13 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · June 6, 2017
Pecher v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2017)
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' claims against Weyerhaeuser and Owens-Illinois, and ordered plaintiffs' counsel to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed. Claims by employees whose asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · November 22, 1994
Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The district court granted summary judgment to defendants Owens Illinois, Owens Corning and Fibreboard and third-party defendant Flintkote, and denied the Perrins' request to shift the burden of proof on causation. Under Iowa law, evidence…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · December 3, 2015
Feaster v. AW Chesterton Company (2015)
The court granted summary judgment to Owens-Illinois, Brand Insulations and Durametallic, and against plaintiff Feaster, because he did not identify any of them as a source of his asbestos exposure. Under New Jersey law, an…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · November 10, 2015
Sydow v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2015)
The court found Owens-Illinois' motion to dismiss moot, denied 3M's and Weyerhaeuser's motions to join it, and granted Theresa Sydow's motion to file a third amended complaint substituting her as special administrator…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · August 22, 2014 · in the opinion
Boyer v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2014)
Strict Liability Plaintiffs' strict liability claim against Owens-Illinois is similarly flawed. To impose strict liability under Wisconsin law, the defendant must be "engaged in the business" of selling the alleged defective product. Geboy v. TRL…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 11, 1986
Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
Antoinette Vigiolto sued several asbestos product manufacturers after her husband, Christopher Vigiolto, died of pleural mesothelioma in 1981. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945 on two ships, and she alleged he inhaled asbestos dust and fibers…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · June 8, 2018 · in the opinion
Kilty v. Weyerhaeuser Co. (2018)
…Wis. Feb. 19, 2016), aff'd Pecher v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 859 F.3d 396 (7th Cir. 2017). As was true in the first wave of asbestos cases, the plaintiffs' claims here rise or fall depending…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 22, 2019 · in the opinion
Lamson v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2019)
…INC.; WEIL-MCLAIN COMPANY, INC.; OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY AND D/B/A O-I; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · April 17, 2018 · in the opinion
Kilty v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2018)
…4, 2014), aff'd sub nom. Pecher v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 859 F.3d 396 (7th Cir. 2017), the court held that exposure to asbestos arising out of employment — including exposure outside of the workplace to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · June 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Kilty v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2018)
…Feb. 19, 2016), aff'd sub nom. Pecher v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 859 F.3d 396 (7th Cir. 2017) (requiring that asbestos exposure be a "substantial contributing factor" to mesothelioma diagnosis). However, none of those issues…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · February 7, 2008 · in the opinion
Sales v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2008)
…The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of The Boeing Company. OWENS, J. ¶ 1 This case presents an opportunity for this court to clarify the common law doctrine of forum non conveniens. The trial…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · March 7, 2016 · in the opinion
Pecher v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2016)
…is disinclined to allow this evidence and argument in the liability phase, unless either side opens the door, except to explain that any liability to plaintiff for work exposure has been addressed in a separate proceeding…