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  1. Court case · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · August 24, 1989 · in the opinion

    District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)

    …hospitals, and government offices, are for the general use of the public, and hundreds or even thousands of people pass through each of them every day. Any child who grows up in the District and attends…

  2. Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia · July 19, 1984 · in the opinion

    Joyce v. AC & s., Inc. (1984)

    …asbestos insulation materials. Plaintiff, an industrial electrician who had worked with asbestos insulation from 1948 to 1972, claimed that inhalation of asbestos fibers and dust during that period had caused him to develop mesothelioma, a cancerous…

  3. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996

    Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)

    …appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio law.…

  4. Court case · Washington Supreme Court · October 31, 1989

    Falk v. Keene Corp. (1989)

    …by risk-utility balancing and consumer expectations, not ordinary common law negligence; instructions letting the jury apply general negligence instructions to it are reversible error. Design Defect; Trial Procedure and Discovery Navy service 1947 to 1953

  5. Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 8, 1987

    Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1987)

    …contribution and indemnity are not barred by New York's General Obligations Law. Maritime Law and Navy Ships Worksites: engine rooms of some 13 vessels marine engineer engine rooms of some 13 vessels more than 35…

  6. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · May 7, 1986

    Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)

    …§ 1-50(6), barred the claim because his last exposure was in 1961. The Fourth Circuit agreed that the statute applies to wrongful death actions in general. It held, however, that the statute did not apply…

  7. Company document · WARD Documents · 1972

    Eagle-Picher Private-Label Insulating Cements and a Cross-Reference of J-M Firecrete Castables to Competing Brands (c. 1972)

    …Union Asbestos & Rubber, GAF and General Refractories. A note says "One-Cote cement did not contain asbestos prior to 1960." The second is a cross-reference chart matching Johns-Manville's Firecrete and Firelite castable refractories…

  8. Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 26, 2000 · in the opinion

    Baker v. ACandS (2000)

    He provided the following context: a party who signs a general release waiving all claims and discharging all parties will be precluded from thereafter suing a party who did not contribute consideration toward the release. However…

  9. Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion

    DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)

    …the court concluded that because the tolling provisions of the general limitations statute were in existence prior to the enactment of the wrongful death statute the legislature "could not possibly have had in mind that the…

  10. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 30, 1984 · in the opinion

    Lowe v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, A Div. of Litton (1984)

    …injury to ship construction worker on board ship being constructed in navigable waters is maritime tort; but since ship construction contract "was non-maritime" and "neither \[plaintiff's\] general employment, nor his activities at the time…

  11. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · December 4, 1992 · in the opinion

    In re Joint E. & So. Dist. Asbestos Litigation (1992)

    …Plan-related documents. We therefore consider whether the changes were authorized by the more general reserved power of the Bankruptcy Court to modify the Plan "to the full extent permitted by the Code." Plan § 10.1…

  12. Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion

    Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)

    …Inc., Rapid American, Uni-Royal, Carolina Asbestos Co., J. Franklin Burke General Asbestos Co., Ruberoid Company, Keaseey Mattison Co., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co. Argued December 17, 1985. Filed June 10, 1986. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [\60…

  13. Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 22, 1991 · in the opinion

    Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)

    …asbestosis sufferers in general and specifically by a person with Mr. Lilley's type of symptoms. Id. at 41-46. Dr. Altschuler offered no testimony regarding Mr. Lilley's psychological profile nor the general psychological characteristics…

  14. Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · March 25, 1991 · in the opinion

    Landrigan v. Celotex Corp. (1991)

    …that in toxic-tort litigation, a scientific theory of causation that has not yet reached general acceptance may be found to be sufficiently reliable if it is based on a sound, adequately-founded scientific methodology involving…

  15. Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · August 19, 1986 · in the opinion

    Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1986)

    …the cause in fact of his injuries does not undermine the principle that a defendant should only be held responsible for the damage it caused. As long as a plaintiff can prove general causation, i.e.…

  16. Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 7, 1992 · in the opinion

    Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong (1992)

    …283 Md. 296, 327, 389 A.2d 887, 905 (1978). Causation is a necessary element of any strict liability action. Phipps v. General Motors Corp., 278 Md. 337, 344, 363 A.2d 955, 958 (1976). In…

  17. Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · October 14, 1987 · in the opinion

    Goldman v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1987)

    …it is important to understand that both alternative liability and market-share liability are exceptions to the general rule that a plaintiff has to prove an injury was caused by the negligence of a particular defendant…

  18. Court case · Washington Supreme Court · April 27, 1989 · in the opinion

    Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp. (1989)

    …of Trial Lawyers of America; Richard H. Robblee on behalf of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices, amici curiae for appellants. [\638] Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, Michael E. Tardif, Senior Assistant, and Michael Madden, Assistant…

  19. Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia · January 26, 1982 · in the opinion

    Starling v. Seaboard Coast Line R. Co. (1982)

    …The label, intentional tort, is merely a general descriptive term for specific types of tortious conduct which share the common element that the actor intended to injure the object of his action. Prosser, Law of Torts…

  20. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988 · in the opinion

    Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)

    …We disagree. • 1 The general intent of statutes of repose is to "terminate the possibility of liability after a defined period of time, regardless of a potential plaintiff's lack of knowledge of his cause of…