3,672 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 2 of 184
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995
Schiavo v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
The Appellate Division affirmed the compensatory and punitive damage awards against Owens-Corning in favor of the Schiavo plaintiffs, finding the Saranac document error harmless given the small punitive award. A 'day in the life' videotape…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 13, 1982
Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1982)
Ten insulation workers or their survivors sued makers of asbestos insulation in federal court in Wisconsin. Two of the workers died of mesothelioma, and the other eight have asbestosis. The defendants moved for summary judgment, arguing the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · January 18, 1995
Consorti v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)
Frances Consorti and her husband John sued Owens-Corning Fiberglas and others over John's mesothelioma. The opinion says he was exposed to asbestos between 1960 and 1970, married Frances in 1976, and was diagnosed in…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 14, 1998
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Sitz (1998)
The court of appeals reversed the $20 million judgment for the Sitz family against Owens-Corning, holding the trial court wrongly applied offensive collateral estoppel on liability issues, and remanded the case. Offensive collateral estoppel should…
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Court case · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · March 6, 1997
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Henkel (1997)
The D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed the judgments for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, rejecting its Batson, state-of-the-art evidence and statute of limitations challenges. A Batson objection must be raised before…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 22, 1994
Dumin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that the trial court correctly directed a verdict against Dumin on exposure to OCF Kaylo aboard the Pocono because the evidence was insufficient. Even…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 24, 2000
Carroll v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000)
…s lung cancer claim was not time-barred, which favors the plaintiff over the asbestos defendants (Owens-Corning and others). Asbestosis and lung cancer are separate and distinct diseases, so a cause of action for lung…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · January 18, 2000
Barnes v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000)
…court's judgments, upholding the denial of new trials, so the estates of Beckmann and Rogers lost and Owens-Corning won. Under Kentucky's apportionment statute, fault may be apportioned only to parties, dismissed or settling…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · June 5, 1998
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone (1998)
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed both courts of appeals' judgments for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding any error in excluding OCF's mitigation evidence harmless and that the punitive awards, alone or aggregated with…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 2, 1993
Zenson v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1993)
The court granted Garlock's motion for a directed verdict and Owens Corning Fiberglas's motion for judgment as a matter of law at the close of plaintiff's case, ruling for the defendants because plaintiff…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 14, 1997
Van Winkle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
The appellate court reversed the jury verdicts for the Van Winkle and Hicks plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas because the trial court did not properly answer the jury's question on conspiracy, and remanded for a…
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Court case · Florida Supreme Court · August 26, 1999
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Ballard (1999)
…yes and approved the Fourth District's decision upholding the $31 million punitive damages award for Ballard against Owens-Corning. A punitive award above three times compensatory damages can overcome the statutory presumption of excessiveness under…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · May 26, 1992
Rohrbaugh v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
The Tenth Circuit vacated the judgment for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning and Celotex because the jury instructions wrongly imposed a duty to warn Mrs. Palmer, and remanded for a new trial, so the defendants prevailed…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 11, 1998
McCauley v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Bradley McCauley sued Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Pittsburgh Corning and other companies in May 1993, alleging asbestos-related diseases from occupational exposure during work from 1947 to 1986 in construction, as a laborer and plumber. A 1985…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · January 9, 1981
Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1981)
…Keene, Armstrong Cork, Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois and the third-party defendants, holding that the Wisconsin limitations period runs from the plaintiff's last exposure to any asbestos-containing product, and it set a schedule for…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · January 19, 1994
Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for Marilyn Spaur and her husband's estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, including compensatory, loss of consortium and punitive damages. Asbestos plaintiffs may prove causation under a flexible substantial…
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Court case · Missouri Court of Appeals · June 4, 1996
Nugent v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Inc. (1996)
The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Owens-Corning Fiberglas and ACandS, rejecting the widow's claims of trial error (one judge dissented as to the Hazard deposition). A trial…
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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 · 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…