270 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 1 of 14
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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, Tenth Circuit · June 30, 1992
O'banion v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. against Stanley and Louise O'Banion, finding no reversible error. A court may exclude cancer evidence under Rule 403 in…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · May 30, 1996
Thalman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1996)
The appellate court affirmed the jury's damages award against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, reversed the trial judge's remittitur of the loss of consortium and wrongful death awards, and remanded for an amended judgment reflecting the…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 24, 2000
Carroll v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000)
…s lung cancer claim was not time-barred, which favors the plaintiff over the asbestos defendants (Owens-Corning and others). Asbestosis and lung cancer are separate and distinct diseases, so a cause of action for lung…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 11, 1998
McCauley v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Bradley McCauley sued Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Pittsburgh Corning and other companies in May 1993, alleging asbestos-related diseases from occupational exposure during work from 1947 to 1986 in construction, as a laborer and plumber. A 1985…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
Six longtime workers at the E.I. du Pont plant in Clinton, Iowa, and their wives sued makers of asbestos insulation products. The workers said they were exposed through insulation on pipes and boilers, and in some cases through cleaning out machine…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · August 18, 1997
Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
…holding the accrual test wrong and remanding; this favors defendant Owens-Corning. For deciding whether Proposition 51 can be applied prospectively, a cause of action for a latent disease like mesothelioma accrues when the plaintiff is…
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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 · 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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · February 27, 1989
Fisher v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1989)
Charles Fisher and his wife sued several asbestos product companies in 1985, claiming his exposure to asbestos had caused asbestosis, cancer, and possibly mesothelioma. The parties settled for $60,000, and the Fishers signed a release of all claims,…
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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 · Illinois Appellate Court · April 29, 1999
Spain v. Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1999)
The appellate court affirmed the $1.8 million jury verdict for plaintiff Shirley Spain against Owens Corning Fiberglass, rejecting its challenges to causation, evidence exclusion, the jury instruction, and the denial of a new trial or…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · August 24, 1998
Feidt v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Gerald Feidt and his wife sued several companies in New Jersey state court, including Westinghouse (later renamed CBS), over his mesothelioma. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos while working aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise at the Newport News…
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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 · New York Court of Appeals · October 24, 1995
Consorti v. Owens Corning (1995)
…York Court of Appeals answered the Second Circuit's certified question in the negative, so Frances Consorti had no loss of consortium claim against Owens-Corning, which prevailed on that question. In toxic substance exposure cases…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · June 30, 1992
Feldman v. Owens-Illinois (In re Brooklyn Navy Yard Asbestos Litigation, 1992)
Workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and families of those who died, sued makers of asbestos insulation products for diseases including lung cancer, colon cancer, mesothelioma, laryngeal cancer, pleural disease and asbestosis. The jury, in a joint…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · February 1, 1999 · in the opinion
Owens Corning v. Bauman (1999)
…Owens Corning now asks us to reject the onset-of-disease standard of Grimshaw, thereby reversing that decision, and to adopt the manifestation of physical impairment/diagnosis standard\[3\] of Buttram v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp…
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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…