28 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 29, 1998
Adams v. Owens-Illinois (1998)
Nine asbestos cases, brought by workers or their estates and families, were tried together in Baltimore City against many companies. The claimed diseases were laryngeal, lung and colon cancer, asbestosis, and mesothelioma. One claim was by Mary…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and the jury verdicts for the three plaintiffs, and ordered judgment entered for Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois because the evidence did not prove a civil conspiracy. Parallel…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · February 25, 1999
Owens Corning v. Walatka (1999)
…noneconomic damages cap to the Walatka verdicts, ruling for Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, and remanded to apply the cap to all claims; it affirmed the Adams judgments against Owens Corning, ruling for the Adams plaintiffs.…
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · July 16, 1991
Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (1991)
Five workers at the Texas Eastman plant in Longview, Texas, or their families sued Fibreboard, Owens-Illinois, Celotex, Flintkote and Garlock, claiming the companies failed to warn of asbestos dangers. The workers were insulators or maintenance…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 2, 1993
Jackson v. Anchor Packing Co. (1993)
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for all defendants (Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard, Keene, Anchor, Chesterton, Garlock, John Crane, Rexnord and Georgia Talc) against the ten Mohawk tire plant workers, because the workers lacked sufficient…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · September 30, 1999
Porter Hayden Company v. Wyche (1999)
George Wyche, Jr., a longtime worker at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point plant, and his wife Joan sued several companies, including Porter Hayden Company, claiming his asbestosis and lung cancer resulted from workplace exposure to asbestos products.…
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Court case · Indiana Court of Appeals · April 26, 1999
Holmes v. ACandS, Inc. (1999)
Ivay Holmes sued on her own behalf and as personal representative of her husband Henry's estate after he died of lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Henry was diagnosed around June 20, 1994, and died about a month later, on July 22, 1994. She…
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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 · 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 · Washington Court of Appeals · November 22, 1999 · in the opinion
Miller v. Foster Wheeler Co. (1999)
…John Crane-Houdaille, Inc.; Keene Corporation; Matson Navigation Co., Inc.; National Gypsum Company; Olympic Steamship Company, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; PPG Industries, Inc.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Philbrico Company; States Steamship Company; The Oceanic Steamship Company; U…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · December 22, 1994 · in the opinion
Goss v. American Cyanamid Co. (1994)
…eighty-five percent liability against Porter Hayden and fifteen percent liability against Madsen & Howell, with no liability against Owens-Illinois. The jury awarded Goss $56,500 in damages for pain and suffering and $1.00 in…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · March 30, 1992 · in the opinion
Borman v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1992)
…818-23, 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938); Gruber v. Owens-Illinois Inc., 899 F.2d 1366, 1369 (3d Cir.1990). When the state's highest court has not addressed the issue, the federal court must predict…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · November 12, 1990 · in the opinion
Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1990)
…They frequently used statistics during this trial. At the outset, Owens-Illinois submitted a statistical analysis of a telephone survey conducted by Jury Analyst, Inc. on a sample of 500 people from each division in this…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 14, 1998 · in the opinion
In re Ethyl Corp. (1998)
…cases cannot be overstated."). \[8\] Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone, 972 S.W.2d 35, 43 (Tex.1998) (quoting City of Brownsville v. Alvarado, 897 S.W.2d 750, 753 (Tex.1995)). \[9\] Owens-Illinois…
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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…