13 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 2, 2004
Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2004)
Wesley Roberts, Jr., a pipefitter from 1941 to 1981, was exposed to asbestos-containing products at the Exxon refinery in Baton Rouge and other sites. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1994 and died in 1995. He and his wife sued many…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 21, 1998
Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998)
The court affirmed the jury verdicts for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas (Kaylo insulation) and Rock Wool (One Shot cement), reversed the judgments against Garlock, A.W. Chesterton and Flexitallic, affirmed the judgments against Abadie…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 30, 2002
Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (2002)
James Hennegan worked from 1965 to 1968 as a deckhand and Jones Act seaman on derrick barges owned by Cooper/T. Smith. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1997 and died in 1999. He sued, and after his death his wife continued the case individually…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 2019 · in the opinion
Berry v. Anco Insulations (2019)
…defendants," Northern Pump Co., Warren Pumps LLC, Goulds Pumps Inc., Gardner Denver Inc. and Crane Co. \[3\] Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 2003-0248 (La. App. 1 Cir. 4/2/04), 878 So.2d 631…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 5, 2000 · in the opinion
Brunet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2000)
…in that no reasonable finder of fact could determine from the evidence that Garlock, Inc., Uniroyal Inc., Pittsburgh-Corning Corp., Johns Manville Corp., Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Dr. John Konzen or Richard F…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 5, 2013 · in the opinion
Pitman v. Crane Co. (2013)
…manufacture may be held liable for injuries caused by that product, although the manufacturer did not know and reasonably could not have known of the danger." Adams v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 923 So. 2d 118…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 11, 2001
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
Patrick Clark, his wife and children sued Avondale's executive officers and asbestos product makers over his death from mesothelioma. Mr. Clark worked at Avondale shipyard from 1964 to about 1971-72 as an engine room mechanic. He worked beside…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 8, 2001
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…055. This opinion decided the appeals specific to his case; Owens Corning's part was stayed by its bankruptcy. The court held the jury was not clearly wrong to find Westinghouse's wallboard unreasonably dangerous, because…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
Seven former Avondale Shipyards workers (Adams, Badeaux, Bonamour, Boudreaux, Champagne, Quave and Robin) were among 129 plaintiffs whose asbestos claims were tried together before one jury. Most claimed asbestosis; Quave's diagnosis was pleural…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 1, 2021 · in the opinion
Lege v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021)
…Texaco, Thermotech, Dresser/Brown & Root, and Ohlson each five percent at fault; and (4) Owens-Corning Kaylo, Johnsmansville Thermobestos, UNARCO Unibestos, and Eagle-Picher 66 Insulating Mud each one percent at fault. The jury awarded total…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 1, 2014
Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)
…plaintiff Miriam Smith's direct negligence claims. Under Louisiana law, a premises owner owes a direct duty of reasonable care to a contractor's employees, and a fact issue on breach can exist without proof the…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 10, 2015 · in the opinion
Jordan v. Thatcher Street, LLC (2015)
…06), 923 So.2d 627. A premises owner owes a duty to persons on its premises to exercise reasonable care for their safety and not expose them to unreasonable risks of injury or harm. Mundy v…