36 results for “Owens-Illinois”, page 1 of 2
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Owens-Illinois Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
…Illinois (O-I) is a glass-container manufacturer that, during the postwar decade, also produced Kaylo, a calcium-silicate thermal insulation containing about 15 to 20 percent asbestos. O-I sold the Kaylo line to Owens…
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Kaylo
…later, and the companies' own records disagree about exactly when. In 1943, Owens-Illinois asked the Saranac Laboratory whether the new insulation was a hazard to the people who made and installed it. Saranac's director…
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Product Liability
…to warn, that the manufacturer knew or should have known asbestos was hazardous but did not adequately warn workers or consumers. Internal corporate documents from companies like Johns-Manville and Owens-Illinois, dating back decades, have…
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Occupational Disease Act
…states such as Illinois and Pennsylvania. Significance in Asbestos Context For an asbestos worker, the occupational disease law in the state where they worked usually determines what benefits the employer's insurer owes and how the…
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Owens-Corning/Fibreboard Trust
…or asbestosis from insulation work done between the 1950s and 1970s, Owens Corning Kaylo and Fibreboard Pabco are among the most commonly identified product exposures, which makes this trust one of the more significant sources of…
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524(g) Trust
…trusts and issue a "channeling injunction." Significance in Asbestos Context Many of the largest asbestos manufacturers, including Johns-Manville, Owens Corning, and Armstrong, went bankrupt and now pay through 524(g) trusts rather than in court…
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Cross-Company Correspondence
…of letters between companies such as Johns-Manville, Raybestos-Manhattan, Owens-Corning, and their insurers dating back to the 1930s. Significance in Asbestos Context For a patient's case, cross-company correspondence is often the foundation…
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Asbestos Investments
…unavoidable accident but the product of business decisions made to protect investment returns. Modern asbestos trust funds (created when companies like Johns-Manville, Owens Corning, and W.R. Grace went through bankruptcy) are themselves investment vehicles…
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Asbestos Trust
…from further asbestos suits. Significance in Asbestos Context For patients, trusts are often a major source of compensation because many of the companies most responsible for asbestos exposure (Johns-Manville, Owens Corning, Babcock & Wilcox, W.R…
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Asbestos Workers Union
…These can establish trade, dates, and locals worked out of. Ask family members about which contractors the worker was dispatched to (e.g., Owens-Corning, Johns-Manville, Armstrong Contracting, Pittsburgh Corning) and which industrial sites (refineries…
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Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust
…present. Ask your attorney which trusts are likely applicable to your exposure history; Celotex is often filed alongside Manville, Owens Corning Fibreboard, Babcock & Wilcox, and other major trusts. Be aware that trust recoveries may need to…
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Chapter 11
…claims are eventually rerouted into a bankruptcy trust that pays a fraction of each claim's full value according to a set schedule. Dozens of major asbestos producers (including Johns-Manville, Owens Corning, W.R. Grace…
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Fawn Colored Asbestos
…it was used heavily in high-temperature insulation, pipe lagging, ceiling tiles, and insulating board (notably products like Marinite and certain Owens Corning Kaylo formulations). When a witness, product catalog, or job-site document references "fawn…
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Fleischer-Drinker Study
…the historical record of their case. Asbestos manufacturers (particularly Johns-Manville, Owens-Corning, and others) cited this study for decades as evidence that they had no reason to warn workers, claiming the leading science of the…
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Grunerite
…ask your legal team whether amosite-containing products (such as those made by Johns-Manville, Owens Corning Kaylo, or Keasbey & Mattison) were used at your worksites. If lung tissue or lymph node tissue was obtained during…
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Subject Matter Jurisdiction
…move cases through "removal")? It also governs whether claims against bankrupt defendants like Johns-Manville or Owens Corning must go through a bankruptcy trust rather than a civil court. Defendants frequently challenge jurisdiction early to delay…
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J. P. Stevens & Co.
…1969, through a Department of the Navy document addressed to Owens-Corning Fiberglas, and says its products were "Never Labeled."1 The company was not a member of the Asbestos Textile Institute and reported no workers…
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Selikoff Studies
…Celotex (1984), p. 37 UC-2045: Union Carbide's Objections and Responses to Interrogatories, Garcia v. Owens-Corning (2001), p. 9 UC-1605: Ralph Zumwalde (NIOSH) to E. A. Piersall Enclosing Two Papers on Hard Rock…
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State-of-the-Art Defense
…(N.J. 1982), the court's opinion UC-1661: Union Carbide Chemical & Plastics Co.'s Responses to Plaintiffs' Request for Disclosure in Moake v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (2000), p. 3 Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp…
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Standard Asbestos Manufacturing & Insulating Company
…makers' products under the heading "1-A," among them Pabco 85% Magnesia, Johns-Manville calcium silicates and Owens-Corning Fiberglas products; the page does not say what the list stands for.14 Travelers' July 1981 products…