Opinion ID: 593257
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Ingram

Text: 8 Working as an insulator since 1955, Ingram was exposed to a number of products containing asbestos. Among the products to which he was exposed was Kaylo, an asbestos-containing pipe covering and block manufactured for a time by O-I. Ingram also was a smoker. 9 In his suit against the asbestos manufacturers and their successors, Ingram alleged personal injuries based on strict liability and negligence. A jury found that Ingram suffered $527,000 in compensatory damages, and that his comparative fault was 45%. It apportioned the defendants' 55% relative fault among them as follows: Celotex Corporation, 7%; Fibreboard Corporation, 53%; O-I, 25%; and Manville Corporation Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund (Manville), 15%. 2 The jury also awarded Ingram $200,000 in punitive damages against O-I. The court determined that Fibreboard was jointly and severally liable for the full amount of the judgment, excluding the punitive damage award.