12 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 25, 1982
Froud v. Celotex Corporation (1982)
…dismissal of the punitive damages counts and remanded, ruling for the plaintiff administrators and against the asbestos defendants including Celotex. Under the Illinois Supreme Court's National Bank decision, the Survival Act neither authorizes nor prohibits…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · September 22, 1987
In re Asbestos Litigation (1987)
…which was a loss for the manufacturers (Raymark, Owens-Illinois, GM and others) and a win for the plaintiffs. Common law decisions of a state's highest court are subject to equal protection review under the…
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Court case · Oklahoma Supreme Court · September 22, 1987
Case v. Fibreboard Corp. (1987)
Bobbie Edwin Case and his wife Eva sued twenty-two asbestos product makers in federal court in Oklahoma. Mr. Case said he was a sheet metal worker in Oklahoma from 1949 on and was exposed to asbestos-containing products made and sold by the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984 · in the opinion
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…Corporation, H.K. Porter, Co., Inc., Southern Textile Corp., A.C. & S., Inc., GAF Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Universal Insulation Company, Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., Delaware Insulation Co., Crown, Cork & Seal Company, Inc., D.A.R…
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Company document · WARD Documents · April 21, 1981
Armstrong Cork Company's Answers to Interrogatories in Copeland v. Armstrong Cork (1981)
…insulation from about 1941 through 1957, among them Unarco's Armabestos, Owens-Illinois's Kaylo and Ehret and Keasbey & Mattison 85% magnesia. It said it gave no warnings with its products, did no health testing before…
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Court case · Arizona Supreme Court · November 19, 1982
Nelson v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona (1982)
Marguerite Nelson sought Arizona workers' compensation death benefits after her husband Charles, an insulation worker who had handled asbestos for many years, died of mesothelioma in January 1977. She filed her claim in October 1979, almost three…
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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…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 3, 1982
Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1982)
Carman Staiano sued a group of asbestos product makers, including Johns-Manville, Owens-Corning and Celotex, for personal injuries. His wife, Rita, sued for loss of consortium. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos dust from…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · May 7, 1986
Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
Frances Silver, executrix of her husband Henry Silver's estate, sued several asbestos product companies in federal court, claiming his death was caused by asbestos exposure. He worked from 1941 to 1961, mainly in North Carolina, as an insulator,…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 29, 2014
Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2014)
Harry Brown sued Consolidated Edison and others, claiming asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. He died in September 2013, and his wife Phyllis pursued the case as administratrix of his estate and in her own right. It was undisputed that in…
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Court case · Indiana Court of Appeals · November 6, 2001
Allied Signal, Inc. v. Herring (2001)
Loyd Herring worked for Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana, from 1942 until he retired in 1978, and the opinion says he was exposed there to various forms of asbestos and asbestos-containing products. He was diagnosed with malignant…
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Court case · New York Court of Appeals · October 29, 1981
Matter of Steinhardt v. JohnsManville Corp. (1981)
Seven sets of plaintiffs sued Johns-Manville and other asbestos companies. Several sued as representatives of workers who had died. They said the workers' inhalation of asbestos caused injuries. Each case was filed more than four years after the…