172 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 9
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 1, 2005
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Hunter (2005)
The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the Baltimore City judgment: it rejected Owens-Illinois's challenges to the evidence and to the consortium award, and rejected Ms. Hunter's cross-appeal challenging the remittitur and the…
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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 · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 24, 2006
Olivo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2006)
…so plaintiff Olivo's claim continued. A landowner that owes a duty to workers on its premises for the foreseeable risk of asbestos exposure also owes a derivative duty to a spouse who handles the worker…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · February 11, 2009
Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009)
…Cork, DAP, Pneumo Abex and Owens-Illinois, ruling against Jon and Lois Burger. A plaintiff opposing summary judgment in an asbestos case must produce evidence that he inhaled asbestos fibers from the particular defendant's product…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 28, 1996
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996)
…s liability findings and compensatory awards for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois and Porter Hayden, but reversed the $1.5 million punitive damages award against Owens-Corning in the Scruggs case. A bystander's…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
Six longtime workers at the E.I. du Pont plant in Clinton, Iowa, and their wives sued makers of asbestos insulation products. The workers said they were exposed through insulation on pipes and boilers, and in some cases through cleaning out machine…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 20, 1998
Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
Evelyn Ruckstuhl and her husband Richard sued several companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged she was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 1996 from asbestos exposure in two ways: dust on her husband's work clothes from the Baton Rouge…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
…Owens-Illinois was liable for Dr. Gaddy's asbestos exposure at International Paper. A jury verdict may be set aside under Rule 50(b) only if no reasonable jury could have found otherwise. Testimony that Owens…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 2, 1994
Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (1994)
…no manifest error or abuse of discretion, so the nine plaintiffs who appealed (or their heirs) and Faye Myers did not get higher damages or a consortium award against Owens-Illinois, Keene and INA. A jury…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · December 22, 1989
Sholtis v. American Cyanamid Co. (1989)
Two long-time employees of the American Cyanamid plant, Robert Sholtis and Sam Lee, sued asbestos manufacturers and suppliers. Sholtis died at 65 of pleural asbestosis. He had worked as a mill operator, maintenance laborer, pipefitter's helper and…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 21, 1998
Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998)
The court affirmed the jury verdicts for the plaintiffs against Owens-Corning Fiberglas (Kaylo insulation) and Rock Wool (One Shot cement), reversed the judgments against Garlock, A.W. Chesterton and Flexitallic, affirmed the judgments against Abadie…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · May 6, 1996
Viereck v. Fibreboard Corp. (1996)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Virgil Viereck's estate and his wife Julia Viereck against Owens-Corning Fiberglas, holding that pre-WPLA law applied and that the evidentiary rulings…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · March 20, 1990
Johnson v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…including compensatory and punitive damages, against Celotex and Owens-Illinois; one judge dissented as to punitive damages. A trial court may consolidate asbestos cases with common worksites and issues if it uses cautionary instructions and separate…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 31, 2017
Krik v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2017)
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the judgment for Exxon Mobil and Owens-Illinois after a jury found cigarettes were the sole cause of Krik's lung cancer, holding that excluding Dr. Frank's causation testimony and the…
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Court case · Missouri Court of Appeals · June 4, 1996
Nugent v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Inc. (1996)
The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment on the jury verdict for Owens-Corning Fiberglas and ACandS, rejecting the widow's claims of trial error (one judge dissented as to the Hazard deposition). A trial…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 14, 2020
Adams v. Ethyl Corporation (2020)
…general damages to $3,000,000, and rejected both Ethyl's challenges and the plaintiffs' challenge to the jury's allocation of fault to Owens-Illinois. Under Louisiana article 2317, a premises condition is a defect…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 11, 1995
Morton v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)
…Morton's consortium award to $30,000, and otherwise affirmed the judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglas. The consumer expectations test for design defect can apply to asbestos insulation products. Evidence of what the scientific community knew…
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Court case · Indiana Supreme Court · March 2, 2016
Myers v. Crouse-Hinds Division OF Cooper Industries, Inc. (2016)
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the denial of summary judgment to General Electric and Owens-Illinois in the Geyman case and reversed summary judgment for Crouse-Hinds and the other defendants in the Myers case, so…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
Dr. James Gaddy, a chemical engineer, developed mesothelioma and died about six months after diagnosis. His children sued Ethyl Corporation and others, alleging he was exposed to asbestos at International Paper and at Ethyl's Baton Rouge plant from…