3,673 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 184
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Company or organization · People and organizations
Owens-Illinois
Owens-Illinois (O-I) is an American glass manufacturer that, from the 1940s until the end of 1958, also made an asbestos-containing high-temperature pipe and block insulation called Kaylo. Internal documents show that a…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 12, 1956
W. G. Hazard of Owens-Illinois to Ira I. Brought on Kaylo and the Saranac Experiments (1956)
What it shows Saranac had told Owens-Illinois in 1948 that every animal exposed to Kaylo dust developed "unmistakable evidence of asbestosis" and that Kaylo "should be handled as a hazardous industrial dust" (Vorwald's letter…
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Company document · 1988
Owens-Illinois's Responses to Plaintiffs' First Interrogatories in Bexley v. Armstrong World Industries (1988)
What it shows Owens-Illinois points to the Saranac Laboratory papers but says the knowledge of the day was "a recognized safe exposure level" (Nos. 13, 19); it says it had no reason to believe Kaylo…
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Company or organization · People and organizations
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
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Trust
Owens-Illinois Asbestos Trust Claims
…no deposition, and no defense lawyer on the other side. You give the trust proof of your diagnosis and your exposure to Owens-Illinois asbestos, and it pays on its schedule. Many families recover this way…
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Trust report
Owens-Illinois Asbestos Trust Annual Reports, 2022–2025
…while payments and operating costs continued to consume cash. 2025 annual report 2025-04-29 Owens-Illinois’ net assets declined by $26.38 million in 2024 to $537.39 million as recognized claims settlements increased to…
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Lexicon
Owens-Illinois Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
…Illinois (O-I) is a glass-container manufacturer that, during the postwar decade, also produced Kaylo, a calcium-silicate thermal insulation containing about 15 to 20 percent asbestos. O-I sold the Kaylo line to Owens…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · April 26, 2005
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Cook (2005)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the judgment for the Gianottis against Owens-Illinois, holding that the damages cap did not apply, the loss of consortium claim could proceed, the release reserved the mesothelioma claim…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 1, 2005
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Hunter (2005)
The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the Baltimore City judgment: it rejected Owens-Illinois's challenges to the evidence and to the consortium award, and rejected Ms. Hunter's cross-appeal challenging the remittitur and the…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · May 20, 1992
Baione v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1992)
The appellate court reversed the final judgment for Owens-Illinois, reinstated the plaintiff's strict liability counts and punitive damages claim, and remanded; the plaintiff got no retrial on negligence because she had not appealed that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York · May 21, 1990
Kreppein v. Owens-Illinois (In re New York Asbestos Litigation, 1990)
The court granted Owens-Illinois' motion for reconsideration, held the widow's claims against it barred by collateral estoppel, and vacated the judgment as to it; it denied the JNOV, new trial and remittitur motions of…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · February 26, 1990
Raney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1990)
…Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment of about $450,000 for the widow, Edna Raney, against Owens-Illinois, Celotex and Raymark, holding the evidence let the jury find the missing asbestos warnings were a proximate…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · December 22, 1994
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Ins. Co. (1994)
…s allocation ruling, which had favored Owens-Illinois, and remanded to the Chancery Division for a special master to allocate asbestos defense and indemnity costs among the insurers and Owens-Illinois for its uninsured periods; the…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 26, 2005
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Cook (2005)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the judgment for John and Shirley Gianotti against Owens-Illinois, rejecting its challenges to the release, the noneconomic damages cap, the loss of consortium claim and the verdict reduction…
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · December 12, 1990
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Edwards (1990)
…Edwards, holding his asbestosis claim was not time barred, and rejected the defendants (Owens-Illinois and others) on the limitations defense. In negligence or products liability actions involving latent disease, a cause of action under Miss…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 15, 1994
Davies v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1994)
The appellate court reversed the final judgment for Owens-Illinois after a jury verdict and remanded for a new trial, because excluding the Ames deposition was an abuse of discretion that favored the plaintiff, Frances Davies…
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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 Appeals · April 7, 1992
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong (1992)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the compensatory verdicts for workers Armstrong and Wood against Owens-Illinois, but reversed the punitive damages awards and remanded for new trials limited to punitive damages. A trial judge…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · October 30, 2002
Owens-Illinois v. Gianotti (2002)
The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the judgments for John Gianotti and his wife against Owens-Illinois, rejecting its challenges, and also rejected the Gianottis' cross-appeal over the reduction of their judgments for the Babcock…