542 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 5 of 28
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · September 30, 1999
Porter Hayden Company v. Wyche (1999)
George Wyche, Jr., a longtime worker at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point plant, and his wife Joan sued several companies, including Porter Hayden Company, claiming his asbestosis and lung cancer resulted from workplace exposure to asbestos products.…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 15, 1985
Dartez v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985)
…and remanded for a new trial against Celotex, Fibreboard, Owens-Illinois and Pittsburgh Corning, but reversed the judgment against Raymark and dismissed it from the case. Under Texas law, a plaintiff without a medically probable cancer…
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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 · 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 · 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…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · July 21, 1992
Kreppein v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
Mary Kreppein sued several asbestos product makers, including Celotex as successor to Philip Carey Manufacturing, over the death of her husband Gustave Kreppein. He was diagnosed with asbestosis and mesothelioma in 1981 and died about three and a…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · June 24, 1988
Bauer v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1988)
…Armstrong, Eagle-Picher, Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning). A denial of a new trial motion based on the verdict being against the weight of the evidence is not reviewable on appeal, and a judgment n…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · July 8, 1988
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988)
Mona Knox, administratrix of the estate of her husband Darrel Knox, sued AC & S and many other makers of asbestos insulation after he died in April 1986 of mesothelioma. He had worked as an insulation mechanic and was exposed to the defendants'…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 2, 2004
Torrejon v. Mobil Oil Co. (2004)
Christina Torrejon sued Mobil Oil Company over the death of her husband, Joseph Torrejon, a merchant seaman who died of mesothelioma in 1994 at age 77. He had worked on Mobil vessels from 1941 to 1949 and in 1956 as an oiler, machinist, engineer and…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · March 23, 1993
Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993)
Maurice Moline, a retired seaman, sued several shipowners over his exposure to asbestos while working on their ships. After he died of mesothelioma in 1989, his estate's administrator continued the case under the Jones Act and general maritime law.…
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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, Eleventh Circuit · September 26, 1990
Hoffman v. Allied Corp. (1990)
Milton Hoffman and his wife Lillian sued Armstrong World Industries and other asbestos product makers in federal court in Florida. Milton was diagnosed with pleural malignant mesothelioma. During World War II he spent about 14 months as a lathe…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · November 25, 1985
Graffagnino v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985)
Steve Graffagnino worked as an insulator at Texaco's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery for about forty years and handled asbestos products made and distributed by the defendants. In 1981 he and his wife sued over his asbestos exposure and settled for…
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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…