124 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 7
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 7, 1992
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong (1992)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the compensatory verdicts for workers Armstrong and Wood against Owens-Illinois, but reversed the punitive damages awards and remanded for new trials limited to punitive damages. A trial judge…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · August 28, 1997
Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997)
…new trial for Owens-Illinois. It held that the burden-shifting instruction was error but harmless, and that the tobacco company defense issue was controlled by Richards, so the plaintiffs' judgment against Owens-Illinois was not…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 17, 1995
Sparks v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1995)
…upholding the jury's findings that Owens-Illinois's Kaylo insulation was defective and was 100 percent responsible, and holding that Owens-Illinois waived its claim to allocate fault to the Navy. A product such as…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · December 6, 2016
Ney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2016)
…at Bethlehem Steel from 1948 to 1953. A co-worker named only Owens-Illinois's Kaylo pipe covering and Quigley's Insulag spray as asbestos products at that site. Plaintiff sought documents and a corporate witness…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
The appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 30, 1990
Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…liability counts against Celotex and the other defendants, refusing to adopt market share liability in Illinois asbestos cases. Illinois does not recognize market share liability in asbestos cases, so a plaintiff who cannot identify the manufacturers…
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Court case · Missouri Supreme Court · September 10, 1991
Hagen v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…directing judgment for Owens-Illinois and remanding for a new trial against Fibreboard because the plaintiffs' proof of causation was insufficient. A plaintiff must show through expert testimony that each defendant's product was a substantial…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 3, 1986
Seckular v. Celotex (1986)
Hyman Seckular and his wife Ruth sued Celotex and other asbestos companies in New Jersey. Hyman had mesothelioma. His only asbestos exposure was as a welder at Todd Shipyards in Brooklyn between 1941 and 1945. He later lived in Florida, developed…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 30, 2002
Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (2002)
James Hennegan worked from 1965 to 1968 as a deckhand and Jones Act seaman on derrick barges owned by Cooper/T. Smith. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1997 and died in 1999. He sued, and after his death his wife continued the case individually…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 14, 1990
Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990)
Four Babcock & Wilcox workers, Joseph Bushless, Ralph Barber, Lloyd Kelly and Robert Edmond, were diagnosed with asbestosis in 1987. Bushless and Kelly's wives joined their suits. They sued GAF and other makers and suppliers of asbestos products,…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · January 19, 1994 · in the opinion
Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
…products. From 1953-58 OCF distributed Kaylo, an asbestos-containing pipe covering and block insulation product manufactured by Owens-Illinois. In 1958 OCF began manufacturing and distributing Kaylo and continued to do so until late 1972…
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Court case · Michigan Court of Appeals · September 12, 1997 · in the opinion
Allen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
…regarding exposure to other asbestos-containing products does not warrant reversal. I join in parts II and III of the opinion. \[1\] Testimony at trial established that Kaylo was manufactured by Owens-Illinois until approximately 1958…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 8, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard Corp., Garlock, Inc., Johns Manville, Owens Illinois, Rapid American, Rock Wool Manufacturing, Uniroyal, and UNR (UNARCO). This results in a total of 24 virile shares. We subtract two shares for Kelmell…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Celotex Corporation, Unarco Industries, Turner & Newall, Ltd., Keene Corporation, and Owens-Illinois Glass Company. Frank ALICE and Theresa Alice, Appellants, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP., and Johns-Manville Sales Corp., and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., and Forty Eight…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…Fibreboard Corporation, Flexitallic, GAF Corporation/Ruberoid, Garlock, Johns Manville, National Gypsum Corporation, Owens Illinois, Rapid American, Rock Wool Manufacturing, Uniroyal, and UNR (UNARCO); for a total of 26 virile shares. We subtract two shares for Kelmell…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 3, 2010 · in the opinion
Collins v. Plant Insulation Company (2010)
…supra, 2 Cal.4th at p. 600.) Proposition 51 thus contemplates a defendant's fault will be "compared to all other \fault' responsible for the injury." (Richards v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1997) 14 Cal.4th 985…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Daniels v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. (2019)
…General Electric, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Owens Illinois (herein "settled defendants")) on the jury verdict form. John Crane contends that under the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act (Contribution Act) (740 ILCS 100/1 et seq. (West…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 2017 · in the opinion
Startley v. Welco Mfg. Co. (2017)
…in Illinois. See Elmore v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 673 S.W.2d 434, 437 (Mo. 1984). Applying the Townsend factors, and in view of the Ingersoll presumption, we hold that the trial court correctly applied Illinois…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 8, 1998 · in the opinion
Ford Motor v. Wood (1998)
In Owens-Illinois v. Armstrong, 326 Md. 107, 604 A.2d 47, cert. denied, 506 U.S. 871, 113 S.Ct. 204, 121 L.Ed.2d 145 (1992) (hereinafter Armstrong II), the Court of Appeals first…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 22, 2022 · in the opinion
Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2022)
…compound. Given the differences between smoking an addictive substance and using a particular product in the course of employment, we reject this contention. See Raney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 897 F.2d 94, 96 (2d Cir…