18 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Alabama Supreme Court · April 30, 1993
Hogland v. Celotex Corp. (1993)
Jessie Hogland sued several companies, some initially under fictitious names, claiming he developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-containing products. He died of the disease on November 10, 1985. In 1990 his wife, Yvonne Hogland, as…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · January 28, 2010
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2010)
The magistrate judge denied the Corleys' motion to remand, holding that Garlock and Owens-Illinois properly removed on federal enclave grounds and CBS/Westinghouse on federal officer grounds, so the case stayed in federal court. A…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · July 16, 2020
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2020)
Charles Corley and his wife Myra sued dozens of companies that allegedly supplied asbestos-containing products that caused his malignant mesothelioma. The opinion says he used the products in the Navy and later as a self-employed mechanic and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · September 29, 2015 · in the opinion
Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2015)
…Borg-Warner Corp. v. Flores, 232 S.W.3d 765, 773-74 (Tex.2007); Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 16 Cal.4th 953, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 16, 941 P.2d 1203, 1219 (Cal.1997); Thacker…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · June 22, 2015 · in the opinion
Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2015)
…2009); Borg-Warner Corp. v. Flores, 232 S.W.3d 765, 773-74 (Tex. 2007); Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 941 P.2d 1203, 1219 (Cal. 1997); Thacker v. UNR Industries, Inc., 603 N.E.2d…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · April 26, 2017 · in the opinion
Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2017)
…Avondale Industries, Inc., 947 So.2d 171 (La. Ct. App. 2006); Olivo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 186 N.J. 394, 895 A.2d 1143 (2006); Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Co., 266 S.W.3d 347 (Tenn…
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Court case · Alabama Supreme Court · September 30, 2015 · in the opinion
Kruse v. Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC (2015)
…one element of causation,'... the \threshold requirement of any products liability action is identification of the injury-causing product and its manufacturer.'" Sheffield v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 595 So.2d 443, 450 (Ala.1992) (citations…
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Court case · Alabama Supreme Court · December 13, 2002 · in the opinion
Southern Bakeries, Inc. v. Knipp (2002)
…C., Chicago, Illinois, for appellant. Scott P. Hooker, Birmingham, for appellees. SEE, Justice. In February 1995, Sassib, an Italian manufacturer of ovens, hired Lotus Southwest to install a new oven at the facility of Tatum Bakers…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · August 25, 2014 · in the opinion
Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2014)
…1973), ("\[T\]he effect of the disease may be cumulative since each exposure to asbestos dust can result in additional tissue changes.") (alteration supplied);\[79\] Sheffield v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass, 595 So. 2d 443, 456 (Ala…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · February 21, 2014 · in the opinion
McGUFFIE v. Mead Corporation (2014)
…Ltd., 998 P.2d 405, 413 (Ca. 2000) (adopting the two-injury rule in California); Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 601 N.W. 2d 627, 636 (Wis. 1999) (adopting the two-injury rule in Wisconsin)…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…case requires "evidence of exposure to a specific product ... in proximity to where the plaintiff actually worked"); Sheffield v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 595 So.2d 443, 455 (Ala. 1992) ("The tendency of asbestos dust to .…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…absent evidence (which has not been presented) that Morgan was exposed to airborne asbestos fibers released by that GE motor during his visit. See Sheffield v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 595 So.2d 443, 457 (Ala…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…been in use in close proximity to the plaintiff. See, e.g., Sheffield v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 595 So.2d 443, 451 (Ala. 1992) (in asbestos case, "the parties bearing the burden of proof on…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…proof, plaintiff cannot overcome Westinghouse's summary judgment motion based on alleged exposure to asbestos in electrical gear at Alabama River Pulp. See generally Sheffield v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp., 595 So.2d 443, 457 (Ala.
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · March 24, 2016
Holland v. Airco, Inc. (2016)
…and Goulds Pumps, ending the plaintiff's claims over Owen Holland's mesothelioma death. Under Alabama law a plaintiff must first prove exposure to an asbestos-containing product for which the defendant is responsible. Evidence that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…a manufacturer is not liable for harm caused by, and owes no duty to warn of the hazards inherent in, asbestos products that the manufacturer did not manufacture or distribute," such that defendants who made products…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · February 25, 2019 · in the opinion
Smith v. Avon Products, Inc. (2019)
…determining whether a subsidiary corporation is a "mere instrumentality" of the parent corporation: (a) The parent corporation owns all or most of the capital stock of the subsidiary. (b) The parent and subsidiary corporations have common…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…a manufacturer is not liable for harm caused by, and owes no duty to warn of the hazards inherent in, asbestos products that the manufacturer did not manufacture or distribute," such that defendants who made products…