3,672 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 3 of 184
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
Six longtime workers at the E.I. du Pont plant in Clinton, Iowa, and their wives sued makers of asbestos insulation products. The workers said they were exposed through insulation on pipes and boilers, and in some cases through cleaning out machine…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · August 18, 1997
Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
…holding the accrual test wrong and remanding; this favors defendant Owens-Corning. For deciding whether Proposition 51 can be applied prospectively, a cause of action for a latent disease like mesothelioma accrues when the plaintiff is…
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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 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · August 24, 1989
District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)
The District of Columbia sued thirty-seven miners, manufacturers, sellers and distributors of asbestos. It sought removal costs and other damages for asbestos in roughly 2,400 public buildings, including schools, libraries, hospitals, government…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · June 15, 1998
Consorti v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (In Re Joint Eastern and Southern Dist. Asbestos, 1998)
The court granted Owens Corning's motion for a new trial unless Consorti accepts a reduced pain and suffering award of $5 million (a $7 million remittitur), and denied Owens Corning's request to cut the…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 31, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Baltimore City (1996)
The Court of Special Appeals reversed the $2,600,000 punitive damages award against Owens-Corning for lack of proof of actual knowledge, affirmed the compensatory award for the City of Baltimore, and rejected the juror…
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Court case · Michigan Court of Appeals · September 12, 1997
Allen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury verdict for the plaintiff estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that excluding evidence of other asbestos exposures was error but harmless, and that the directed verdict and warning rulings…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · February 22, 1995
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Am. Centennial Ins. (1995)
Owens-Corning Fiberglas (OCF), a maker of asbestos-containing products such as Kaylo insulation, sued three excess insurers (American Centennial, Protective National and Associated International) in an Ohio trial court for a declaration of coverage for…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 12, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Schmidt (1996)
…s prejudgment interest calculation and its taxing of ad litem fees against the minor plaintiffs, and otherwise affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning, denying it a malpractice credit and a pro rata settlement credit. A defendant…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · January 12, 1987
Lavelle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1987)
Lavelle sued Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Raymark Industries, Nicolet and other defendants in a products liability case over asbestos exposure. He has asbestosis but not cancer. He worked as an insulator, pipefitter and factory worker and was…
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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 · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 31, 1996
McNeil v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court's order to the extent it allowed a new trial on the lung cancer claim (a win for Owens Corning), and affirmed a new trial limited to the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 13, 1996
Hansen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's orders staying the Hansens' California asbestos actions against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and others on forum non conveniens grounds, so the plaintiffs lost and were directed to file…
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · February 14, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Wasiak (1996)
The court affirmed the trial court's judgment for the plaintiffs (about $1.8 million compensatory and $3.7 million punitive damages) against Owens-Corning, overruling all eleven points of error. Under Alabama law and due…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Invoices for Kaylo Pipe and Block Insulation to Mar Par Insul, Armstrong Cork and Asbestos Contractors, Shipped in Care of Union Carbide, Marietta, Ohio (1959-1967)
Series of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Toledo accounting invoices for Kaylo pipe and block insulation, listing sizes, product codes, unit prices, quantities and amounts. The customers were Mar Par Insul, Armstrong Cork, Asbestos Service Company and Asbestos…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · November 22, 1995
Zalinka v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1995)
The appellate court affirmed the judgment entered on the jury verdict for plaintiffs John Zalinka and his wife against Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, which lost its appeal. Where plaintiffs show liability of a nonsettling defendant, the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · February 27, 1989
Fisher v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1989)
Charles Fisher and his wife sued several asbestos product companies in 1985, claiming his exposure to asbestos had caused asbestosis, cancer, and possibly mesothelioma. The parties settled for $60,000, and the Fishers signed a release of all claims,…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · October 16, 1991
Wilber v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1991)
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed the summary judgment for the defendants (Owens-Corning and others) and remanded, holding the widow's mesothelioma suit was not time barred by the earlier asbestosis diagnosis. Diagnosis of asbestosis does…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · April 29, 1999
Spain v. Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1999)
The appellate court affirmed the $1.8 million jury verdict for plaintiff Shirley Spain against Owens Corning Fiberglass, rejecting its challenges to causation, evidence exclusion, the jury instruction, and the denial of a new trial or…