17 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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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 · 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. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · April 13, 1989
Kaiser v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1989)
Sol Kaiser, a Navy veteran, and his wife and children sued several asbestos manufacturers in federal court in Puerto Rico for harm from his asbestos exposure. Kaiser served from 1948 to 1952, repairing insulated pipes on destroyers, where he cut and…
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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, 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 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 11, 2022 · in the opinion
Shelton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
…a showing that plaintiff's "particular asbestos disease is cumulative in nature" which can be satisfied by establishing that "a series of exposures was a \legal cause' of \[plaintiff's\] injury." Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 2, 2011
Conti v. Crane Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2011)
Eight plaintiffs, each of whom had or has lung cancer or mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, asked the New York County Supreme Court to try their cases together. All but one, David Giancarlo, had died. They named defendants including Crane Co. and…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · December 22, 2011 · in the opinion
Auletta v. Crane Co (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation Cluster, 2011)
…contractors' defenses. This is an area of law that is still developing and is unique to this group of cases. See: Feidt v, Owens Corning Fibergalss Corp., 153 F3d 124 (3rd Cir. 1998). It will require…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 28, 2008 · in the opinion
McCann v. Foster Wheeler (2008)
…law, McCann's claim did not accrue until he was diagnosed with mesothelioma and is not barred by the lapse of time. (See Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997) 16 Cal.4th 520, 531, fn…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 24, 2023 · in the opinion
Hutchins v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023)
…When there are multiple causes of injury, "a defendant's conduct is a cause in fact if it is a substantial factor generating plaintiff's harm." Adams v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 923 So. 2d 118…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 18, 2021 · in the opinion
Kriz v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2021)
In opposition to Armstrong's motion, Plaintiff argues that a product manufacturer like Armstrong owes innocent persons injured from its defective product, like decedent, a clear duty to warn under New York law, especially in "take…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · June 20, 2018 · in the opinion
Bechtel Corporation v. Batchelor (2018)
…possession and control of all or part of the plant such that it owed Mr. Batchelor the same duty that a landowner owes an invitee under the law of premises liability. For the reasons explained below…