4 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 11, 2014 · in the opinion
Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014)
…in Flores we discussed the California Supreme Court's decision in Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.\[17\] That case described how expert testimony was presented from both sides establishing "that the plaintiffs' asbestos-related disease [\339…
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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 Court of Appeals · July 27, 2007
Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (2007)
…that they take nothing against Alcoa, because Alcoa owed no legal duty. An employer owes no legal duty for take-home asbestos exposure unless the risk was foreseeable at the time; in the 1950s the danger…
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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…