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  1. Court case · California Supreme Court · August 28, 1997

    Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997)

    …new trial for Owens-Illinois. It held that the burden-shifting instruction was error but harmless, and that the tobacco company defense issue was controlled by Richards, so the plaintiffs' judgment against Owens-Illinois was not…

  2. Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 17, 1995

    Sparks v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1995)

    …upholding the jury's findings that Owens-Illinois's Kaylo insulation was defective and was 100 percent responsible, and holding that Owens-Illinois waived its claim to allocate fault to the Navy. A product such as…

  3. Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 11, 1995

    Morton v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)

    …Morton's consortium award to $30,000, and otherwise affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas. The consumer expectations test for design defect can apply to asbestos insulation products. Evidence of what the scientific community knew…

  4. Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 12, 1998 · in the opinion

    Arena v. Owens Corning Corp. (1998)

    …Lewis Saxby, a former Owens Corning executive, established that Owens Corning became the exclusive distributor for Kaylo in 1953 or shortly thereafter. In 1958, Owens Corning bought the division of Owens-Illinois which manufactured Kaylo. Appellant…

  5. Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 3, 2010 · in the opinion

    Collins v. Plant Insulation Company (2010)

    …supra, 2 Cal.4th at p. 600.) Proposition 51 thus contemplates a defendant's fault will be "compared to all other \fault' responsible for the injury." (Richards v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 14 Cal.4th 985…

  6. Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 18, 2013 · in the opinion

    Strickland v. Union Carbide Corp. (2013)

    …Zogarts (1975) 14 Cal.3d 104, 110.) Law Governing Proof of Causation in Asbestos Cases Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal.4th 953 (Rutherford) sets forth the controlling standard for proving causation in an…

  7. Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 14, 2007 · in the opinion

    Rosen v. Regents of University of California (2007)

    …on asbestos causation. The trial court—noting that the added language was taken from key asbestos causation cases—denied their motion for new trial. (See Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal.4th 953, 982…

  8. Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 28, 2003 · in the opinion

    Ferris v. Gatke Corporation (2003)

    …line separating these two incommensurate paradigms. Some guidance regarding the application of Sindell principles in asbestos-related tort litigation is furnished by the high court's opinion in Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal…

  9. Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 10, 2006 · in the opinion

    Boyle v. Certainteed Corporation (2006)

    …and then filed this appeal. II. DISCUSSION A. Introduction There are several sources of authority for local judicial rulemaking. (Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal.4th 953, 966-967.) Those sources of authority include…

  10. Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2009 · in the opinion

    Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2009)

    …A Lite 0% CertainTeed Corp. 5% Pipe Covering/Block Insulation Armstrong, Inc. 0% Owens-Illinois 0% Pittsburg Corning 0% Johns Manville 20% JT Thorpe and Son, Inc. 0% Metalclad Insulation Corp. 0% Refractiories/Castables AP Green…

  11. Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 26, 2021 · in the opinion

    Toy v. Honeywell Int'l (In re Asbestos, 2021)

    …ago. See, e.g., Brodkin Report at 64. Defendant first cites to the California Supreme Court's opinion in Rutherford v. Owens Illinois, Inc., regarding the proof of causation required in asbestos-related cases. 16 Cal…

  12. Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 23, 1994 · in the opinion

    Smith v. ACandS, Inc. (1994)

    …and thus pointless. For the guidance of the trial court, we note that the matter is now before our Supreme Court. (Coughlin v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993) 31 Cal. App.4th 1633 \[27 Cal. Rptr.2d…

  13. Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 1, 2009 · in the opinion

    Walmach v. Wheeler (2009)

    …At the most fundamental level, there is scientific uncertainty regarding the biological mechanisms by which inhalation of certain microscopic fibers of asbestos leads to lung cancer and mesothelioma." (Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal…

  14. Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 5, 2024 · in the opinion

    Speck v. CBS Corporation (2024)

    …both that he was actually exposed to asbestos-containing materials that were installed by the \[defendants\] and that such exposure was a substantial contributing factor in causing his injuries"); Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 16 Cal…

  15. Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 10, 2015 · in the opinion

    Green v. CertainTEED Corporation (2015)

    …Step One Turning to step one, California and Texas apply different standards to determine the issue of causation in asbestos litigation. Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal.4th 953 (Rutherford), sets forth the "substantial…

  16. Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 14, 2003 · in the opinion

    Cossman v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. (2003)

    …asbestos products in Indiana and California. He contends that the trial court erroneously split the cause of action into California and Indiana components, contrary to statements by our Supreme Court in Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.

  17. Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · February 16, 2016 · in the opinion

    Walashek v. Air Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)

    …medical probability that a particular exposure or series of exposures was a "legal cause" of his injury — i.e., a substantial factor in bringing about the injury. Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 16 Cal. 4th 953…

  18. Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 26, 2019 · in the opinion

    Harris v. Triple A Machine Shop, Inc. (2019)

    …that a particular exposure or series of exposures was a \legal cause' of his injury, i.e., a substantial factor in bringing about the injury." (Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 16 Cal.4th 953, 982…

  19. Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 31, 1995 · in the opinion

    Lineaweaver v. Plant Insulation Co. (1995)

    …subjected to alternative liability, or a variation of the theory, is raised in a case presently before our Supreme Court. (Coughlin v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993) 36 Cal. App.4th 165 \[27 Cal. Rptr.2d 214…

  20. Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 10, 2018 · in the opinion

    Hake v. Allied Fluid Products Corp. (2018)

    …was a substantial factor causing the illness by showing that in reasonable medical probability it was a substantial factor contributing to the plaintiff's or decedent's risk of developing cancer." (Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc…