45 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 1 of 3
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · February 27, 1989
Fisher v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1989)
Charles Fisher and his wife sued several asbestos product companies in 1985, claiming his exposure to asbestos had caused asbestosis, cancer, and possibly mesothelioma. The parties settled for $60,000, and the Fishers signed a release of all claims,…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 7, 1992
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong (1992)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the compensatory verdicts for workers Armstrong and Wood against Owens-Illinois, but reversed the punitive damages awards and remanded for new trials limited to punitive damages. A trial judge…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia · July 19, 1984
Joyce v. AC & s., Inc. (1984)
The court granted summary judgment to Celotex and the joining defendants (Owens-Corning, Armstrong, Eagle-Picher, Keene, Pittsburgh Corning), holding all of plaintiff Joyce's asbestos-related claims barred by Virginia's two-year statute of…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 15, 1988
Whatley v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1988)
…award, but modified the judgment to raise Raymark's share from 9.09% to 27.27% of damages because Raymark failed to prove fault by settling defendants Owens-Illinois and Armstrong. Under Texas comparative causation (Duncan)…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
Laurie Leng, administrator of the estate of her husband Julian Leng, sued Celotex and other asbestos product makers. Julian Leng died of mesothelioma in 1987 at age 34. He had worked as an industrial welder at several Illinois companies, including…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · October 3, 1995
Barnes v. Keene Corp. (1995)
…and remanded for judgment against the four remaining defendants (Keene, Manville, Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Owens-Illinois), but affirmed the single judgment in all other respects, so widow Ruth Barnes won on liability and lost on the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 18, 1990
Howell v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
Joseph Howell and his wife sued Celotex, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh-Corning, GAF, Keene and Owens-Corning in federal court in Pennsylvania over asbestos-related harm. Howell had pleural thickening, a scarring of the lung lining linked…
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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 · 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 · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Corporation, Turner & Newall Ltd., Certain-Teed U.S. Rubber Co., Inc., Pacor Industries, Celotex Corporation, Amatex Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Asbestos Textile Institute, Termoid Company, Philip Carey, Garlock, Industrial Products Division, Glen Alden, Inc., Rapid American…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
John Doe, later identified as James McGee, and his wife sued Johns-Manville and many other asbestos companies. He had worked with asbestos products since 1955. In 1980 he learned he had pleural thickening caused by asbestos, visible on a chest…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 12, 1985
Nance v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
E.S. Nance worked in a Norfolk, Virginia shipyard from 1940 to 1945 and was exposed to asbestos there. In May 1976 he was diagnosed with asbestosis and mesothelioma. He sued asbestos companies in Florida in April 1980 and died in Florida in August…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · May 7, 1986
Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…here because the death was alleged to result from disease. It relied on its decision in Hyer v. Pittsburgh Corning, which in turn rested on the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision in Wilder v. Amatex…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 12, 1996
Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)
Elda Nelson and Patricia Dunning sued asbestos companies after Robert Nelson, a former asbestos worker, and Colette Fitzsimmons, a teacher exposed at her school, developed mesothelioma and died in 1987. In April 1987 the plaintiffs had opened Rule…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 29, 1988
Pecorino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1988)
Mertice Pecorino sued about 18 asbestos product makers after her husband Anthony died in 1985 of mesothelioma. He had worked as an insulator from 1934 to 1977 at refineries, including the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur. In 1980 the couple had sued…
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Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982
DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)
Bruce DeCosse, as trustee for the heirs of his father Napoleon DeCosse, sued Armstrong Cork and other asbestos companies for wrongful death. Napoleon DeCosse had worked most of his life as a pipe coverer or insulator and died in Arizona in March…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · February 5, 1986
Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1986)
Wanda Jenkins and other plaintiffs with asbestos-related personal injury suits pending in the Eastern District of Texas sued thirteen companies. Ten of the plaintiffs asked the court to certify a class of all such pending cases. They wanted to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maine · March 17, 1986
In re Moorenovich (1986)
Several people who say they were exposed to asbestos, along with the estate of one of them, brought consolidated cases in the federal district court in Maine against many asbestos product companies. Before trial, the defendants asked the court to…