49 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York · May 21, 1990
Kreppein v. Owens-Illinois (In re New York Asbestos Litigation, 1990)
The court granted Owens-Illinois' motion for reconsideration, held the widow's claims against it barred by collateral estoppel, and vacated the judgment as to it; it denied the JNOV, new trial and remittitur motions of…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · February 26, 1990
Raney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1990)
…Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment of about $450,000 for the widow, Edna Raney, against Owens-Illinois, Celotex and Raymark, holding the evidence let the jury find the missing asbestos warnings were a proximate…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
Six longtime workers at the E.I. du Pont plant in Clinton, Iowa, and their wives sued makers of asbestos insulation products. The workers said they were exposed through insulation on pipes and boilers, and in some cases through cleaning out machine…
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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 · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · December 22, 1989
Sholtis v. American Cyanamid Co. (1989)
Two long-time employees of the American Cyanamid plant, Robert Sholtis and Sam Lee, sued asbestos manufacturers and suppliers. Sholtis died at 65 of pleural asbestosis. He had worked as a mill operator, maintenance laborer, pipefitter's helper and…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · March 25, 1991
Landrigan v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the Appellate Division, set aside the directed verdict for Owens-Corning and Owens Illinois, and remanded for retrial, so plaintiff Angelina Landrigan won. Under Rubanick, an expert's causation opinion…
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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…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · March 20, 1990
Johnson v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…including compensatory and punitive damages, against Celotex and Owens-Illinois; one judge dissented as to punitive damages. A trial court may consolidate asbestos cases with common worksites and issues if it uses cautionary instructions and separate…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · October 14, 1987
Goldman v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1987)
The executrix of Roy Goldman's estate sued Johns-Manville and many other asbestos companies over Goldman's death. Goldman had worked at the Sherlock Bakery in Toledo, Ohio. The plaintiff could not identify which products at the bakery contained…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 5, 1985
Rosenberg v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
Stanley Rosenberg worked at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn from 1961 to 1965 and was exposed to asbestos products there. He was diagnosed with asbestosis in 1976 and malignant mesothelioma in 1978. He and his wife sued Celotex in New York…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · March 28, 1986
Roehling v. Nat. Gypsum Co. Gold Bond Bldg. (1986)
The Fourth Circuit reversed summary judgment for National Gypsum and Owens-Illinois on the Huntley Power Station exposure and remanded for trial, but affirmed summary judgment for Celotex and on the DuPont and Ford plant exposures…
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Court case · Missouri Supreme Court · September 10, 1991
Hagen v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…directing judgment for Owens-Illinois and remanding for a new trial against Fibreboard because the plaintiffs' proof of causation was insufficient. A plaintiff must show through expert testimony that each defendant's product was a substantial…
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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…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan · April 25, 1989
Anjeski v. Keene Bldg. & Development Co. (1989)
The district court granted summary judgment to defendants Keene, Celotex and Owens-Illinois, ruling that plaintiff Irene Anjeski's sole product identification deposition could not support a jury finding that her husband was exposed to their…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · September 22, 1987
In re Asbestos Litigation (1987)
…which was a loss for the manufacturers (Raymark, Owens-Illinois, GM and others) and a win for the plaintiffs. Common law decisions of a state's highest court are subject to equal protection review under the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · April 13, 1989
Kaiser v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1989)
Sol Kaiser, a Navy veteran, and his wife and children sued several asbestos manufacturers in federal court in Puerto Rico for harm from his asbestos exposure. Kaiser served from 1948 to 1952, repairing insulated pipes on destroyers, where he cut and…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · November 28, 1988
Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1988)
Mary Menne, as personal representative of her husband Donald Menne's estate, sued several asbestos product makers after he developed mesothelioma. Menne had worked as a pipefitter at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington in the 1940s, next to…
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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 · 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…