIGGINBOTHAM and Jean Higginbotham, H/W v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, Keene Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., GAF Corporation and Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Appeal of FIBREBOARD CORPORATION. Argued March 30…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 22, 1991 · in the opinion
Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
…Manhattan, Inc., Celotex Corp., Southern Textile Co., J.P. Stevens Co., Garlock, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Fibreboard Corp., GAF Corp. Fred and Lorraine LILLEY v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., Pacor, Inc., Eagle-Picher Ind., Unarco Industries, Inc.…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · December 9, 1992 · in the opinion
Taliferro v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1992)
…Insulation, Inc., GAF Corporation Garlock, Inc., H.K. Porter Co., Inc., Southern Textile Corporation, Keene Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Owens- Illinois, Inc., Pacor, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Unarco Industries, Inc., Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 19, 1990 · in the opinion
Novelli v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1990)
…Inc., Garlock, Inc., Celotex Corporation, Amatex Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Keasbey Mattison, Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Pittsburgh, Corning Corporation, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, H.K. Porter, Inc., Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · April 3, 1992 · in the opinion
Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992)
…actually knew [\580] about the effect of asbestos on construction workers. The court stated: \[T\]he Saranac documents could indicate that Owens-Illinois and OCF had knowledge of the danger sometime between 1948 and 1958. Second ..…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · June 25, 1997 · in the opinion
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor (1997)
…Maynard Ungerman; for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America by Jeffrey Robert White and Howard F. Twiggs; for Law Professors by Charles Silver and Samuel Issacharoff; for Owens-Illinois, Inc., by James D. Miller; and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 2, 1993 · in the opinion
Zenson v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1993)
…Philadelphia, PA, for Celotex Corp., Hopeman Bros., Inc., Keene Corp., Owen Illinois, Inc. Mary K. Coleman, Pittsburgh, PA, for Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. Fredrick L. Goldfein, Philadelphia, PA, for Garlock, Inc. MEMORANDUM/ORDER KATZ, District Judge…
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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 · 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…