15 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · November 18, 1993
Srite v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993)
The court of appeals affirmed the jury's zero past-damages awards for the workers and wives against Owens-Illinois, Fibreboard, Pittsburgh-Corning and Keene, but reversed the limitations bar against the Spikes plaintiffs and reversed…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 16, 1991
Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (1991)
Five workers at the Texas Eastman plant in Longview, Texas, or their families sued Fibreboard, Owens-Illinois, Celotex, Flintkote and Garlock, claiming the companies failed to warn of asbestos dangers. The workers were insulators or maintenance…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 29, 1988 · in the opinion
Pecorino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1988)
…CELOTEX CORPORATION EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION GAF CORPORATION ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. KEENE CORPORATION NICOLET INDUSTRIES, INC. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION H.K. PORTER COMPANY, INC. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · November 12, 1990 · in the opinion
Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1990)
…They frequently used statistics during this trial. At the outset, Owens-Illinois submitted a statistical analysis of a telephone survey conducted by Jury Analyst, Inc. on a sample of 500 people from each division in this…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 14, 1998 · in the opinion
In re Ethyl Corp. (1998)
…cases cannot be overstated."). \[8\] Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone, 972 S.W.2d 35, 43 (Tex.1998) (quoting City of Brownsville v. Alvarado, 897 S.W.2d 750, 753 (Tex.1995)). \[9\] Owens-Illinois…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2014)
…Corporation; Garlock, Inc.; Georgia Pacific Corporation; General Electric Company; General Refractories Company; Grefco, Inc.; Henry Vogt Machine Company; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Rapid American Corporation; Riley Power, Inc.; Triplex, Inc.; Ametek, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · June 8, 2007 · in the opinion
Borg-Warner Corporation v. Flores (2007)
…such that it could be considered a substantial factor in causing his asbestosis. Union Pump, 898 S.W.2d at 775; see also Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 941 P.2d 1203, 1219 (Cal. 1997). Thus…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · June 5, 1998 · in the opinion
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone (1998)
…consider compensatory and punitive damages ... already imposed on the defendant or likely to be imposed on the defendant"). \[19\] See Stevens v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 49 Cal.App.4th 1645, 57 Cal.Rptr.2d 525…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · March 11, 1999 · in the opinion
North American Refractory Co. v. Easter (1999)
…1946 to 1951 and again from 1953 to 1988. In this time, he worked at seven different steam plants where he was exposed to several asbestos products manufactured by Owens-Corning, Owen-Illinois, Johns-Manville, Kaiser…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · February 14, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Wasiak (1996)
The court affirmed the trial court's judgment for the plaintiffs (about $1.8 million compensatory and $3.7 million punitive damages) against Owens-Corning, overruling all eleven points of error. Under Alabama law and due…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 30, 1998
Pustejovsky v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1998)
The court affirmed summary judgment for Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Pittsburgh Corning and Rapid-American, holding the widow's mesothelioma claim was barred by limitations because it accrued in 1982 with the asbestosis diagnosis. Under Texas's…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · November 30, 2000
Pustejovsky v. Rapid-American Corp. (2000)
…$25,000. In 1994 he was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma and, within two months, sued Rapid-American, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning and other asbestos suppliers. He later died, and his wife continued the case. The…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · January 14, 1980
Mooney v. Fibreboard Corp. (1980)
R. L. Mooney, Sr. worked as an insulator from 1940 to 1970 and handled large quantities of insulation containing asbestos. He sued eleven companies that allegedly made or sold such products, under strict product liability, saying he had lung…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 8, 1993 · in the opinion
Keene Corp. v. Rogers (1993)
…can cause serious damage when injected, but which is the only known way to cure the deadly disease. \[6\] An attorney representing Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation actually made the objection, but the parties agreed at trial…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · October 11, 2007 · in the opinion
Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (2007)
…Siegler, 899 S.W.2d 195, 197 (Tex.1995) ("The threshold inquiry in a negligence case is whether the defendant owes a legal duty to the plaintiff."). If there is no legal duty, liability for negligence…