3 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…