18 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 25, 1993
Dempsey v. Pacor, Inc. (1993)
The Superior Court vacated the judgments entered for the six plaintiff couples against Owens-Illinois, Keene and Fibreboard and remanded for a new trial on damages only, with no fear or increased-risk-of-cancer elements…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · April 4, 1996
Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996)
…for the defendants in Giffear and reversed the plaintiffs' verdicts in Simmons and Murray, so Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard and Keene prevailed over the three plaintiff couples. Asymptomatic pleural thickening without physical impairment is not a compensable…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 11, 1994
DiDio v. Philadelphia Asbestos Corp. (1994)
…asbestosis based on fear of cancer were not compensable, and affirmed the $900,000 judgment against Owens-Illinois and the severance of its cross-claims. Under Giffear, asymptomatic pleural thickening is not compensable and claims for…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 11, 1986
Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
Antoinette Vigiolto sued several asbestos product manufacturers after her husband, Christopher Vigiolto, died of pleural mesothelioma in 1981. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945 on two ships, and she alleged he inhaled asbestos dust and fibers…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 16, 1993 · in the opinion
Giffear v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1993)
…Inc., Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Fibreboard Corporation, GAF Corporation, v. 48 INSULATIONS, Nicolet, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Armstrong World Industries, Inc., H.K. Porter Company, Amatex, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Argued June 7, 1993. Filed…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 22, 2019 · in the opinion
Lamson v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2019)
…INC.; WEIL-MCLAIN COMPANY, INC.; OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY AND D/B/A O-I; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · December 19, 2008 · in the opinion
Wright v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008)
…Corp., Goulds Pumps, Inc., Green Tweed & Co., Inc., Hopeman Brothers, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Nosroc Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pars Manufacturing Co., Pecora Corp., Pep Boys, Rapid American Corp., Riley Stoker Corp., Selby Battersby, Union…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · October 31, 2008 · in the opinion
Kummer v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008)
…has been adopted by a majority of federal jurisdictions and many state courts, Robertson; Jones v. Ownes-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 69 F.3d 712 (4th Cir.1995)(applying North Carolina law); Slaughter v. Southern Talc Co.…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 14, 1999
Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's denial of Owens-Corning's motions for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial, leaving the plaintiffs' verdicts and the judgment entered for them in place. Where…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 21, 2010 · in the opinion
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2010)
Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp., 840 A.2d 1028 (Pa.Super.2004) (outlining the competing standards for establishment of a prima facie case).\[10\] The OISR then opined that Appellants, through Dr. Gelfand's reports and conclusions…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 14, 2019 · in the opinion
Walker v. Viad Corp. (2019)
Plymouth Rock, states that the distillation plants aboard these ships were manufactured by Griscom Russell Company. Second, the deposition of James Owens, Decedent's supervisor aboard the U.S.S. Plymouth Rock, shows that Decedent either…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · June 6, 2023 · in the opinion
Gorton v. Warren Pumps, LLC (2023)
…Id.) Mr. Gorton was told that the gaskets contained asbestos. (CCSMF (ECF No. 611) ¶ 56.) He testified that the gaskets were manufactured by Owens-Corning and CertainTeed. (CCSMF (ECF No. 611) ¶ 57.) During the overhaul, Mr…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · December 28, 2007 · in the opinion
Gregg v. VJ Auto Parts Company (2007)
…A-Best Products Co., 757 A.2d 367, 376 (Pa. Super. 2000), and Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 729 A.2d 614, 623 (Pa. Super. 1999)). Like the common pleas court, Judge Bowes observed that…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · June 11, 2009 · in the opinion
Gregg v. VJ Auto Parts Co. (2009)
…2000 PA Super 203, 757 A.2d 367, 376 (Pa.Super.2000), and Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 1999 PA Super 82, 729 A.2d 614, 623 (Pa.Super.1999)). [\1176] Like the common pleas…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 25, 2018 · in the opinion
Kraus v. Alcatel-Lucent (2018)
…that they do not have any burden to offer evidence demonstrating federal jurisdiction until the plaintiff challenges jurisdiction in a motion to remand. Dart Cherokee Basin Op. Co. v. Owens, 135 S. Ct. 547, 553 (2014)…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · November 9, 2021 · in the opinion
Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…of such a nature as to raise a reasonable inference that \[s\]he inhaled asbestos fibers that emanated from it.'" Wilson, 807 A.2d at 923 (quoting Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 1999 Pa. Super…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012 · in the opinion
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012)
…now holds that, under maritime law, 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.