74 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 4
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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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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and the jury verdicts for the three plaintiffs, and ordered judgment entered for Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois because the evidence did not prove a civil conspiracy. Parallel…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
The appellate court affirmed the jury verdicts for plaintiffs Bicknell, Thacker and McClure against Owens Corning Fiberglas and (in McClure) Owens-Illinois, and remanded only so the trial court could apply setoffs for settlements with other…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 20, 1998
Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Evelyn Ruckstuhl and her husband Richard sued several companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged she was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 1996 from asbestos exposure in two ways: dust on her husband's work clothes from the Baton Rouge…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · September 18, 2013 · in the opinion
Gillenwater v. Honeywell Intern., Inc. (2013)
Bowes told Gardner that Owens-Illinois currently had "in the pilot plant stage" a new type of thermal insulation, "a hydrous calcium silicate," that, when removed from a mold and dried, formed "a porous mass \[that…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 1, 2000
Burgess v. Abex Corp. EX rel. Pneumo Abex (2000)
On remand from the Illinois Supreme Court in light of McClure, the appellate court reversed the judgment against Abex and remanded for a new trial, and reversed the judgment against Pittsburgh Corning and ordered judgment entered…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 21, 2015
Kochera v. General Electric Company (2015)
The district court denied General Electric's motion in limine, joined by Owens-Illinois and John Crane, to exclude plaintiff Kochera's medical expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff won the ruling. A physician board certified…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 2, 1993
Jackson v. Anchor Packing Co. (1993)
The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for all defendants (Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard, Keene, Anchor, Chesterton, Garlock, John Crane, Rexnord and Georgia Talc) against the ten Mohawk tire plant workers, because the workers lacked sufficient…
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Court case · Alabama Supreme Court · April 30, 1993
Hogland v. Celotex Corp. (1993)
Jessie Hogland sued several companies, some initially under fictitious names, claiming he developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-containing products. He died of the disease on November 10, 1985. In 1990 his wife, Yvonne Hogland, as…
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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. District Court, District of Maryland · March 7, 2013
Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (2013)
James Joyner, a 22-year Coast Guard veteran who had earlier worked as an electrician's assistant at the Charleston Navy Shipyard, was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in March 2012. He sued several asbestos product makers and others in Baltimore…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 23, 1999
Lambert v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (1999)
Cheryl Lambert sued several companies, including John Crane and W.R. Grace, for the wrongful death of her husband Samuel Lambert. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October 1992 and died in March 1993 at age 42. Her original complaint blamed his…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 20, 1992
Marinari v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1992)
Anthony Marinari worked as a laborer at Philip Carey Manufacturing in 1928-1929 and at Alan Wood Steel from 1937 to 1972, and was allegedly exposed to asbestos dust at both. A 1983 chest x-ray showed asymptomatic pleural thickening, and he did not…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 14, 1990
Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990)
Four Babcock & Wilcox workers, Joseph Bushless, Ralph Barber, Lloyd Kelly and Robert Edmond, were diagnosed with asbestosis in 1987. Bushless and Kelly's wives joined their suits. They sued GAF and other makers and suppliers of asbestos products,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 6, 1995 · in the opinion
Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995)
…Corp., Owens-Illinois Inc. Peter E. Carlson, Kelley Drye & Warren, Chicago, IL, Debra L. Burns, Bose McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, IN, George E. Purdy, Bose McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, IN, for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Robin L. Babbitt…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · November 26, 2012 · in the opinion
Brannan v. Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust (2012)
…1997. \[3\] Armstrong, National Gypsum, Fibreboard, Hopeman Bros., Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Porter Hayden Co., Rapid-American Corp., Selby-Battersby, and Babcock & Wilcox. \[4\] The Trust also asserts in its brief that the judgments entered in…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · June 11, 2002 · in the opinion
Crane, Inc. v. Scribner (2002)
…He sued, claiming that the disease resulted from his exposure to the defendant's products during the period of [\736] 1962-63. Owens-Illinois, advancing the "manifestation" theory, argued that Armstrong's cause of action did…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Daniels v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. (2019)
…General Electric, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Owens Illinois (herein "settled defendants")) on the jury verdict form. John Crane contends that under the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act (Contribution Act) (740 ILCS 100/1 et seq. (West…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · February 13, 2004 · in the opinion
Smalls v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (2004)
… A.W.CHESTERTON, INC., QUIGLEY CO., INC., PFIZER, INC.; GAF CORP.; RUBBERROID CO., INC.; OWENS ILLINOIS, INC.; FLEXITALLIC GASKET CO.; FLINTKOTE CO.; ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUS., INC.; U.S. GYPSUM CO.; PORTER HAYDEN CO.; FOSTER WHEELER CORP…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2006 · in the opinion
John Crane, Inc. v. Puller (2006)
…economic loss are matters entrusted to the wide discretion of the trial judge. In terms of the width, the virtually boundless width, of "wide discretion," as recently as 1992 Owens-Illinois v. Zenobia, 325 Md. 420…