148 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 1 of 8
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · November 12, 1992
Becht v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the judgment for plaintiff Ann Becht against Owens-Corning, holding it was not entitled to workers' compensation immunity and that the jury's 40% fault allocation and the denial of a new…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 28, 1998
Re' v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Diana Re' sued Owens-Corning, Garlock, W.R. Grace, Flintkote and others in Orleans Parish. She alleged she developed mesothelioma from asbestos dust carried home on her father's work clothes during her childhood, from 1963…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · January 10, 1992
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Watson (1992)
The Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the judgment for Watson's estate against Owens-Corning, upholding the compensatory and punitive damages awarded by the jury. A manufacturer has a duty to warn only if it knows…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 13, 1982
Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1982)
Ten insulation workers or their survivors sued makers of asbestos insulation in federal court in Wisconsin. Two of the workers died of mesothelioma, and the other eight have asbestosis. The defendants moved for summary judgment, arguing the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 22, 1994
Dumin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that the trial court correctly directed a verdict against Dumin on exposure to OCF Kaylo aboard the Pocono because the evidence was insufficient. Even…
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Court case · Wisconsin Supreme Court · October 27, 1999
Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed the circuit court's order dismissing the Sophas' mesothelioma action against Owens-Corning and the other defendants as time-barred, and remanded for further proceedings. A diagnosis of a non-malignant…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 3, 1996
Barry v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The appellate court affirmed the judgment on the jury's roughly $12.3 million verdict (reduced to about $11 million for settlements) for the Barry estate against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, rejecting OCF's challenges to the…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 28, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996)
…liability findings and compensatory awards for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois and Porter Hayden, but reversed the $1.5 million punitive damages award against Owens-Corning in the Scruggs case. A bystander's proof…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · June 15, 1998
Consorti v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (In Re Joint Eastern and Southern Dist. Asbestos, 1998)
The court granted Owens Corning's motion for a new trial unless Consorti accepts a reduced pain and suffering award of $5 million (a $7 million remittitur), and denied Owens Corning's request to cut the…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · January 12, 1987
Lavelle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1987)
Lavelle sued Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Raymark Industries, Nicolet and other defendants in a products liability case over asbestos exposure. He has asbestosis but not cancer. He worked as an insulator, pipefitter and factory worker and was…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 13, 1996
Hansen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's orders staying the Hansens' California asbestos actions against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and others on forum non conveniens grounds, so the plaintiffs lost and were directed to file…
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · May 4, 1995
Click v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1995)
The appeals court reversed the directed verdict for Owens-Corning Fiberglass and Pittsburgh Corning and remanded for trial, ruling that the Click family had presented enough circumstantial evidence that George Click was exposed to the companies…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of the Virgin Islands · September 27, 1991
Dunn v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass (1991)
The court denied Owens-Corning's motion for JNOV and for a new trial on liability, but ordered a new trial unless plaintiff Dunn accepted a reduction of compensatory damages from $1.3 million to $500…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · March 12, 1999
Wallic v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1999)
The court granted plaintiff Sondra Wallic's motion and awarded her $3,433.57 in fees and costs against Pittsburgh Corning for the improper removal. It also awarded Rule 11 fees and costs against attorney Robert…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · August 8, 1991
Kulzer v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (1991)
The Second Circuit reversed the judgment for the plaintiff against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and remanded with instructions to dismiss the complaint as time-barred, because the revival statute's exception applied. Under New York's 1986…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 9, 2001
Emery v. Owens-Corporation (2001)
Wayne Bendily, an insulator employed by Anco Insulations, worked intermittently at Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery from about 1965 to 1970. He was diagnosed with asbestosis and sued Exxon as a premises owner, along with others. His wife, Mary, claimed…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · April 23, 1998 · in the opinion
Strickland v. Owens Corning (1998)
…1998) Joann STRICKLAND, Executrix of the Estate of John Hagan, Plaintiff-Appellee, Travelers Insurance Company, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OWENS CORNING, formerly known as Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Defendant- Appellant, W.R. Grace and Company, etal.…
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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…