14 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 30, 1998
Pustejovsky v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1998)
The court affirmed summary judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Pittsburgh Corning and Rapid-American, holding the widow's mesothelioma claim was barred by limitations because it accrued in 1982 with the asbestosis diagnosis. Under Texas's…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · November 30, 2000
Pustejovsky v. Rapid-American Corp. (2000)
…was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma and, within two months, sued Rapid-American, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning and other asbestos suppliers. He later died, and his wife continued the case. The trial court granted summary judgment…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · April 3, 1997
Anchor Packing Co. v. Grimshaw (1997)
…reversed the judgment against Hopeman Brothers. It otherwise affirmed the judgments for the plaintiffs against Anchor and Owens-Corning. The Maryland cap on noneconomic damages applies to asbestos wrongful death claims arising after October 1, 1994…
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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…
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Court case · Arizona Supreme Court · November 19, 1982
Nelson v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona (1982)
Marguerite Nelson sought Arizona workers' compensation death benefits after her husband Charles, an insulation worker who had handled asbestos for many years, died of mesothelioma in January 1977. She filed her claim in October 1979, almost three…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · January 19, 1994
WR Grace & Co.—Conn. v. Dougherty (1994)
The appeals court affirmed the final judgment for the Dougherty plaintiffs against W.R. Grace and Owens-Corning, rejecting their challenges to the jury instructions, the deposition evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence of Grace…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
John Doe, later identified as James McGee, and his wife sued Johns-Manville and many other asbestos companies. He had worked with asbestos products since 1955. In 1980 he learned he had pleural thickening caused by asbestos, visible on a chest…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · May 7, 1986
Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…here because the death was alleged to result from disease. It relied on its decision in Hyer v. Pittsburgh Corning, which in turn rested on the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision in Wilder v. Amatex…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 29, 2014
Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2014)
Harry Brown sued Consolidated Edison and others, claiming asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. He died in September 2013, and his wife Phyllis pursued the case as administratrix of his estate and in her own right. It was undisputed that in…
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Court case · Indiana Court of Appeals · November 6, 2001
Allied Signal, Inc. v. Herring (2001)
Loyd Herring worked for Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana, from 1942 until he retired in 1978, and the opinion says he was exposed there to various forms of asbestos and asbestos-containing products. He was diagnosed with malignant…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 7, 1998 · in the opinion
ACandS v. Abate (1998)
…who suffered from asbestosis which, apparently, was manifested only by pleural plaques. See also Barry v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 282 Ill.App.3d 199, 217 Ill.Dec. 823, 668 N.E.2d 8 (1996) (affirming…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · February 9, 2001
Boldini v. Owens Corning (2001)
…sued several companies, including Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, which installed insulation and was an authorized distributor of Owens-Corning products. Plaintiffs claimed Sprinkmann sold and distributed asbestos-containing materials to the plant; they made no…
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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 · Mississippi Supreme Court · October 14, 2010 · in the opinion
Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC v. Pittman (2010)
… 36. Negligence or products-liability causes of action that involve latent diseases, such as asbestosis, are subject to the three-year statute of limitations under Section 15-1-49. Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Edwards, 573 So…