17 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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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. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · November 22, 1994
Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The district court granted summary judgment to defendants Owens Illinois, Owens Corning and Fibreboard and third-party defendant Flintkote, and denied the Perrins' request to shift the burden of proof on causation. Under Iowa law, evidence…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 9, 2001
Emery v. Owens-Corporation (2001)
Wayne Bendily, an insulator employed by Anco Insulations, worked intermittently at Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery from about 1965 to 1970. He was diagnosed with asbestosis and sued Exxon as a premises owner, along with others. His wife, Mary, claimed…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · January 21, 1994
Tabolt v. Flintkote Co. (In re New York Asbestos Litigation, 1994)
Four men with pleural mesothelioma, or their spouses, sued several asbestos companies in federal court in New York. They were Vincent Tabolt, John Consorti, Alfred Luchnick and Peter Pulizzi. Tabolt worked at a farm cooperative and was said to have…
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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 · April 26, 1999
Holmes v. ACandS, Inc. (1999)
Ivay Holmes sued on her own behalf and as personal representative of her husband Henry's estate after he died of lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Henry was diagnosed around June 20, 1994, and died about a month later, on July 22, 1994. She…
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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…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988
Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)
Concetta Blazek sued a group of asbestos and asbestos product companies after her husband, Kenneth Blazek, died of mesothelioma. He had been exposed to asbestos in 1951 and 1952 while working at the Union Asbestos and Rubber Company in Cicero,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · July 8, 1988 · in the opinion
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988)
…Co., 476 N.E.2d 84, 85 (Ind.1985) and the decision in Walters v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 781 F.2d 570 (7th Cir. 1986), finding that Indiana's discovery rule applies in asbestos cases…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 24, 1983 · in the opinion
Wedgeworth v. Fibreboard Corp. (1983)
…Inc.; Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 26 B.R. 644 (E.D.Wis.1983). The careful balancing of interests mandated by the Supreme Court in Landis requires that the stays granted in the instant cases…
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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 18, 2015 · in the opinion
Voelker v. John Crane (Matter of Eighth Jud. Dist. Asbestos Litig., 2015)
…determination. It is noted, that in New York, injury occurs when plaintiff is exposed to asbestos. (see Consorti v Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 86 NY2d 449 (1997); Matter of Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litig. \[Chrabas\], 273…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · October 18, 1989 · in the opinion
Vaughn v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc. (1989)
…exposure to the asbestos in Foster Wheeler boilers was a substantial factor in causing Vaughn's mesothelioma. See Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp., 782 F.2d 1156, 1162 (4th Cir.1986).\[2\] The Shipowners' position is…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
This opinion covers fifty-seven consolidated asbestos cases in the Marshall division of the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs included insulation workers, pipefitters, carpenters and factory workers, and the defendants were asbestos product…