980 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 27 of 49
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · January 22, 2020
Blystone v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2020)
John R. Blystone and his wife Bridget sued many defendants, including DAP, Inc., in federal court in Pennsylvania. Mr. Blystone was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2017 and died in October 2018. The claims were negligence and strict…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · February 11, 2009
Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009)
…Cork, DAP, Pneumo Abex and Owens-Illinois, ruling against Jon and Lois Burger. A plaintiff opposing summary judgment in an asbestos case must produce evidence that he inhaled asbestos fibers from the particular defendant's product…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 1, 1991
Normann v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
The Superior Court reversed the denial of Owens-Illinois' post-trial motion for a new trial and remanded for a liability trial under New York law, a win for Owens-Illinois over the executrix, Francine Normann…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · February 27, 1986
Kisor v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
The Ninth Circuit reversed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Owens-Illinois and remanded for a new trial, ruling for Kisor's estate, because the district court wrongly admitted evidence of the manufacturer's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 12, 2017
Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017)
The court granted Owens-Illinois's re-urged exception of res judicata, holding the 1996 release barred the Savoie family's mesothelioma, wrongful death and survival claims against Owens-Illinois. Under Louisiana law, a signed compromise…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · April 3, 2008
State EX rel. Pilkington North America, Inc. v. Indus. Comm. (2008)
…Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals' mandamus grant and held that the Industrial Commission did not abuse its discretion in naming Pilkington, successor to Libbey Owens Ford's self-insured claims, as the amenable employer…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · November 10, 2015
Sydow v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2015)
The court found Owens-Illinois' motion to dismiss moot, denied 3M's and Weyerhaeuser's motions to join it, and granted Theresa Sydow's motion to file a third amended complaint substituting her as special administrator…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · August 22, 2014 · in the opinion
Boyer v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2014)
Strict Liability Plaintiffs' strict liability claim against Owens-Illinois is similarly flawed. To impose strict liability under Wisconsin law, the defendant must be "engaged in the business" of selling the alleged defective product. Geboy v. TRL…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · September 18, 1989
IN the Matter of Estate OF Foster (1989)
Kathryn Koehler, personal representative of Edwin Foster's estate, sued asbestos insulation manufacturers, including Fibreboard and Owens-Illinois, alleging improper design and lack of warnings. Foster developed mesothelioma, which the estate attributed to asbestos exposure at…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · August 7, 1992
Blancha v. Raymark Industries (1992)
Frank Thomas served in the Navy from 1951 to 1955. For about nine months he worked as a machinist on two ships at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and was exposed to asbestos products. He was diagnosed with an asbestos-related condition in 1987 and…
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Court case · Colorado Court of Appeals · September 12, 1991
Fenton v. Fibreboard Corp. (1991)
The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the $190,000 jury verdict for the plaintiff widow against Fibreboard and Owens-Illinois and the partial set-off ruling, but reversed the costs award and remanded for findings on…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 5, 1985
Rosenberg v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
Stanley Rosenberg worked at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn from 1961 to 1965 and was exposed to asbestos products there. He was diagnosed with asbestosis in 1976 and malignant mesothelioma in 1978. He and his wife sued Celotex in New York…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 6, 2013
Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (2013)
…for reconsideration by Crane Co. and Owens-Illinois as moot. A plaintiff may use a Rule 15(a) amendment to disclaim damages for one product and so avoid federal officer jurisdiction. A defendant that did not…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · July 16, 1992
Bowers v. Fibreboard Corporation (1992)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury verdicts for the plaintiffs (the Eldredge and Williams estates and Mrs. Eldredge) against Fibreboard and Owens-Illinois, finding no error in the jury instruction or the evidence rulings; Celotex…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 28, 2003
Chavers v. Gatke Corp. (2003)
…trial record also showed asbestos exposure during Navy service from 1958 to 1962. All defendants but Gatke Corporation and Owens-Illinois settled before trial. The plaintiffs admitted they had no evidence he used or worked around…
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Court case · Indiana Supreme Court · March 2, 2016
Myers v. Crouse-Hinds Division OF Cooper Industries, Inc. (2016)
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the denial of summary judgment to General Electric and Owens-Illinois in the Geyman case and reversed summary judgment for Crouse-Hinds and the other defendants in the Myers case, so…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · April 25, 2017
Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017)
The family of William D. Coleman sued Anco Insulations, Pilkington North America (formerly Libbey Owens Ford) and several insurers. They alleged that Coleman died of malignant mesothelioma on November 8, 2016, from exposure to dust and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois · February 25, 2020
Hicks v. Ford Motor Company (2020)
Roy Hicks, who has mesothelioma that he links to asbestos exposure, sued many defendants in Illinois state court. He alleged exposure through his work for the City of Bloomington, including contact with fleet vehicles said to contain asbestos, some…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · January 28, 2010
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2010)
The magistrate judge denied the Corleys' motion to remand, holding that Garlock and Owens-Illinois properly removed on federal enclave grounds and CBS/Westinghouse on federal officer grounds, so the case stayed in federal court. A…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · April 21, 2017
Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017)
William D. Coleman sued Anco Insulations and other defendants in a case removed to federal court in Louisiana. He died of malignant mesothelioma on November 8, 2016. His widow, Pamela Coleman, and his daughter, Jody Coleman Nolte, asked to be…