19 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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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 · 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 · Arizona Supreme Court · November 19, 1982
Nelson v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona (1982)
Marguerite Nelson sought Arizona workers' compensation death benefits after her husband Charles, an insulation worker who had handled asbestos for many years, died of mesothelioma in January 1977. She filed her claim in October 1979, almost three…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · January 19, 1994
WR Grace & Co.—Conn. v. Dougherty (1994)
The appeals court affirmed the final judgment for the Dougherty plaintiffs against W.R. Grace and Owens-Corning, rejecting their challenges to the jury instructions, the deposition evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence of Grace…
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Indiana Court of Appeals · November 6, 2001
Allied Signal, Inc. v. Herring (2001)
Loyd Herring worked for Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana, from 1942 until he retired in 1978, and the opinion says he was exposed there to various forms of asbestos and asbestos-containing products. He was diagnosed with malignant…
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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…