13 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · November 12, 1992
Becht v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the judgment for plaintiff Ann Becht against Owens-Corning, holding it was not entitled to workers' compensation immunity and that the jury's 40% fault allocation and the denial of a new…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 28, 1998
Re' v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Diana Re' sued Owens-Corning, Garlock, W.R. Grace, Flintkote and others in Orleans Parish. She alleged she developed mesothelioma from asbestos dust carried home on her father's work clothes during her childhood, from 1963…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · January 10, 1992
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Watson (1992)
The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the judgment for Watson's estate against Owens-Corning, upholding the compensatory and punitive damages awarded by the jury. A manufacturer has a duty to warn only if it knows…
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Court case · Wisconsin Supreme Court · October 27, 1999
Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed the circuit court's order dismissing the Sophas' mesothelioma action against Owens-Corning and the other defendants as time-barred, and remanded for further proceedings. A diagnosis of a non-malignant…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 3, 1996
Barry v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The appellate court affirmed the judgment on the jury's roughly $12.3 million verdict (reduced to about $11 million for settlements) for the Barry estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, rejecting OCF's challenges to the…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 28, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996)
…liability findings and compensatory awards for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois and Porter Hayden, but reversed the $1.5 million punitive damages award against Owens-Corning in the Scruggs case. A bystander's proof…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 9, 2001
Emery v. Owens-Corporation (2001)
Wayne Bendily, an insulator employed by Anco Insulations, worked intermittently at Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery from about 1965 to 1970. He was diagnosed with asbestosis and sued Exxon as a premises owner, along with others. His wife, Mary, claimed…
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Court case · North Carolina Supreme Court · November 5, 1985
Wilder v. Amatex Corp. (1985)
The North Carolina Supreme Court reversed the summary judgments for Owens-Corning and for the other defendant appellees, ruling for plaintiff J.W. Wilder against Owens-Corning, Eagle-Picher, Pittsburgh Corning, Celotex, Keene and Starr-Davis…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 24, 1979
Nolan v. Johns-Manville Asbestos & Magnesia Materials Co. (1979)
Edwin Nolan worked as an asbestos insulator from 1941 until May 1973, applying asbestos and fiberglass pipe coverings and related materials. He sued several makers and sellers of those products, alleging defective products and failure to…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · February 20, 1981
Nolan v. Johns-Manville Asbestos (1981)
Edwin Nolan, Jr., worked as an asbestos insulator from 1941 to 1973, apart from military service from 1943 to 1946. In 1975 he sued asbestos product makers in Cook County, Illinois, on a strict liability theory, alleging inadequate warnings. He…
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · December 29, 1988
Pecorino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1988)
Mertice Pecorino sued about 18 asbestos product makers after her husband Anthony died in 1985 of mesothelioma. He had worked as an insulator from 1934 to 1977 at refineries, including the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur. In 1980 the couple had sued…
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Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982
DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)
Bruce DeCosse, as trustee for the heirs of his father Napoleon DeCosse, sued Armstrong Cork and other asbestos companies for wrongful death. Napoleon DeCosse had worked most of his life as a pipe coverer or insulator and died in Arizona in March…