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Contingencies (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2014 item | Dec. 31, 1993 | Sep. 30, 2014 Damages unspecified or sufficient to invoke jurisdictional minimum | Sep. 30, 2014 Damages of $15 million or less | Sep. 30, 2014 Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million | Sep. 30, 2014 Damages equal to or greater than $100 million OI Inc. | Sep. 30, 2014 Non-income tax assessment
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale of goods containing asbestos from 1948 to 1958 |  | $ 40,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Approximate plaintiffs and claimants (in number of litigants) |  | 2,500 |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  |  |  | 80.00% | 16.00% | 3.00% |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, fewer than percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.00% |
Approximate number of claims disposed of to date |  | 394,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Average indemnity payment per claim |  | 8,800 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred amounts payable | 12,000,000 | 19,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Asbestos-related liability, total amount accrued beginning in 1993 through 2013 before insurance recoveries | 4,300,000,000 |  | 975,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Additional estimated period that result in an annual charge, if future comprehensive review of asbestos-related liabilities is not determined |  | 1 year |  |  |  |  |  |
Asbestos related charges | 145,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated amount of income-tax assessment including penalties and interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 90,000,000
Period over which deposit amount of tax assessment will be remitted in final monthly installments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 months
Charge created due to unfavorable ruling |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 70,000,000
Net refund |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20,000,000
Installment payments made |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 77,000,000

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- Definition Aggregate amount, before insurance recoveries, accrued to date since the entity's initial asbestos-related liability was established in 1993. + References No definition available. + Details
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