16 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 2, 2004
Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2004)
Wesley Roberts, Jr., a pipefitter from 1941 to 1981, was exposed to asbestos-containing products at the Exxon refinery in Baton Rouge and other sites. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1994 and died in 1995. He and his wife sued many…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · May 15, 1998 · in the opinion
Porter Hayden v. Bullinger (1998)
…liable, the releasee is not considered a joint tort-feasor, and section 3-1404 does not apply to reduce the plaintiff's claim against the nonsettling joint tort-feasor. See Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · April 26, 2005 · in the opinion
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Cook (2005)
…Me.1980) Tribble v. Gregory, 288 So.2d 13, 16 (Miss. 1974); Consorti v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 657 N.E.2d 1301, 1301 (N.Y. 1995); Anderson v. Lilly & Co., 588 N.E.2d 66…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 26, 2005 · in the opinion
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Cook (2005)
…Me.1980) Tribble v. Gregory, 288 So.2d 13, 16 (Miss. 1974); Consorti v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 657 N.E.2d 1301, 1301 (N.Y. 1995); Anderson v. Lilly & Co., 588 N.E.2d 66…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 31, 2007 · in the opinion
Graves v. Riverwood International Corp. (2007)
…causing damages to the plaintiff. See also Adams v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, supra. Analysis According to plaintiffs, the evidence they presented at trial was sufficient for the jury to find that Walter Graves contracted mesothelioma…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 24, 2023 · in the opinion
Hutchins v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023)
…When there are multiple causes of injury, "a defendant's conduct is a cause in fact if it is a substantial factor generating plaintiff's harm." Adams v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 923 So. 2d 118…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 22, 2011 · in the opinion
Auletta v. Crane Co (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation Cluster, 2011)
…contractors' defenses. This is an area of law that is still developing and is unique to this group of cases. See: Feidt v, Owens Corning Fibergalss Corp., 153 F3d 124 (3rd Cir. 1998). It will require…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 11, 2001
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
Patrick Clark, his wife and children sued Avondale's executive officers and asbestos product makers over his death from mesothelioma. Mr. Clark worked at Avondale shipyard from 1964 to about 1971-72 as an engine room mechanic. He worked beside…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 8, 2001
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…055. This opinion decided the appeals specific to his case; Owens Corning's part was stayed by its bankruptcy. The court held the jury was not clearly wrong to find Westinghouse's wallboard unreasonably dangerous, because…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
Seven former Avondale Shipyards workers (Adams, Badeaux, Bonamour, Boudreaux, Champagne, Quave and Robin) were among 129 plaintiffs whose asbestos claims were tried together before one jury. Most claimed asbestosis; Quave's diagnosis was pleural…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 4, 2015
Brady v. Crane Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2015)
Plaintiffs asked the New York County Supreme Court to consolidate thirteen asbestos cases for joint trial in two groups. All but one of the plaintiffs had lung cancer. Miceli and Ward had mesothelioma. Most had died, and Miller and Morgan were…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2023 · in the opinion
Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (2023)
…long latency period of asbestos-related disease, and the occupational settings that commonly exposed the worker to multiple forms and brands of asbestos products with varying degrees of toxicity." Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 16 Cal…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 11, 2022 · in the opinion
Shelton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
…a showing that plaintiff's "particular asbestos disease is cumulative in nature" which can be satisfied by establishing that "a series of exposures was a \legal cause' of \[plaintiff's\] injury." Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 2, 2011
Conti v. Crane Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2011)
Eight plaintiffs, each of whom had or has lung cancer or mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, asked the New York County Supreme Court to try their cases together. All but one, David Giancarlo, had died. They named defendants including Crane Co. and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · June 24, 2015
Shearer v. AW Chesterton Company (2015)
…which governed work aboard a dry-docked Navy ship, a manufacturer owes no duty to warn about asbestos products it neither made nor distributed, so a turbine maker is not liable for insulation applied after the…