981 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 5 of 50
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 10, 1992
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1992)
…and it ordered a new trial on punitive damages against Owens-Illinois and Eagle-Picher. A nonmanufacturing supplier-installer of asbestos is held to a 'should have known' standard in a negligent failure-to-warn claim…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
Dr. James Gaddy, a chemical engineer, developed mesothelioma and died about six months after diagnosis. His children sued Ethyl Corporation and others, alleging he was exposed to asbestos at International Paper and at Ethyl's Baton Rouge plant from…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 26, 1999
Greenleaf v. Garlock, Inc. (1999)
…so judgment for the Greenleafs against Garlock and Owens Corning must be entered at the state amount. It also ordered a new trial on Garlock's and Owens Corning's crossclaims against the non-appearing defendants…
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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 · Washington Supreme Court · April 27, 1989
Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp. (1989)
Austin Sofie, who was 67 and suffering from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure during his career as a pipefitter, and his wife Marcia sued Fibreboard and other asbestos manufacturers. A jury found the defendants at fault and awarded…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · January 22, 1997
Tallman v. WR Grace & Co.-Conn. (1997)
…in 1968-69, to insulation labeled ACandS, and to Owens-Illinois and Owens-Corning Kaylo products. The defendants relied on Iowa's fifteen-year statute of repose for injuries from improvements to real property. The trial…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · March 27, 1989
Dube v. Pittsburgh Corning (1989)
Joan Dube died in 1984 of mesothelioma. From age nine until her marriage (1959 to 1973) she was exposed to asbestos dust carried home on the work clothes of her father, who worked as a pipe insulator at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery,…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · November 28, 1988
Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1988)
Mary Menne, as personal representative of her husband Donald Menne's estate, sued several asbestos product makers after he developed mesothelioma. Menne had worked as a pipefitter at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington in the 1940s, next to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
…Audrey sued Crane Co., Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Owens-Illinois and Union Carbide in federal court in southern Florida. The amended complaint alleges that Mr. Rothchild contracted mesothelioma. The opinion does not describe…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · August 19, 1986
Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1986)
…at his workplace and caused his disease, and awarded $2,500,000. The jury found for Keene and Owens-Illinois. The four losing defendants asked for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, a new trial or a reduced…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · March 24, 2015
Sherin v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2015)
…A.W. Chesterton back to state court. The court rejected Union Carbide's argument that its cross-claim against Owens-Illinois created federal jurisdiction. It still kept the state-law claims under supplemental jurisdiction. Discovery was…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · August 23, 2007
Rahmes v. Adience Inc. (2007)
Robert Rahmes sued several companies in 2004, alleging asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. He died of the disease in December 2004, and his estate continued the case. Rahmes worked at Armco Steel plants in Hamilton and Middletown, Ohio, from…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · February 2, 2016
Weis v. Dsm Copolymer, Inc. (2016)
The wife and children of Joseph Weis sued DSM Copolymer and other companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged he developed asbestos-related mesothelioma and died in 2014 after being exposed while working as a maintenance worker at DSM's Baton…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 5, 1985
Meehan v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
Carmella Meehan, as personal representative of her husband Charles Meehan's estate, sued Celotex and other asbestos product makers, claiming their products caused his death. Charles worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1942 to 1945, where he was…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
Herbert Rothchild and his wife Audrey sued several companies, including Union Carbide, in Florida state court, and the case was removed to federal court. They alleged that he developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-containing products made,…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 7, 2014
Golden v. Alliance Laundry Sys. (2014)
Marvin Golden, about 85 and suffering from mesothelioma, sued Alliance Laundry Systems and other defendants in New York City's asbestos litigation. His case was placed on the court's October 2013 In-Extremis docket, which gives a trial preference to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 20, 1985
Lowe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
Eugene Lowe and his wife sued a group of asbestos companies in 1982 over injuries from his work exposure to asbestos. Lowe died in September 1982, and his co-administrators were substituted as plaintiffs. He had worked at various times from 1942 at…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · July 16, 2020
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2020)
Charles Corley and his wife Myra sued dozens of companies that allegedly supplied asbestos-containing products that caused his malignant mesothelioma. The opinion says he used the products in the Navy and later as a self-employed mechanic and…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 4, 2015
Brady v. Crane Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2015)
Plaintiffs asked the New York County Supreme Court to consolidate thirteen asbestos cases for joint trial in two groups. All but one of the plaintiffs had lung cancer. Miceli and Ward had mesothelioma. Most had died, and Miller and Morgan were…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · October 18, 1995
ACandS, Inc. v. Godwin (1995)
…against Porter Hayden. It also reversed all punitive damages awards for insufficient evidence and dismissed Owens-Illinois's appeal. A bystander shows substantial-factor causation for a defendant's asbestos product through the frequency, regularity and…