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  1. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · February 27, 1989

    Fisher v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1989)

    Charles Fisher and his wife sued several asbestos product companies in 1985, claiming his exposure to asbestos had caused asbestosis, cancer, and possibly mesothelioma. The parties settled for $60,000, and the Fishers signed a release of all claims,…

  2. Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983

    Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)

    The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' common law punitive damages claims against the asbestos defendants, including Celotex, because those claims did not survive the…

  3. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 25, 1982

    Froud v. Celotex Corporation (1982)

    …dismissal of the punitive damages counts and remanded, ruling for the plaintiff administrators and against the asbestos defendants including Celotex. Under the Illinois Supreme Court's National Bank decision, the Survival Act neither authorizes nor prohibits…

  4. Court case · Oklahoma Supreme Court · September 22, 1987

    Case v. Fibreboard Corp. (1987)

    Bobbie Edwin Case and his wife Eva sued twenty-two asbestos product makers in federal court in Oklahoma. Mr. Case said he was a sheet metal worker in Oklahoma from 1949 on and was exposed to asbestos-containing products made and sold by the…

  5. Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 5, 1985

    Meehan v. Celotex Corp. (1985)

    Carmella Meehan, as personal representative of her husband Charles Meehan's estate, sued Celotex and other asbestos product makers, claiming their products caused his death. Charles worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1942 to 1945, where he was…

  6. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 20, 1985

    Lowe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)

    Eugene Lowe and his wife sued a group of asbestos companies in 1982 over injuries from his work exposure to asbestos. Lowe died in September 1982, and his co-administrators were substituted as plaintiffs. He had worked at various times from 1942 at…

  7. Court case · Florida Supreme Court · June 13, 1985

    Celotex Corp. v. Copeland (1985)

    Lee Loyd Copeland and his wife sued sixteen asbestos product manufacturers. Copeland worked as a boilermaker from 1942 to 1975 on 50 to 100 jobs, and he developed asbestosis and an asbestos-related cancer. He said the products were mostly insulation…

  8. Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · January 31, 1986

    Knauer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)

    George Knauer and his wife Ann sued thirteen asbestos manufacturers in federal court in Maryland in December 1980, alleging he developed mesothelioma from exposure to defendants' asbestos products. He died on May 1, 1982. On May 6, 1985, five days…

  9. Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982

    Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)

    Six consolidated cases were brought by workers, or the survivors of deceased workers, against makers and distributors of asbestos products. The workers said they were exposed to asbestos on the job. They claimed illnesses including asbestosis and…

  10. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981

    Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)

    This opinion covers fifty-seven consolidated asbestos cases in the Marshall division of the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs included insulation workers, pipefitters, carpenters and factory workers, and the defendants were asbestos product…

  11. Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 11, 1986

    Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)

    Antoinette Vigiolto sued several asbestos product manufacturers after her husband, Christopher Vigiolto, died of pleural mesothelioma in 1981. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945 on two ships, and she alleged he inhaled asbestos dust and fibers…

  12. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1982

    Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)

    Dozens of workers, including insulators, pipefitters, carpenters and factory workers, sued many makers and sellers of asbestos-containing products in federal court in East Texas. They claimed exposure to the products and resulting disease. Each…

  13. Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion

    DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)

    …etc., Respondent, Keene Corporation, Respondent, MacArthur Corporation, Respondent, Nicolet Industries, Inc., etc., Respondent, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Respondent, Owens-Illinois Corporation, Defendant, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Respondent, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant, Southern Asbestos Company, etc., Respondent, Standard…

  14. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · October 5, 1981 · in the opinion

    White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981)

    …merger with Johns-Manville Products Corporation; Raybestos-Manhatten Corporation, a Connecticut Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, successor by purchase of Kaylo Division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation; The Celotex Corporation…

  15. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1984 · in the opinion

    Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)

    …for plaintiff-appellee. [\464] Robert S. Rooth, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae Owens-Illinois, Inc. Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges. POLITZ, Circuit Judge: This Louisiana diversity case occasions an examination of…

  16. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 6, 1985 · in the opinion

    Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)

    …Helm, Pletcher, Hogan & Burrow, Stephen W. Hanks, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee. Robert S. Rooth, New Orleans, La., for Owens-Illinois, Inc., amicus curiae. Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POLITZ, RANDALL, TATE, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS…

  17. Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · February 24, 1986 · in the opinion

    Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)

    …Corp., 258 La. 1067, 249 So.2d 133, 140 (1971). See Elmore v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 673 S.W.2d 434 (Mo.1984); Turner v. General Motors Corp., 584 S.W.2d 844 (Tex.1979); Carter…

  18. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 23, 1984 · in the opinion

    Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)

    …Inc.; American Mutual Corporation; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Flintkote Corporation; Johns-Manville Sales Corporation; Keene Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; H.K. Porter Company, Inc.; Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; and Standard Asbestos Manufacturing & Insulation Company…

  19. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 21, 1985 · in the opinion

    Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)

    …parts. Martinez v. Rodriguez, 394 F.2d 156, 159 n. 6 (5th Cir.1968). \[22\] See, e.g., Owen, Punitive Damages in Products Liability Litigation, 74 Mich.L.Rev. 1257 (1976); Seltzer, supra note 15; Comment…

  20. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 22, 1986 · in the opinion

    Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)

    …618 P.2d 1268, 1271 (1980). An Illinois court recently explained that it did "not believe that defendants should be relieved of liability for punitive damages merely because, through outrageous misconduct, they may have managed to…