16 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · July 13, 1995
Higgins v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The Appellate Division reversed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and remanded for a new trial in favor of plaintiff Higgins, and dismissed Owens-Corning's cross appeal on the medical monitoring award as moot. A…
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Court case · Wisconsin Supreme Court · October 27, 1999
Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed the circuit court's order dismissing the Sophas' mesothelioma action against Owens-Corning and the other defendants as time-barred, and remanded for further proceedings. A diagnosis of a non-malignant…
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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 · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983
Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' common law punitive damages claims against the asbestos defendants, including Celotex, because those claims did not survive the…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
The appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988
Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)
…The appellate court disagreed. It said the Illinois Supreme Court had not defined a reasonable time and that the legislature was best placed to set one. Her suit came about seven years after the statute took…
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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 Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 11, 2000
In re Patenaude (2000)
Three groups of plaintiffs from New York, Georgia and Oregon sued asbestos defendants for personal injury and wrongful death. Their injuries ranged from mesothelioma to non-malignant pleural disease, and many had died. Their federal cases had been…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 9, 1999 · in the opinion
Harder v. ACandS (1999)
…Co., the Insulation division of Mundet Cork Co., and as owner of or successor in interest to Keene Building Products Corp.; Owens-Corning Corporation, a Delaware Corp.; Owens-Illinois, Inc., a Delaware and an Ohio Corp.…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · December 16, 2010
Certainteed Corporation v. Dexter (2010)
James G. Dexter, a pipefitter from 1946 to 1984, developed lung cancer and asbestosis and died during the lawsuit. He and his estate sued nineteen companies, later joined by eleven more, over asbestos-containing pipes, gaskets and insulation at many…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · March 22, 1984
English v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
Virginia English, as executrix of her husband Thomas English's estate, sued Johns-Manville and other companies. She claimed he died of pleural mesothelioma caused by inhaling asbestos fibers from the defendants' products. The defendants said the…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 19, 1997
Potter v. Patterson (1997)
The widow and children of John Potter sued Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) and many other companies and individuals. They alleged he died of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure over many years of work for NOPSI. The plaintiffs settled with MSA alone…
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Company document · WARD Documents · December 16, 1981
Armstrong World Industries' Answers to Interrogatories in Evilsizor v. Fibreboard Corporation (1981)
…1966 to 1969: "Always wear a U.S. approved respirator when spraying." A packaging attachment says Armstrong sold Kaylo in cartons bearing the Owens-Corning Fiberglas name, and 85% magnesia and calcium silicate pipe covering made…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 2019 · in the opinion
Berry v. Anco Insulations (2019)
…defendants," Northern Pump Co., Warren Pumps LLC, Goulds Pumps Inc., Gardner Denver Inc. and Crane Co. \[3\] Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 2003-0248 (La. App. 1 Cir. 4/2/04), 878 So.2d 631…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · March 28, 2005 · in the opinion
Nesbiet v. General Electric Co. (2005)
…Faulk v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.,\[59\] which involved a failure-to-warn claim arising from the plaintiffs' exposure to asbestos at a job site where the defendants manufactured various products for the federal government, the…