8 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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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. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · November 25, 1985
Graffagnino v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985)
Steve Graffagnino worked as an insulator at Texaco's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery for about forty years and handled asbestos products made and distributed by the defendants. In 1981 he and his wife sued over his asbestos exposure and settled for…
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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, Sixth Circuit · April 7, 1981
Clutter v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
Three Ohio plaintiffs, Russell Clutter (whose widow continued his suit), George Dwiggins and Martin McGreevey, sued makers of asbestos products in federal court. Clutter had pleural mesothelioma and was exposed while dismantling a chemical plant and…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · November 28, 1978
Daniels v. Combustion Engineering, Inc. (1978)
Thomas Daniels, a professional insulation installer from 1965 to 1977, developed a mild case of asbestosis. He and his wife Oma sued Combustion Engineering and 16 other makers of asbestos-related insulation under strict products liability, and she…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · January 25, 1991
Moran v. G. & WH Corson, Inc. (1991)
Catherine Moran sued, as personal representative of her husband Andrew Moran's estate, under Pennsylvania's wrongful death and survival statutes. He died in 1973 of mesothelioma, allegedly from asbestos in insulation materials. He had worked as an…
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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 · 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.…