23 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 29, 1998
Adams v. Owens-Illinois (1998)
Nine asbestos cases, brought by workers or their estates and families, were tried together in Baltimore City against many companies. The claimed diseases were laryngeal, lung and colon cancer, asbestosis, and mesothelioma. One claim was by Mary…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995
Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The appellate court affirmed liability and compensatory damages for plaintiff Pauline Ripa against Owens-Corning, but cut Owens-Corning's share to thirty percent and reversed the $5.5 million punitive award, remanding for a new…
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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 · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983
Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' common law punitive damages claims against the asbestos defendants, including Celotex, because those claims did not survive the…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…liability counts against Celotex and the other defendants, refusing to adopt market share liability in Illinois asbestos cases. Illinois does not recognize market share liability in asbestos cases, so a plaintiff who cannot identify the manufacturers…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…judgment for plaintiff Sarah Kirk against Owens-Corning and remanded for a new trial on damages and liability, because the district court refused to strike two biased jurors for cause, impairing Owens-Corning's peremptory challenges…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988
Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)
…The appellate court disagreed. It said the Illinois Supreme Court had not defined a reasonable time and that the legislature was best placed to set one. Her suit came about seven years after the statute took…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 12, 1996
Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)
Elda Nelson and Patricia Dunning sued asbestos companies after Robert Nelson, a former asbestos worker, and Colette Fitzsimmons, a teacher exposed at her school, developed mesothelioma and died in 1987. In April 1987 the plaintiffs had opened Rule…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · April 3, 1997
Anchor Packing Co. v. Grimshaw (1997)
…reversed the judgment against Hopeman Brothers. It otherwise affirmed the judgments for the plaintiffs against Anchor and Owens-Corning. The Maryland cap on noneconomic damages applies to asbestos wrongful death claims arising after October 1, 1994…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 5, 1985
Meehan v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
Carmella Meehan, as personal representative of her husband Charles Meehan's estate, sued Celotex and other asbestos product makers, claiming their products caused his death. Charles worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1942 to 1945, where he was…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 20, 1985
Lowe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
Eugene Lowe and his wife sued a group of asbestos companies in 1982 over injuries from his work exposure to asbestos. Lowe died in September 1982, and his co-administrators were substituted as plaintiffs. He had worked at various times from 1942 at…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · February 12, 1987
Rice v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1987)
Ruby Rice sued eighteen companies on behalf of the estate and heirs of her late husband, Norman E. Rice, who developed mesothelioma and died. She alleged he was exposed to asbestos products made or sold by the defendants and that they failed to warn…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 3, 1986
Seckular v. Celotex (1986)
Hyman Seckular and his wife Ruth sued Celotex and other asbestos companies in New Jersey. Hyman had mesothelioma. His only asbestos exposure was as a welder at Todd Shipyards in Brooklyn between 1941 and 1945. He later lived in Florida, developed…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)
Six consolidated cases were brought by workers, or the survivors of deceased workers, against makers and distributors of asbestos products. The workers said they were exposed to asbestos on the job. They claimed illnesses including asbestosis and…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · October 7, 1983 · in the opinion
Hobby v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1983)
…Illinois. [\54] Jim Powless, Marion, Ill., Robert E. Sweeney, Michael Kelley, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff. Howard Boman, East St. Louis, Ill., for Johns-Manville Sales. Al J. Pranaitis, Alton, Ill., for Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. John…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 14, 1999
Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's denial of Owens-Corning's motions for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial, leaving the plaintiffs' verdicts and the judgment entered for them in place. Where…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · August 3, 1994
In re Keene Corp. (1994)
Dorothy Richter sued Keene Corporation and other asbestos manufacturers in New Jersey state court over her husband's death. The suit alleged he developed mesothelioma through occupational exposure to asbestos. A jury awarded $300,000 for wrongful…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · July 7, 1993
Behrendt v. GAF Corp. (1993)
…against defendants GAF, National Gypsum, Owens Corning and U.S. Gypsum. A jury award that bears no reasonable relation to uncontradicted losses warrants a new trial, and it cannot be upheld as a compromise verdict where…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · May 7, 1992
Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992)
…GAF, National Gypsum) jointly and severally liable, deducted the Owens-Corning settlement and a one-sixth Manville Trust share from the verdict, and awarded the plaintiffs Rule 238 delay damages, with some periods excluded. Where several…