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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Wasiak

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided April 17, 1996No. 03-94-00079-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POWERS, Justice.

Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corporation appeals from a judgment for compensatory and punitive damages recovered by appellees after a jury trial. We will affirm the trial-court judgment.

THE CONTROVERSY

The appeal involves four actions for wrongful death, personal injury, and loss of consortium resulting from unrelated incidents of exposure to “Kaylo,” an asbestos-containing insulation product manufactured by Owens-Coming. 1 The case was tried under the substantive law of Alabama, the state in which the asbestos exposures occurred. See Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 71.031 (West…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. HaslipSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Green Oil Co. v. HornsbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  4. Richardson v. GreenTexas Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Aultman v. Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1953

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. MaloneTexas Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. GolightlyKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Brownsville Pediatric Ass'n v. Reyes, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
  4. Shoppers World v. VillarrealCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Lively v. Blackwell, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2001

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