10 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · June 30, 1992
Feldman v. Owens-Illinois (In re Brooklyn Navy Yard Asbestos Litigation, 1992)
Workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and families of those who died, sued makers of asbestos insulation products for diseases including lung cancer, colon cancer, mesothelioma, laryngeal cancer, pleural disease and asbestosis. The jury, in a joint…
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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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Company or organization · People and organizations
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
…a widely used asbestos-containing pipe and block insulation called Kaylo, reselling it for Owens-Illinois from 1953 and making it from 1958 to 1972. The company became one of the most heavily sued defendants in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · July 8, 1988
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988)
Mona Knox, administratrix of the estate of her husband Darrel Knox, sued AC & S and many other makers of asbestos insulation after he died in April 1986 of mesothelioma. He had worked as an insulation mechanic and was exposed to the defendants'…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 3, 1986
Seckular v. Celotex (1986)
Hyman Seckular and his wife Ruth sued Celotex and other asbestos companies in New Jersey. Hyman had mesothelioma. His only asbestos exposure was as a welder at Todd Shipyards in Brooklyn between 1941 and 1945. He later lived in Florida, developed…
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Product picture · Product Pictures
Label: KAYLO INSULATION (Owens-Corning)
A red-on-white label or logo reading 'KAYLO INSULATION' in large letters, with a red box below containing 'OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS'.
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 17, 2001
Crooks v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Pinecrest State School and Central State Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana, sued Southern Pipe and Supply, Owens-Corning, Garlock, the State of Louisiana and other defendants in 1997. They said they were exposed to asbestos-containing products…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · December 4, 2009
Hogston v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2009)
…The last remaining defendant, National Service Industries, was the successor to North Brothers, a distributor of Owens-Corning products including asbestos-containing Kaylo insulation. The court, applying Virginia law, considered whether the plaintiff had enough evidence…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · March 22, 1984
English v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
Virginia English, as executrix of her husband Thomas English's estate, sued Johns-Manville and other companies. She claimed he died of pleural mesothelioma caused by inhaling asbestos fibers from the defendants' products. The defendants said the…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 19, 1997
Potter v. Patterson (1997)
The widow and children of John Potter sued Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) and many other companies and individuals. They alleged he died of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure over many years of work for NOPSI. The plaintiffs settled with MSA alone…