20 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
The appellate court affirmed the jury verdicts for plaintiffs Bicknell, Thacker and McClure against Owens Corning Fiberglas and (in McClure) Owens-Illinois, and remanded only so the trial court could apply setoffs for settlements with other…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
…and ordered judgment entered for Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois because the evidence did not prove a civil conspiracy. Parallel conduct by manufacturers of the same or similar products may be circumstantial evidence of a civil…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 1, 2000
Burgess v. Abex Corp. EX rel. Pneumo Abex (2000)
…a new trial, and reversed the judgment against Pittsburgh Corning and ordered judgment entered in its favor. Parallel conduct among asbestos manufacturers is not enough by itself to prove the agreement element of civil conspiracy; there…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983
Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)
Three consolidated suits in Cook County, Illinois, were brought by the estates and survivors of three people who had been exposed to asbestos insulation products. Two died of peritoneal mesothelioma and one of bronchogenic carcinoma, and the…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
Laurie Leng, administrator of the estate of her husband Julian Leng, sued Celotex and other asbestos product makers. Julian Leng died of mesothelioma in 1987 at age 34. He had worked as an industrial welder at several Illinois companies, including…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · September 18, 2013 · in the opinion
Gillenwater v. Honeywell Intern., Inc. (2013)
…Owens-Corning's Distribution of Kaylo Manufactured By Owens-Illinois, Followed By Owens-Corning's Purchase of the Kaylo Division ¶ 53 In 1943, Owens-Illinois began operating the pilot plant to manufacture Kaylo. $2,849,000…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1989
Board of Education v. A, C & S, Inc. (1989)
Thirty-four Illinois school districts, including the Chicago Board of Education, sued 78 asbestos makers, distributors and installers. They sought the cost of inspecting, repairing and removing asbestos-containing materials in their buildings, which…
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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 · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988
Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)
Concetta Blazek sued a group of asbestos and asbestos product companies after her husband, Kenneth Blazek, died of mesothelioma. He had been exposed to asbestos in 1951 and 1952 while working at the Union Asbestos and Rubber Company in Cicero,…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · December 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2019)
…ago, in McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., 188 Ill. 2d 102, 241 Ill.Dec. 787, 720 N.E.2d 242 (1999), we held that jury verdicts entered against Owens Corning and Owens-Illinois, Inc., based…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 10, 2018 · in the opinion
Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2018)
…defined as \a combination of two or more persons for the purpose of accomplishing by concerted action either an unlawful purpose or a lawful purpose by unlawful means.'" McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., 188 Ill…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 7, 2021 · in the opinion
Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2021)
…of two or more persons for the purpose of accomplishing by concerted action either an unlawful purpose or a lawful purpose by unlawful means." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., 188 Ill…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · December 22, 2014 · in the opinion
Krik v. Crane Co. (2014)
…Inc., 357 Ill.Dec. 73, 962 N.E.2d 974 (Ill.App.Ct.2011), and Johnson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 313 Ill.App.3d 230, 246 Ill.Dec. 232, 729 N.E.2d 883 (2000)…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 29, 2003 · in the opinion
Caruso v. M & O Insulation Co. (2003)
…ACandS, 340 Md. at 366, 667 A.2d at 131. Owens-Corning did not stop manufacturing asbestos-containing Kaylo until 1972. McClure [\332] v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., 188 Ill.2d 102, 116, 241 Ill.Dec…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 31, 2012 · in the opinion
Menssen v. Pneumo Abex Corporation (2012)
…of two or more persons for the purpose of accomplishing by concerted action either an unlawful purpose or a lawful purpose by unlawful means." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., 188 Ill…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · February 9, 2001
Boldini v. Owens Corning (2001)
…sued several companies, including Sprinkmann Sons Corporation of Illinois, which installed insulation and was an authorized distributor of Owens-Corning products. Plaintiffs claimed Sprinkmann sold and distributed asbestos-containing materials to the plant; they made no…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · July 1, 2015
McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015)
The district court denied Owens-Illinois, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment, finding enough circumstantial evidence of exposure for plaintiff McAlvey's claim to go forward. Under Illinois and maritime law, a plaintiff may use circumstantial…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 31, 2017
Krik v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2017)
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the judgment for Exxon Mobil and Owens-Illinois after a jury found cigarettes were the sole cause of Krik's lung cancer, holding that excluding Dr. Frank's causation testimony and the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 21, 2015
Kochera v. General Electric Company (2015)
The district court denied General Electric's motion in limine, joined by Owens-Illinois and John Crane, to exclude plaintiff Kochera's medical expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff won the ruling. A physician board certified…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · August 28, 2015
McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015)
Gerald McAlvey sued Atlas Copco Compressors and other companies in federal court in southern Illinois over asbestos exposure. The opinion refers to his asbestosis. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1958 aboard the USS Bremerton, USS Roosevelt…