15 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · July 2, 2003
John Crane, Inc. v. Jones (2003)
Robert Jones sued John Crane, Inc. and seven other companies in 1996, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos dust in their products. He died in 1997, and his wife, Laila Jones, took over the case and added wrongful death and loss of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia · January 26, 1982
Starling v. Seaboard Coast Line R. Co. (1982)
Three groups of plaintiffs (Starling, Buie and Stapleton) sued railroad and asbestos product companies in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia. The opinion describes the cases as asbestosis cases. The complaints alleged negligence, strict liability,…
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · November 8, 2004 · in the opinion
John Crane, Inc. v. Jones (2004)
…Cause in Actions of Tort," 25 Harv. L.Rev. 103 (1911). See Jeter v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 716 A.2d 633, 636(n.2) (Pa.Super 1998), citing Prosser & Keeton, On the Law of Torts…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 27, 2002 · in the opinion
Williams v. Flintkote Co. (2002)
…Caltemp, Cal-sil, BEH, Pabco, Phillip Carey, Armstrong, Owens Corning, GAF, and Ruberoid. The Williamses, however, presented no evidence linking these materials or manufacturers with Flintkote. Questioned directly about Flintkote products, White testified that he used…
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Exposure sites · Georgia
Georgia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage
…castables and cements) Armstrong World Industries: 351 entries (insulation contracting and floor products) Owens Corning: 302 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation) Combustion Engineering: 189 entries (boilers and refractory) Fibreboard: 159 entries (Pabco…
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · July 5, 2016 · in the opinion
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2016)
…113 F.Supp.3d 841, 862 (E.D.N.C. 2015) (testimony inadmissible where it was not tied to quantitative analysis of actual exposure); Krik v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 2015 WL 5050143, [\1], 2015 U.S…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 20, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
…the plaintiff's injury; inference, unverified allegations, or settled status alone are not enough. An employer owes no duty for take-home exposure, so it bears no allocable fault. Causation; Product Identification; Expert Testimony; Take-Home…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 30, 2021
Georgia Power Company v. Campbell (2021)
…on the statute of repose, and remanded for further proceedings. An owner owes no duty to a contractor's employees only if it relinquished possession and did not control the work, and contract terms showing retained…
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · November 30, 2016
Certainteed Corporation v. Fletcher (2016)
…rule, and a defendant seeking summary judgment must show an absence of any evidence of defect. A manufacturer owes no duty to warn third parties, such as family members laundering a worker's dusty clothes, because…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · July 16, 2015 · in the opinion
Fletcher v. Water Applications Distribution (2015)
…of Georgia "decline\[d\] to extend on the basis of foreseeability" the duty that an employer owes to provide a safe workplace to its employees to encompass potential liability for injuries sustained by any third party…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · May 28, 2019 · in the opinion
McKENNEY'S Inc. v. Sinyard (2019)
…Brooks v. Sessoms, 47 Ga. App. 554-555 (1), 171 S.E. 222 (1933). See also Mayo v. Owen, 208 Ga. 483, 486 (1), 67 S.E.2d 709 (1951); OCGA § 24-6-602. Therefore, in…
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State law · Georgia
Georgia Mesothelioma Lawyer: Asbestos Claims, Deadlines & Compensation
…knew about and the workers could not discover, but it generally owes them no duty if it turned the work area and the work over to the contractor. A worker cannot sue their own employer as…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 30, 2015 · in the opinion
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2015)
…support a recovery if the negligence of both be a contributing cause, even though one owes to the person injured a higher degree of care, and even though there be differing degrees of negligence by each…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia · December 27, 2013 · in the opinion
Cabasug v. Crane Company (2013)
…third parties (often provided years later), and owes no duty to warn of the hazards inherent in asbestos-containing replacement parts that the manufacturer did not manufacture or distribute. B. Maxim's Motion for Summary Judgment…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 10, 2022 · in the opinion
Sinyard v. Georgia Power Company (2022)
…a \contractor' can be a statutory employer."). So, a company is not a statutory employer if it merely owns (or is in possession and control of) the premises where an employee is injured. Manning, 252 Ga…