20 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · August 28, 2015
McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015)
Gerald McAlvey sued Atlas Copco Compressors and other companies in federal court in southern Illinois over asbestos exposure. The opinion refers to his asbestosis. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1958 aboard…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 22, 2017 · in the opinion
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
…of punitive damages. This Court has previously granted Georgia-Pacific summary judgment on the issue of punitive damages in a similar asbestos action, Covington v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co., No. GLR-12-461, 2014 WL 12661857…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 25, 2009 · in the opinion
Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc. (2009)
…this argument, and Cadlo demonstrates that it is fundamentally flawed. We held in Cadlo that Owens-Illinois could not be held strictly liable for Kaylo, a product that it developed and then Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 17, 2017 · in the opinion
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
…No. 162-35. The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has recently rejected Dr. Frank's rephrasing in Suoja v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 211 F.Supp.3d 1196, 1207 (W.D. Wis…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 27, 2009 · in the opinion
Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2009)
…the reasons set forth below. A. Causation GP contends that plaintiffs failed to introduce evidence sufficient to satisfy the "substantial factor" standard of causation set forth in Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal.4th…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · December 18, 2015 · in the opinion
May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2015)
…in the business of selling such a product, and (b) it is expected to and does reach the user or consumer without substantial change in the condition in which it is sold. In Owens-Illinois, Inc…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · October 3, 2014 · in the opinion
May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…both by Wood and by the out-of-state cases that have followed in its wake, the Mays make a series of miscellaneous arguments. We reject each of them. First, citing Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Zenobia…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · January 8, 2015
Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2015)
…ended before the marriage, but denied it to Georgia-Pacific. A defendant owes no duty to a spouse for loss of consortium if the couple was not married when the asbestos exposure occurred, and insurance-policy…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · April 29, 2024 · in the opinion
In re Bestwall, LLC (2024)
…Rogers, Diana Johnson, WALDREP WALL BABCOCK & BAILEY PLLC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellants. Gregory M. Gordon, Dallas, Texas, Megan Lacy Owen, JONES DAY, Washington, D.C.; Garland S. Cassada, Richard C. Worf, Jr., Charlotte, North…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · August 10, 2018 · in the opinion
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018)
…is what the Court of Appeals has "termed a \bystander,' in that he did not work directly with the asbestos products but was in the vicinity of where such products were used." Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · September 26, 2018 · in the opinion
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018)
…is what the Court of Appeals has "termed a \bystander,' in that he did not work directly with the asbestos products but was in the vicinity of where such products were used." Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008 · in the opinion
Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008)
…The trial court correctly granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We reinstate the orders of summary judgment. [\505] WE CONCUR: ALEXANDER, C.J., C. JOHNSON, OWENS, FAIRHURST, and J. JOHNSON, JJ. STEPHENS J. (dissenting). …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · February 11, 2015 · in the opinion
McCROSSIN v. Imo Industries, Inc. (2015)
…alleges that the two contractors who performed work on the Trenton were nonparties Owens Corning Fiberglass ("Owens") and Unicor. Id., at 6. Lone Star further alleges that neither Owens nor Unicor supplied any products to Pioneer…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
…at issue, and circumstantial evidence that a manufacturer bought the supplier's asbestos can create a fact question on exposure. A raw-asbestos supplier also owes the general duty of reasonable care. Causation; Product Identification; Expert…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 20, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
…the plaintiff's injury; inference, unverified allegations, or settled status alone are not enough. An employer owes no duty for take-home exposure, so it bears no allocable fault. Causation; Product Identification; Expert Testimony; Take-Home…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · July 3, 2019 · in the opinion
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2019)
…permissible to inform a jury that a co-defendant to the asbestos lawsuit had been dismissed when a remaining defendant "opens the door" by introducing evidence relating to the earlier presence of that now-dismissed party…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 8, 2012 · in the opinion
Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012)
…Specifically, he alleges exposure to asbestos-containing boilers, furnaces, pumps, valves, steam traps, baker ovens, gaskets, and other items. Mr. Wexler was diagnosed with lung cancer on May 12, 2011. He is currently sixty-eight years…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012 · in the opinion
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012)
…now holds that, under maritime law, a manufacturer is not liable for harm caused by, and owes no duty to warn of the hazards inherent in, asbestos products that the manufacturer did not manufacture or distribute.
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · June 26, 2016 · in the opinion
Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2016)
…Jan. 12, 2015) (court order). \[12\] Owen v. Burlington N. Santa Fe R.R. Co., 153 Wash.2d 780, 787, 108 P.3d 1220 (2005). \[13\] Owen, 153 Wash.2d at 787, 108 P.3d 1220…