13 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · June 16, 2000
Chrabas v. Owens-Illinois (Matter of Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation, 2000)
The Appellate Division affirmed the Supreme Court's order denying Owens-Illinois's motion to apply Florida law to loss allocation issues and directing that New York law apply, so the plaintiffs prevailed on the choice…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · May 6, 1996
Viereck v. Fibreboard Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Virgil Viereck's estate and his wife Julia Viereck against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that pre-WPLA law applied and that the evidentiary rulings…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…liability counts against Celotex and the other defendants, refusing to adopt market share liability in Illinois asbestos cases. Illinois does not recognize market share liability in asbestos cases, so a plaintiff who cannot identify the manufacturers…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · March 23, 1993
Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993)
Maurice Moline, a retired seaman, sued several shipowners over his exposure to asbestos while working on their ships. After he died of mesothelioma in 1989, his estate's administrator continued the case under the Jones Act and general maritime law.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998
Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)
Oscar Harder worked from 1956 to 1989 as a utility worker for Iowa Public Service. His duties included maintenance at several power plants, among them overhauling General Electric steam turbines. Each overhaul began with removing thermal asbestos…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 30, 2002
Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (2002)
James Hennegan worked from 1965 to 1968 as a deckhand and Jones Act seaman on derrick barges owned by Cooper/T. Smith. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1997 and died in 1999. He sued, and after his death his wife continued the case individually…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 26, 2001 · in the opinion
Burns v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2001)
…Asbestos Management Corporation, d/b/a National Gypsum Company; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation, as Successor-in-Interest to Philip Carey Corporation; Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois; The Synkoloid Company; W…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · June 27, 1996 · in the opinion
Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc. (1996)
…IL, James D. Miller, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Philip McWeeny, David L. Gray, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, Ohio, for Owens-Illinois, Inc.-Amicus Curiae. Robert G. Vial, Dallas, Texas, Gordon S. Rather, Jr., Little Rock, Arkansas…
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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 · 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 · November 18, 1994
Costa v. Dresser Industries, Inc. (1994)
…the widow's claims of trial error and her sanctions request. Expert testimony from a witness disclosed months before trial was properly admitted under Illinois Rule 220 even though the plaintiff never served Rule 220 interrogatories…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 21, 2006 · in the opinion
Gilcrease v. Garlock, Inc. (2006)
…A.P. Green Industries ($750,000); Owens-Corning Fiberglas ($300,000); and Fibreboard ($900,000).\[2\] Appellants argued that these settlements were void and should not count as credits because they had not been paid. Following…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 16, 2002 · in the opinion
Wilson v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2002)
…that \[her\] contact with it was of such a nature as to raise a reasonable inference that \[s\]he inhaled asbestos fibers that emanated from it." Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 729 A.2d 614…