# Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Chatham

> Court of Appeals of Texas · May 25, 1995 · 899 S.W.2d 722

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9643050

## Case

- **Full name:** OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., Fibreboard Corporation, Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation, and Manville Corporation Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund, Appellants, v. Horace CHATHAM, Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** May 25, 1995
- **Citations:** 899 S.W.2d 722; 1995 WL 222462
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Sears
- **Judges:** Sears, Murphy, Draughn
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9643050

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding parties asserting discovery rule had the burden “to plead and prove when they knew or should have known that they had” diseases that were the basis of their claims

## Opinion text

SEARS, Justice,
dissenting.
I again respectfully dissent from my brethren.

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