Date: 12-12-1997

Case Style: ANN DIRCKSEN, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of FRANCIS DIRCKSEN v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION,

Case Number: 91-CI-005640

Judge: James M. Shake

Court: Circuit Court, Jeffeson County, Kentucky

Plaintiff's Attorney: Kenneth L. Sales, William R. Kenealy, Joseph D. Satterley Kathleen M. Flynn, Marc Weingarten and James C. Long of Greitzer & Locks, Louisville, Kentucky

Defendant's Attorney: Donald K. Brown and Eric A. Paine of O'Bryan, Brown and Toner, Louisville, Kentucky

Description: Products liability - Francis Dircksen and Ann Dircksen filed a products liability action against several defendants, including Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, seeking compensatory and punitive damages. In their complaint, the Dircksens alleged that Francis sustained personal injuries as a result of occupational exposure to asbestos-containing products manufactured by the several defendants. Francis was employed as a sheet-metal worker at Griffin & Company from the late 1940s until his retirement in 1987. Because Francis Dircksen died before the case went to trial, Ann Dircksen revived the action and amended her complaint to include a wrongful death claim. Of the parties originally named in the complaint, only Owens-Corning defended its product at trial; the remaining defendants either settled with Dircksen or were dismissed because of Dircksen's inability to prove exposure to their products.

Outcome: Defendant's verdict.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: Affirmed by the ourt of Appeals of Kentucky on June 11, 1999.