27 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · June 30, 1992
Feldman v. Owens-Illinois (In re Brooklyn Navy Yard Asbestos Litigation, 1992)
Workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and families of those who died, sued makers of asbestos insulation products for diseases including lung cancer, colon cancer, mesothelioma, laryngeal cancer, pleural disease and asbestosis. The jury, in a joint…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · November 22, 1994
Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The district court granted summary judgment to defendants Owens Illinois, Owens Corning and Fibreboard and third-party defendant Flintkote, and denied the Perrins' request to shift the burden of proof on causation. Under Iowa law, evidence…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 24, 2000
Carroll v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000)
…s lung cancer claim was not time-barred, which favors the plaintiff over the asbestos defendants (Owens-Corning and others). Asbestosis and lung cancer are separate and distinct diseases, so a cause of action for lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · January 9, 1981
Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1981)
…Keene, Armstrong Cork, Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois and the third-party defendants, holding that the Wisconsin limitations period runs from the plaintiff's last exposure to any asbestos-containing product, and it set a schedule for…
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Court case · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · August 24, 1989
District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)
The District of Columbia sued thirty-seven miners, manufacturers, sellers and distributors of asbestos. It sought removal costs and other damages for asbestos in roughly 2,400 public buildings, including schools, libraries, hospitals, government…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 14, 1994
Coates v. AC and S, Inc. (1994)
…admitted the OSHA and EPA publications, and denied Owens-Corning's motions on third-party medical payments, mental anguish and reverse bifurcation. Pre-comparative-fault law and equal ("by heads") apportionment governed the wrongful death claim…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · October 14, 1987
Goldman v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1987)
The executrix of Roy Goldman's estate sued Johns-Manville and many other asbestos companies over Goldman's death. Goldman had worked at the Sherlock Bakery in Toledo, Ohio. The plaintiff could not identify which products at the bakery contained…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · July 2, 1990
White v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
Dorothy White, widow of Edward White, and their son Douglas sued Celotex and many other asbestos product makers and sellers in Arizona state court over Edward's death. The defendants removed the case to federal court. According to the family's…
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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 · 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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
This opinion covers fifty-seven consolidated asbestos cases in the Marshall division of the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs included insulation workers, pipefitters, carpenters and factory workers, and the defendants were asbestos product…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · September 26, 1990
Hoffman v. Allied Corp. (1990)
Milton Hoffman and his wife Lillian sued Armstrong World Industries and other asbestos product makers in federal court in Florida. Milton was diagnosed with pleural malignant mesothelioma. During World War II he spent about 14 months as a lathe…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1982
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
Dozens of workers, including insulators, pipefitters, carpenters and factory workers, sued many makers and sellers of asbestos-containing products in federal court in East Texas. They claimed exposure to the products and resulting disease. Each…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 2, 2004 · in the opinion
Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2004)
878 So.2d 631 (2004) Wesley ROBERTS, Jr. and Annie Matt Roberts v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Owens- Illinois Glass Co., Garlock, Inc., Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc., Rock Wool…
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Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion
DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)
…etc., Respondent, Keene Corporation, Respondent, MacArthur Corporation, Respondent, Nicolet Industries, Inc., etc., Respondent, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Respondent, Owens-Illinois Corporation, Defendant, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Respondent, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant, Southern Asbestos Company, etc., Respondent, Standard…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · November 21, 1980 · in the opinion
McCarty v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1980)
…S. Allred, Jackson, Miss., for Acands, Inc. Richard L. Forman, Jackson, Miss., for Nicolet, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc. and National Gypsum Co. Thomas W. Tardy, III, Jackson, Miss., for Combustion Engineering, Inc. M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · January 11, 1982 · in the opinion
Bertrand v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…Thibodeau & Seiler, Duluth, Minn., for Johns-Manville Sales Corp. John Borger, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Duane Arndt, Arndt & Benton, P. A., Minneapolis, Minn., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. [\540] James R…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit · July 30, 1982
Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
Henry Wilson worked as an insulation worker at construction sites in the Washington, D.C. area from 1941. In February 1973 an x-ray showed he had mild asbestosis. In February 1978 he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and he died in May 1978. In May…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · January 14, 1980
Mooney v. Fibreboard Corp. (1980)
R. L. Mooney, Sr. worked as an insulator from 1940 to 1970 and handled large quantities of insulation containing asbestos. He sued eleven companies that allegedly made or sold such products, under strict product liability, saying he had lung…