12 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 29, 1998
Adams v. Owens-Illinois (1998)
Nine asbestos cases, brought by workers or their estates and families, were tried together in Baltimore City against many companies. The claimed diseases were laryngeal, lung and colon cancer, asbestosis, and mesothelioma. One claim was by Mary…
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Company or organization · People and organizations
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
…a widely used asbestos-containing pipe and block insulation called Kaylo, reselling it for Owens-Illinois from 1953 and making it from 1958 to 1972. The company became one of the most heavily sued defendants in…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · April 27, 1989
Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp. (1989)
Austin Sofie, who was 67 and suffering from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure during his career as a pipefitter, and his wife Marcia sued Fibreboard and other asbestos manufacturers. A jury found the defendants at fault and awarded…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 20, 1985
Lowe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
Eugene Lowe and his wife sued a group of asbestos companies in 1982 over injuries from his work exposure to asbestos. Lowe died in September 1982, and his co-administrators were substituted as plaintiffs. He had worked at various times from 1942 at…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · July 8, 1988
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988)
Mona Knox, administratrix of the estate of her husband Darrel Knox, sued AC & S and many other makers of asbestos insulation after he died in April 1986 of mesothelioma. He had worked as an insulation mechanic and was exposed to the defendants'…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 3, 1986
Seckular v. Celotex (1986)
Hyman Seckular and his wife Ruth sued Celotex and other asbestos companies in New Jersey. Hyman had mesothelioma. His only asbestos exposure was as a welder at Todd Shipyards in Brooklyn between 1941 and 1945. He later lived in Florida, developed…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 17, 1998 · in the opinion
Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1998)
…Pittsburgh Corning contends, inter alia, that such accrual date is too early; plaintiffs in their cross-appeal contend it is too late. In Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Estate of Burt, 897 S.W.2d 765 (Tex…
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Product picture · Product Pictures
Label: KAYLO INSULATION (Owens-Corning)
A red-on-white label or logo reading 'KAYLO INSULATION' in large letters, with a red box below containing 'OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS'.
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 17, 2001
Crooks v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Pinecrest State School and Central State Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana, sued Southern Pipe and Supply, Owens-Corning, Garlock, the State of Louisiana and other defendants in 1997. They said they were exposed to asbestos-containing products…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · December 4, 2009
Hogston v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2009)
…The last remaining defendant, National Service Industries, was the successor to North Brothers, a distributor of Owens-Corning products including asbestos-containing Kaylo insulation. The court, applying Virginia law, considered whether the plaintiff had enough evidence…
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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…