115 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 6
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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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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · September 18, 2013 · in the opinion
Gillenwater v. Honeywell Intern., Inc. (2013)
Bowes told Gardner that Owens-Illinois currently had "in the pilot plant stage" a new type of thermal insulation, "a hydrous calcium silicate," that, when removed from a mold and dried, formed "a porous mass \[that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 6, 2013
Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (2013)
…for reconsideration by Crane Co. and Owens-Illinois as moot. A plaintiff may use a Rule 15(a) amendment to disclaim damages for one product and so avoid federal officer jurisdiction. A defendant that did not…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 21, 2015
Kochera v. General Electric Company (2015)
The district court denied General Electric's motion in limine, joined by Owens-Illinois and John Crane, to exclude plaintiff Kochera's medical expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff won the ruling. A physician board certified…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 2, 1993
Jackson v. Anchor Packing Co. (1993)
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for all defendants (Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard, Keene, Anchor, Chesterton, Garlock, John Crane, Rexnord and Georgia Talc) against the ten Mohawk tire plant workers, because the workers lacked sufficient…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · December 22, 2014
Krik v. Crane Co. (2014)
The court granted the defendants' motions (Crane, Owens-Illinois, Marley-Wylain and ExxonMobil) to bar plaintiff Krik's experts from offering "Any Exposure," "Each and Every Exposure" and "Single Fiber" causation opinions, and denied Mobil's…
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Court case · Alabama Supreme Court · April 30, 1993
Hogland v. Celotex Corp. (1993)
Jessie Hogland sued several companies, some initially under fictitious names, claiming he developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-containing products. He died of the disease on November 10, 1985. In 1990 his wife, Yvonne Hogland, as…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · February 1, 2010
Crane v. Linkus (2010)
George Linkus, a Baltimore shipyard machinist, was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2005 and sued John Crane, Inc. and others. He had worked at the Key Highway shipyard from 1952 to 1959, overhauling valves and packing them with dry, powdery…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · August 28, 2015
McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015)
Gerald McAlvey sued Atlas Copco Compressors and other companies in federal court in southern Illinois over asbestos exposure. The opinion refers to his asbestosis. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1958 aboard…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · March 7, 2013
Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (2013)
James Joyner, a 22-year Coast Guard veteran who had earlier worked as an electrician's assistant at the Charleston Navy Shipyard, was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in March 2012. He sued several asbestos product makers and others in Baltimore…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
…Audrey sued Crane Co., Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Owens-Illinois and Union Carbide in federal court in southern Florida. The amended complaint alleges that Mr. Rothchild contracted mesothelioma. The opinion does not describe…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
Herbert Rothchild and his wife Audrey sued several companies, including Union Carbide, in Florida state court, and the case was removed to federal court. They alleged that he developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-containing products made,…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 4, 2015
Brady v. Crane Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2015)
Plaintiffs asked the New York County Supreme Court to consolidate thirteen asbestos cases for joint trial in two groups. All but one of the plaintiffs had lung cancer. Miceli and Ward had mesothelioma. Most had died, and Miller and Morgan were…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 23, 1999
Lambert v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (1999)
Cheryl Lambert sued several companies, including John Crane and W.R. Grace, for the wrongful death of her husband Samuel Lambert. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October 1992 and died in March 1993 at age 42. Her original complaint blamed his…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 14, 1990
Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990)
Four Babcock & Wilcox workers, Joseph Bushless, Ralph Barber, Lloyd Kelly and Robert Edmond, were diagnosed with asbestosis in 1987. Bushless and Kelly's wives joined their suits. They sued GAF and other makers and suppliers of asbestos products,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 6, 1995 · in the opinion
Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995)
…Corp., Owens-Illinois Inc. Peter E. Carlson, Kelley Drye & Warren, Chicago, IL, Debra L. Burns, Bose McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, IN, George E. Purdy, Bose McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, IN, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Robin L. Babbitt…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · November 26, 2012 · in the opinion
Brannan v. Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust (2012)
…1997. \[3\] Armstrong, National Gypsum, Fibreboard, Hopeman Bros., Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Porter Hayden Co., Rapid-American Corp., Selby-Battersby, and Babcock & Wilcox. \[4\] The Trust also asserts in its brief that the judgments entered in…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · June 11, 2002 · in the opinion
Crane, Inc. v. Scribner (2002)
…He sued, claiming that the disease resulted from his exposure to the defendant's products during the period of [\736] 1962-63. Owens-Illinois, advancing the "manifestation" theory, argued that Armstrong's cause of action did…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Daniels v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. (2019)
…General Electric, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Owens Illinois (herein "settled defendants")) on the jury verdict form. John Crane contends that under the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act (Contribution Act) (740 ILCS 100/1 et seq. (West…