16 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · January 19, 1994
Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for Marilyn Spaur and her husband's estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, including compensatory, loss of consortium and punitive damages. Asbestos plaintiffs may prove causation under a flexible substantial…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · November 22, 1994
Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The district court granted summary judgment to defendants Owens Illinois, Owens Corning and Fibreboard and third-party defendant Flintkote, and denied the Perrins' request to shift the burden of proof on causation. Under Iowa law, evidence…
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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. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998
Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)
Oscar Harder worked from 1956 to 1989 as a utility worker for Iowa Public Service. His duties included maintenance at several power plants, among them overhauling General Electric steam turbines. Each overhaul began with removing thermal asbestos…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · July 1, 1998 · in the opinion
Ganske v. Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. (1998)
Id. at 71 (footnote omitted). The Kansas court in Tomlinson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 244 Kan. 506, 770 P.2d 833 (1989), reached a similar result. Relying on the exclusivity provision of its workers' compensation…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · April 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Kinseth v. WEIL-McLAIN Company (2017)
…recovery under the statute of repose, as the products were permanent additions to real property. See Buttz v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 557 N.W.2d 90, 91 (Iowa 1996). Therefore, we reverse the district court…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · September 17, 1997 · in the opinion
Huber v. Watson (1997)
…that a manufacturer may have supplied the asbestos to which a defendant was exposed is insufficient. See, e.g., Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 871 F.Supp. 1092, 1094 (N.D.Iowa 1994), aff'd…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · June 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Kinseth v. Weil-McLain (2018)
…1986)). In order for a jury to allocate fault against a party, the plaintiff must have a "viable claim against that party." Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 510 N.W.2d 854, 863 (Iowa 1994)…
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Exposure sites · Iowa
Iowa Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage
…Green: 394 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements) Babcock & Wilcox: 284 entries (industrial and utility boilers) Owens Corning: 194 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation) W.R. Grace: 178 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · November 13, 2009 · in the opinion
Van Fossen v. MidAmerican Energy Co. (2009)
…section 427, one who employs an independent contractor to do work which the employer knows or has reason to know involves an "abnormally dangerous activity" owes a nondelegable duty to those exposed to the hazard. Restatement…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · May 8, 2024 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2024)
Under this specific application, "a land possessor owes a duty of reasonable care to entrants" in two ways applicable to this case. Restatement (Third) § 51. First, through "conduct by the land possessor that creates risks to…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · January 16, 2008
Fossen v. Midamerican Energy Company (2008)
…of harm and public policy; on that analysis a landowner owes no duty to the spouse of an independent contractor's employee who carried asbestos fibers home from the premises. Failure to Warn; Premises Owner Liability…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · June 17, 2022 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2022)
…Swanson, PLC, Waterloo, for appellants. Kevin P. Horan (argued), Douglas M. Sinars, and Owen Blood of Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for appellee Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, Inc. Robert M. Livingston (argued) and William R…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · March 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2021)
…Cook & Swanson, PLC, Waterloo, for appellants. Kevin P. Horan, Douglas M. Sinars, and Owen Blood of Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for appellee Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, Inc. Robert M. Livingston and William R. Hughes…
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State law · Iowa
Iowa Mesothelioma Lawyer: Asbestos Claims, Deadlines & Compensation
…Iowa no longer divides lawful visitors into "invitees" and "licensees"; owners owe them reasonable care. A plant owner owes reasonable care to people who come onto its property, including an outside contractor's workers. A separate…