5 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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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 · Kentucky Supreme Court · December 16, 2010
Certainteed Corporation v. Dexter (2010)
James G. Dexter, a pipefitter from 1946 to 1984, developed lung cancer and asbestosis and died during the lawsuit. He and his estate sued nineteen companies, later joined by eleven more, over asbestos-containing pipes, gaskets and insulation at many…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · January 6, 2006
Combs v. Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. (2006)
…It held that Kentucky follows a one-disease approach and that Carroll v. Owens-Corning was a narrow exception that did not fit, because the Combses already knew of the cancer risk and had already sued…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · February 14, 2007 · in the opinion
Fleischman v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2007)
…of limitations, asbestosis and mesothelioma were separate claims even though each was attributed to the same asbestos exposure. Id. at 120-21. In Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. and Hamilton v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd., recent…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 23, 2007 · in the opinion
General Elec. Co. v. Cain (2007)
…a Ford engineer. They indicated that assembly lines, ovens, steel components, and extensive conveyor systems were necessary and essential to the manufacture and production of motor vehicles and that the dismantling of old assembly lines and…