5 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…liability counts against Celotex and the other defendants, refusing to adopt market share liability in Illinois asbestos cases. Illinois does not recognize market share liability in asbestos cases, so a plaintiff who cannot identify the manufacturers…
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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 · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 21, 1995
Baumgart v. Keene Bldg. Products Corp. (1995)
Mildred Baumgart sued makers and suppliers of asbestos products after her husband, Anthony Baumgart, died of mesothelioma on March 31, 1985. He had worked for Witco Chemical Corporation from 1950 to 1980 and was allegedly exposed to…
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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…