10 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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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 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 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998
Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)
Oscar Harder worked from 1956 to 1989 as a utility worker for Iowa Public Service. His duties included maintenance at several power plants, among them overhauling General Electric steam turbines. Each overhaul began with removing thermal asbestos…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 11, 2001 · in the opinion
Dykstra v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2001)
…App.3d at 461, 243 Ill.Dec. 579, 723 N.E.2d at 1182. In Hefner v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 276 Ill.App.3d 1099, 213 Ill.Dec. 532, 659 N.E.2d 448 (1995…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · October 24, 2012 · in the opinion
Rich v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2012)
…determined that "predecessor in interest" does not require privity. See, e.g., Horne v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 4 F.3d 276, 283 (4th Cir. 1993) ("\[P\]rivity is not the gravamen of the analysis. Instead…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 31, 2007
Penn v. A-Best Prods. Co. (2007)
Eight Ohio workers or their estates sued many companies, claiming asbestos-related diseases from their employment. Hubbard, Siegel and Price had colon cancer; Williams had laryngeal cancer; Ward had lung cancer; Roth, Penn and Harrison had…
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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. Supreme Court · June 25, 1997 · in the opinion
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor (1997)
…Maynard Ungerman; for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America by Jeffrey Robert White and Howard F. Twiggs; for Law Professors by Charles Silver and Samuel Issacharoff; for Owens-Illinois, Inc., by James D. Miller; and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · February 12, 2013 · in the opinion
Nelson v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. (2013)
…Gypsum Co., 98 Cal. App.4th 1098, 1103, 120 Cal.Rptr.2d 23 (2002) (citations omitted) (citing Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 16 Cal.4th 953, 975-76, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 16, 941 P.2d…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · August 30, 2017 · in the opinion
Kivell v. Union Carbide Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…is a distinction between hazards that are inherent in a defendant's premises (for which a premises owner owes a duty) and hazards inherent in an independent contractor's job (for which a premises owner does…