17 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 28, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996)
…s 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…
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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 · 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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 2, 1994
Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (1994)
…no manifest error or abuse of discretion, so the nine plaintiffs who appealed (or their heirs) and Faye Myers did not get higher damages or a consortium award against Owens-Illinois, Keene and INA. A jury…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 21, 1998
Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998)
The court affirmed the jury verdicts for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas (Kaylo insulation) and Rock Wool (One Shot cement), reversed the judgments against Garlock, A.W. Chesterton and Flexitallic, affirmed the judgments against Abadie…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · March 20, 1990
Johnson v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…including compensatory and punitive damages, against Celotex and Owens-Illinois; one judge dissented as to punitive damages. A trial court may consolidate asbestos cases with common worksites and issues if it uses cautionary instructions and separate…
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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 · 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 · Iowa Supreme Court · January 22, 1997
Tallman v. WR Grace & Co.-Conn. (1997)
…in 1968-69, to insulation labeled ACandS, and to Owens-Illinois and Owens-Corning Kaylo products. The defendants relied on Iowa's fifteen-year statute of repose for injuries from improvements to real property. The trial…
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Court case · Oregon Court of Appeals · April 22, 1998 · in the opinion
Purcell v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1998)
…The Saranac Lake documents consisted of correspondence between Owens-Illinois officials and Saranac doctors, various summaries, and a 1955 final report of that study.\[8\] Owens contends that the Saranac Lake documents were admitted erroneously because…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · September 4, 1991 · in the opinion
O'brien v. National Gypsum Co. (1991)
…compensatory damages for wrongful death. Celotex's share of liability was set at 14.28%, the same share assigned to Raymark and each of the settling defendants except for Owens-Illinois, Inc., which was assigned 0…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · October 11, 1996 · in the opinion
ACandS Inc. v. Asner (1996)
…s conclusions, namely that the evidence relating to TLVs offered by the petitioners was properly excluded and that the evidence offered in support of punitive damages was sufficient under the test enunciated in Owens-Illinois, Inc…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · July 26, 1993 · in the opinion
Coffman v. Keene Corp. (1993)
…506 (1977); But See Raney v. Owens-Illinois Inc., 897 F.2d 94, 95-96 (2d Cir.1990) (holding that term presumption was better used to describe circumstances [\602] when ultimate fact could be inferred from…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · April 27, 1995 · in the opinion
ACandS, Inc. v. Asner (1995)
…all of the other companies settled, became bankrupt, or were dismissed from the case. AC & S was dismissed from the Payne action. Appellants cross-claimed for contribution against Owens-Illinois, Inc., GAF, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 19, 1994 · in the opinion
Hartman v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1994)
…of money, such as this case, all of the retired judges in Illinois may not only supplement their pensions, but they may also be given the continued opportunity to pontificate to a captive audience, the poor…
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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 · Florida District Court of Appeal · January 19, 1994
WR Grace & Co.—Conn. v. Dougherty (1994)
The appeals court affirmed the final judgment for the Dougherty plaintiffs against W.R. Grace and Owens-Corning, rejecting their challenges to the jury instructions, the deposition evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence of Grace…