44 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 28, 1998
Re' v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Diana Re' sued Owens-Corning, Garlock, W.R. Grace, Flintkote and others in Orleans Parish. She alleged she developed mesothelioma from asbestos dust carried home on her father's work clothes during her childhood, from 1963…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · July 13, 1995
Higgins v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The Appellate Division reversed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and remanded for a new trial in favor of plaintiff Higgins, and dismissed Owens-Corning's cross appeal on the medical monitoring award as moot. A…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995
Schiavo v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The Appellate Division affirmed the compensatory and punitive damage awards against Owens-Corning in favor of the Schiavo plaintiffs, finding the Saranac document error harmless given the small punitive award. A 'day in the life' videotape…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 24, 2000
Carroll v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000)
…s lung cancer claim was not time-barred, which favors the plaintiff over the asbestos defendants (Owens-Corning and others). Asbestosis and lung cancer are separate and distinct diseases, so a cause of action for lung…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
Six longtime workers at the E.I. du Pont plant in Clinton, Iowa, and their wives sued makers of asbestos insulation products. The workers said they were exposed through insulation on pipes and boilers, and in some cases through cleaning out machine…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 2, 2004
Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2004)
Wesley Roberts, Jr., a pipefitter from 1941 to 1981, was exposed to asbestos-containing products at the Exxon refinery in Baton Rouge and other sites. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1994 and died in 1995. He and his wife sued many…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 21, 1998
Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998)
The court affirmed the jury verdicts for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas (Kaylo insulation) and Rock Wool (One Shot cement), reversed the judgments against Garlock, A.W. Chesterton and Flexitallic, affirmed the judgments against Abadie…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…judgment for plaintiff Sarah Kirk against Owens-Corning and remanded for a new trial on damages and liability, because the district court refused to strike two biased jurors for cause, impairing Owens-Corning's peremptory challenges…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 20, 1994
Quick v. Murphy Oil Co. (1994)
The appeals court reversed the $46,000 contribution judgment that the trial court had entered for Owens Corning Fiberglas against Garlock, because Quick's exposure to Garlock's asbestos products was trivial and not a cause…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 6, 1995
Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995)
The court granted summary judgment to Pittsburgh Corning, Owens-Corning, Anchor Packing and Garlock, and in part to Georgia-Pacific (for Bestwall). It denied it to John Crane, to Georgia-Pacific on its joint compound, and…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · August 3, 1994
In re Keene Corp. (1994)
Dorothy Richter sued Keene Corporation and other asbestos manufacturers in New Jersey state court over her husband's death. The suit alleged he developed mesothelioma through occupational exposure to asbestos. A jury awarded $300,000 for wrongful…
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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 · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 22, 2000
Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000)
The Superior Court affirmed the denial of judgment notwithstanding the verdict to Owens-Corning and Garlock on Phase I, and affirmed the grant of a new Phase II trial on Garlock's liability, so the Lonascos…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 26, 1999
Greenleaf v. Garlock, Inc. (1999)
…so judgment for the Greenleafs against Garlock and Owens Corning must be entered at the state amount. It also ordered a new trial on Garlock's and Owens Corning's crossclaims against the non-appearing defendants…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia · April 19, 2000
Anderson v. Crown Cork & Seal (2000)
Marie Anderson, executrix of the estate of her father Gerald Thomas, sued more than forty defendants in Portsmouth, Virginia state court. She alleged he died of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. Thomas served in the Navy from 1950 to 1954 as a…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · July 2, 2003
John Crane, Inc. v. Jones (2003)
Robert Jones sued John Crane, Inc. and seven other companies in 1996, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos dust in their products. He died in 1997, and his wife, Laila Jones, took over the case and added wrongful death and loss of…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · June 11, 2002
Crane, Inc. v. Scribner (2002)
James Scribner, a Navy veteran who later worked for a power company, developed mesothelioma and died in November 1995. He had sued, and his widow and children continued the case, against John Crane, Garlock and others. Scribner testified that in the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 6, 1988
Eckenrod v. GAF Corp. (1988)
…Porter, Raymark, Owens-Corning and Garlock, because the widow and co-defendant Pittsburgh Gage did not show the decedent was exposed to those defendants' asbestos products. To defeat summary judgment in an asbestos case, a plaintiff…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 3, 2010
Collins v. Plant Insulation Company (2010)
…the FTCA's discretionary function exception is an immunity from suit, not a determination that the government owes no duty or is not at fault, so fault may be apportioned to the Navy under Proposition 51…