5 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 24, 2008 · in the opinion
Cunningham v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2008)
…plaintiffs failed to establish its products caused Cunningham's mesothelioma. We disagree. Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal.4th 953 (Rutherford) sets forth the controlling two-part test for determining whether exposure to asbestos…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008 · in the opinion
Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008)
…The trial court correctly granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We reinstate the orders of summary judgment. [\505] WE CONCUR: ALEXANDER, C.J., C. JOHNSON, OWENS, FAIRHURST, and J. JOHNSON, JJ. STEPHENS J. (dissenting). …
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 21, 2008 · in the opinion
Early v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2008)
…Grumman Aircraft Corp. From 1965 through 1993, he worked as a millwright, maintaining machinery, including presses, ovens, boilers, pumps, and valves. He worked in the boiler room and assisted in dismantling the boiler room, which he…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012 · in the opinion
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012)
…now holds that, under maritime law, a manufacturer is not liable for harm caused by, and owes no duty to warn of the hazards inherent in, asbestos products that the manufacturer did not manufacture or distribute.