33 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · August 24, 1989
District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)
The District of Columbia sued thirty-seven miners, manufacturers, sellers and distributors of asbestos. It sought removal costs and other damages for asbestos in roughly 2,400 public buildings, including schools, libraries, hospitals, government…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · May 6, 1996
Viereck v. Fibreboard Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Virgil Viereck's estate and his wife Julia Viereck against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that pre-WPLA law applied and that the evidentiary rulings…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 14, 1994
Coates v. AC and S, Inc. (1994)
…admitted the OSHA and EPA publications, and denied Owens-Corning's motions on third-party medical payments, mental anguish and reverse bifurcation. Pre-comparative-fault law and equal ("by heads") apportionment governed the wrongful death claim…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · October 28, 1981
Fearson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
Rita Fearson, as administratrix, sued Johns-Manville and other asbestos product companies after her husband Joseph Fearson died of lung cancer in 1979 at age 57. He had worked as an asbestos insulation installer in the District of Columbia from 1936…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit · July 30, 1982
Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
Henry Wilson worked as an insulation worker at construction sites in the Washington, D.C. area from 1941. In February 1973 an x-ray showed he had mild asbestosis. In February 1978 he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and he died in May 1978. In May…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · January 11, 1982
Bertrand v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
Eugene Bertrand, an insulator, sued Johns-Manville and many other asbestos product makers in federal court in Minnesota. He said he breathed asbestos dust while working with and near asbestos products and developed pulmonary fibrosis and other lung…
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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. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · November 21, 1980
McCarty v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1980)
Plaintiffs in four consolidated Mississippi asbestos cases sued many asbestos product makers. The opinion does not describe any individual plaintiff's disease or work exposure. The plaintiffs asked for partial summary judgment on collateral…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · June 23, 1994
Busfield v. AC & S., Inc. (1994)
Alva Busfield and his wife sued many asbestos companies. A jury found that Busfield had an asbestos-related disease, asymptomatic asbestosis or pleural thickening, but that it caused him no harm. The opinion does not describe where or how he was…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1989
Board of Education v. A, C & S, Inc. (1989)
Thirty-four Illinois school districts, including the Chicago Board of Education, sued 78 asbestos makers, distributors and installers. They sought the cost of inspecting, repairing and removing asbestos-containing materials in their buildings, which…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · August 23, 1983
Nutt v. AC & S., Inc. (1983)
Four consolidated Delaware cases were brought by present or former asbestos workers and their wives. The defendants were two employers, du Pont and Haveg, and a group of asbestos product suppliers. The workers claimed the defendants misled them…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · June 22, 1993
Sealover v. Carey Canada Inc. (1993)
Donald Sealover, a carpenter for forty years, came into contact with asbestos-containing products, some made by Johns-Manville. After he developed malignant mesothelioma, he and his wife Alma sued several asbestos product makers and the Manville…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · February 28, 1986
Joyce v. AC and S., Inc. (1986)
James Troy Joyce worked for DuPont at its Martinsville, Virginia, plant and was exposed to asbestos as an insulator for about eleven years, ending in 1972. He had pleural thickening on X-rays by 1970. Pleural effusion and asbestosis developed in…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 24, 1983 · in the opinion
Wedgeworth v. Fibreboard Corp. (1983)
…Inc.; Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 26 B.R. 644 (E.D.Wis.1983). The careful balancing of interests mandated by the Supreme Court in Landis requires that the stays granted in the instant cases…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1982 · in the opinion
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…Insulating, UNARCO Industries, Nicolette, and Celotex. Six of the present appellants were parties to Borel: Pittsburgh Corning, Armstrong Cork, Phillip Carey, Ruberoid, Johns-Manville, and Fibreboard Paper. Owens Corning Fiberglass, Standard Asbestos Mfg. & Insulating, UNARCO, and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · April 3, 1992 · in the opinion
Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992)
…F.R.D. 159 (E.D.Pa.1986), in which Judge Newcomer found the Saranac documents sufficient to support a claim for punitive damages against Owens-Illinois and Owens Corning Fiberglas. Ivins is inapposite, because the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 23, 1984 · in the opinion
Adams v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
…is AFFIRMED. \[1\] Evidence introduced at trial indicated that Adams was smoking as many as 15 cigars a day before he quit in 1974. \[2\] The settling defendants were: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.; Armstrong Cork Co.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · June 11, 2012 · in the opinion
In re WR Grace & Co. (2012)
…including the Armstrong World Industries Asbestos PI Trust, the United States Gypsum Asbestos PI Trust, two Owens Corning Fiberglass/Fibreboard trusts, and the Babcock and Wilcox Company Trust. (See Payments to Garlock on Indirect Claims as…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 17, 2004
In re Kensington International Limited (2004)
The Third Circuit granted the creditors' mandamus petitions and disqualified Judge Wolin from the Owens Corning, W.R. Grace and USG bankruptcies, over a dissent; it took no action on Armstrong or Federal-Mogul. Under 28…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · December 18, 2003
In re Kensington Intern. Ltd. (2003)
Creditors in two of five asbestos-related Chapter 11 bankruptcies (Owens Corning and W.R. Grace) asked the Third Circuit for writs of mandamus. They wanted District Judge Alfred Wolin removed from the cases because of…