35 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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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 · Washington Court of Appeals · May 6, 1996
Viereck v. Fibreboard Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Virgil Viereck's estate and his wife Julia Viereck against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that pre-WPLA law applied and that the evidentiary rulings…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1989
Board of Education v. A, C & S, Inc. (1989)
Thirty-four Illinois school districts, including the Chicago Board of Education, sued 78 asbestos makers, distributors and installers. They sought the cost of inspecting, repairing and removing asbestos-containing materials in their buildings, which the Asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 14, 1994
Coates v. AC and S, Inc. (1994)
…admitted the OSHA and EPA publications, and denied Owens-Corning's motions on third-party medical payments, mental anguish and reverse bifurcation. Pre-comparative-fault law and equal ("by heads") apportionment governed the wrongful death claim…
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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, 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 · 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. 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…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · September 26, 1990
Hoffman v. Allied Corp. (1990)
Milton Hoffman and his wife Lillian sued Armstrong World Industries and other asbestos product makers in federal court in Florida. Milton was diagnosed with pleural malignant mesothelioma. During World War II he spent about 14 months as a lathe…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · November 25, 1985
Graffagnino v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985)
Steve Graffagnino worked as an insulator at Texaco's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery for about forty years and handled asbestos products made and distributed by the defendants. In 1981 he and his wife sued over his asbestos exposure and settled for…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 8, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard Corp., Garlock, Inc., Johns Manville, Owens Illinois, Rapid American, Rock Wool Manufacturing, Uniroyal, and UNR (UNARCO). This results in a total of 24 virile shares. We subtract two shares for Kelmell…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · June 22, 1993 · in the opinion
Sealover v. Carey Canada Inc. (1993)
…Corp.; Eagle-Picher Industries Inc.; Fibreboard Corp.; GAF Corp.; Keene Corp.; National Gypsum Co.; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.; Owens-Illinois Inc.; Raymark Industries Inc.; Turner & Newell, PLC; United States Gypsum Co.; US Mineral Products Co.; W…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Fibreboard Corporation, Flexitallic, GAF Corporation/Ruberoid, Garlock, Johns Manville, National Gypsum Corporation, Owens Illinois, Rapid American, Rock Wool Manufacturing, Uniroyal, and UNR (UNARCO); for a total of 26 virile shares. We subtract two shares for Kelmell…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · November 21, 1980 · in the opinion
McCarty v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1980)
…S. Allred, Jackson, Miss., for Acands, Inc. Richard L. Forman, Jackson, Miss., for Nicolet, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc. and National Gypsum Co. Thomas W. Tardy, III, Jackson, Miss., for Combustion Engineering, Inc. M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii · December 9, 1986 · in the opinion
In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases (1986)
…A.2d 326, 329 (1985) (no negligence based state of the art defense allowed in design defect or failure to warn product liability cases); Elmore v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 673 S.W.2d 434, 438 (Mo…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · January 11, 1982 · in the opinion
Bertrand v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…Thibodeau & Seiler, Duluth, Minn., for Johns-Manville Sales Corp. John Borger, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Duane Arndt, Arndt & Benton, P. A., Minneapolis, Minn., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. [\540] James R…