292 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”, page 1 of 15
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 14, 1999
Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's denial of Owens-Corning's motions for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial, leaving the plaintiffs' verdicts and the judgment entered for them in place. Where…
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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 · 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 · 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. 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 · 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 · Washington Court of Appeals · April 28, 1997
Mavroudis v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (1997)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment for the Mavroudis plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. and affirmed the trial court's finding that the pretrial settlements were reasonable. In multi-supplier asbestos cases where the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 30, 2004
Cadlo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2004)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Owens-Illinois, upholding the demurrer to the fraud, misrepresentation and concert-of-action claims and the summary judgment on the product claims, against plaintiffs Anthony and Maxlyn Cadlo…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · May 26, 1999 · in the opinion
Howard v. Owens Corning (1999)
…1\] Howard's original personal injury complaint sued respondent Owens Corning under the company's former name of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Throughout this litigation, the parties have referred to Owens Corning under its new name…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · August 28, 1995
Consorti v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1995)
…Consorti, ordered a new trial on John Consorti's pain and suffering unless he accepts remittitur to $3.5 million, and otherwise affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, which had appealed. In a diversity case…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · May 6, 1996
Viereck v. Fibreboard Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Virgil Viereck's estate and his wife Julia Viereck against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that pre-WPLA law applied and that the evidentiary rulings…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · December 13, 1993
Krivanek v. Fibreboard Corp. (1993)
The court affirmed the liability finding against Owens-Corning Fiberglas and the damages awards to Mr. Krivanek's estate and children, but reversed the denial of a new trial on Mrs. Krivanek's damages and remanded…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
The appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio…