6 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · July 8, 1988
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988)
Mona Knox, administratrix of the estate of her husband Darrel Knox, sued AC & S and many other makers of asbestos insulation after he died in April 1986 of mesothelioma. He had worked as an insulation mechanic and was exposed to the defendants'…
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Company or organization · People and organizations
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation was a major American manufacturer of insulation and building products that, despite its name suggesting only fiberglass, sold a widely used asbestos-containing pipe and block insulation called Kaylo from 1958 to…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 17, 2001
Crooks v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Pinecrest State School and Central State Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana, sued Southern Pipe and Supply, Owens-Corning, Garlock, the State of Louisiana and other defendants in 1997. They said they were exposed to asbestos-containing products…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · December 4, 2009
Hogston v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2009)
…The last remaining defendant, National Service Industries, was the successor to North Brothers, a distributor of Owens-Corning products including asbestos-containing Kaylo insulation. The court, applying Virginia law, considered whether the plaintiff had enough evidence…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · March 22, 1984
English v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
Virginia English, as executrix of her husband Thomas English's estate, sued Johns-Manville and other companies. She claimed he died of pleural mesothelioma caused by inhaling asbestos fibers from the defendants' products. The defendants said the…