18 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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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 · Oklahoma Supreme Court · September 22, 1987
Case v. Fibreboard Corp. (1987)
Bobbie Edwin Case and his wife Eva sued twenty-two asbestos product makers in federal court in Oklahoma. Mr. Case said he was a sheet metal worker in Oklahoma from 1949 on and was exposed to asbestos-containing products made and sold by the…
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Court case · Florida Supreme Court · June 13, 1985
Celotex Corp. v. Copeland (1985)
Lee Loyd Copeland and his wife sued sixteen asbestos product manufacturers. Copeland worked as a boilermaker from 1942 to 1975 on 50 to 100 jobs, and he developed asbestosis and an asbestos-related cancer. He said the products were mostly insulation…
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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, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 11, 1986
Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
Antoinette Vigiolto sued several asbestos product manufacturers after her husband, Christopher Vigiolto, died of pleural mesothelioma in 1981. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945 on two ships, and she alleged he inhaled asbestos dust and fibers…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1982
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
Dozens of workers, including insulators, pipefitters, carpenters and factory workers, sued many makers and sellers of asbestos-containing products in federal court in East Texas. They claimed exposure to the products and resulting disease. Each…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · January 25, 1985 · in the opinion
Rocco v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
…Rocco, his wife, Appellants in 83-1043, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.; Johns-Manville Sales Corporation; Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; Owens- Corning Fiberglass Corporation; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; GAF Corporation; Celotex Corporation; Unarco Industries, Inc.…
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Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion
DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)
…etc., Respondent, Keene Corporation, Respondent, MacArthur Corporation, Respondent, Nicolet Industries, Inc., etc., Respondent, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Respondent, Owens-Illinois Corporation, Defendant, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Respondent, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendant, Southern Asbestos Company, etc., Respondent, Standard…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · October 5, 1981 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981)
…merger with Johns-Manville Products Corporation; Raybestos-Manhatten Corporation, a Connecticut Corporation; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, successor by purchase of Kaylo Division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation; The Celotex Corporation…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · March 30, 1983 · in the opinion
Austin v. Unarco Industries, Inc. (1983)
…indemnity suit by asbestos manufacturer against the government for, inter alia, designing and specifying asbestos insulation products and failing to inspect the workplaces); Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United States District Court for the Western District of…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 30, 1993
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1993)
Affirmed the judgment on the $213,811.79 verdict for the plaintiff executor against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, upholding denial of OCF's motion to dismiss the civil conspiracy counts and the default judgment on liability entered…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · January 11, 1982 · in the opinion
Bertrand v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…Thibodeau & Seiler, Duluth, Minn., for Johns-Manville Sales Corp. John Borger, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Duane Arndt, Arndt & Benton, P. A., Minneapolis, Minn., for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. [\540] James R…
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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, District of Columbia Circuit · July 30, 1982
Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
Henry Wilson worked as an insulation worker at construction sites in the Washington, D.C. area from 1941. In February 1973 an x-ray showed he had mild asbestosis. In February 1978 he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and he died in May 1978. In May…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · January 14, 1980
Mooney v. Fibreboard Corp. (1980)
R. L. Mooney, Sr. worked as an insulator from 1940 to 1970 and handled large quantities of insulation containing asbestos. He sued eleven companies that allegedly made or sold such products, under strict product liability, saying he had lung…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 12, 1985
Nance v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
E.S. Nance worked in a Norfolk, Virginia shipyard from 1940 to 1945 and was exposed to asbestos there. In May 1976 he was diagnosed with asbestosis and mesothelioma. He sued asbestos companies in Florida in April 1980 and died in Florida in August…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 3, 1982
Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1982)
Carman Staiano sued a group of asbestos product makers, including Johns-Manville, Owens-Corning and Celotex, for personal injuries. His wife, Rita, sued for loss of consortium. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos dust from…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · June 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…v. Satterwhite, 329 S.W.2d 899 (Tex.Civ.App.1959); Texas & N.O. Ry. Co. v. Owens, 299 S.W. 933 (Tex.Civ.App.1927). \[23\] See, e.g., Moulton v. Alamo Ambulance Service, Inc.…