32 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 7, 1992
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong (1992)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the compensatory verdicts for workers Armstrong and Wood against Owens-Illinois, but reversed the punitive damages awards and remanded for new trials limited to punitive damages. A trial judge…
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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 · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983
Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' common law punitive damages claims against the asbestos defendants, including Celotex, because those claims did not survive the…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 5, 1985
Rosenberg v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
Stanley Rosenberg worked at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn from 1961 to 1965 and was exposed to asbestos products there. He was diagnosed with asbestosis in 1976 and malignant mesothelioma in 1978. He and his wife sued Celotex in New York…
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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 · Washington Supreme Court · April 27, 1989
Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp. (1989)
Austin Sofie, who was 67 and suffering from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure during his career as a pipefitter, and his wife Marcia sued Fibreboard and other asbestos manufacturers. A jury found the defendants at fault and awarded…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · August 19, 1986
Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1986)
…at his workplace and caused his disease, and awarded $2,500,000. The jury found for Keene and Owens-Illinois. The four losing defendants asked for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, a new trial or a reduced…
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Court case · Florida Supreme Court · June 13, 1985
Celotex Corp. v. Copeland (1985)
Lee Loyd Copeland and his wife sued sixteen asbestos product manufacturers. Copeland worked as a boilermaker from 1942 to 1975 on 50 to 100 jobs, and he developed asbestosis and an asbestos-related cancer. He said the products were mostly insulation…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)
Six consolidated cases were brought by workers, or the survivors of deceased workers, against makers and distributors of asbestos products. The workers said they were exposed to asbestos on the job. They claimed illnesses including asbestosis and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 11, 1986
Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
Antoinette Vigiolto sued several asbestos product manufacturers after her husband, Christopher Vigiolto, died of pleural mesothelioma in 1981. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945 on two ships, and she alleged he inhaled asbestos dust and fibers…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · January 25, 1985 · in the opinion
Rocco v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
…Rocco, his wife, Appellants in 83-1043, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.; Johns-Manville Sales Corporation; Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; Owens- Corning Fiberglass Corporation; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; GAF Corporation; Celotex Corporation; Unarco Industries, Inc.…
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Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion
DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)
…etc., Respondent, Keene Corporation, Respondent, MacArthur Corporation, Respondent, Nicolet Industries, Inc., etc., Respondent, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Respondent, Owens-Illinois Corporation, Defendant, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Respondent, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant, Southern Asbestos Company, etc., Respondent, Standard…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · October 5, 1981 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981)
…merger with Johns-Manville Products Corporation; Raybestos-Manhatten Corporation, a Connecticut Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, successor by purchase of Kaylo Division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation; The Celotex Corporation…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 22, 1991 · in the opinion
Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
…Manhattan, Inc., Celotex Corp., Southern Textile Co., J.P. Stevens Co., Garlock, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Fibreboard Corp., GAF Corp. Fred and Lorraine LILLEY v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., Pacor, Inc., Eagle-Picher Ind., Unarco Industries, Inc.…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · March 30, 1983 · in the opinion
Austin v. Unarco Industries, Inc. (1983)
…indemnity suit by asbestos manufacturer against the government for, inter alia, designing and specifying asbestos insulation products and failing to inspect the workplaces); Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United States District Court for the Western District of…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 30, 1993
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1993)
Affirmed the judgment on the $213,811.79 verdict for the plaintiff executor against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, upholding denial of OCF's motion to dismiss the civil conspiracy counts and the default judgment on liability entered…