Summonses and Amended Complaints in Partain v. North Bros. Co. et al. and Cooper v. North Bros. Co. et al., Naming Union Carbide as Defendant (1983)

The exhibit holds a summons and amended complaint for James H. Partain (Civil Action 83-883) and one for Leon E. Cooper (Civil Action 83-1676), both filed in the State Court of Chatham County, Georgia. Each names Union Carbide Corporation among about two dozen asbestos defendants and alleges asbestos exposure, failure to warn, and withholding of health information. A last page gives Union Carbide's service address.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Summons, Partain v. North Bros. Co. et al., Civil Action 83-883, State Court of Chatham County, with handwritten notes and R. F. Wolff received stamp
• Pages 2-8: Amended Complaint, Partain (83-883); text breaks off partway through paragraph XII
• Page 9: Summons, Leon E. Cooper v. North Bros. Co. et al., Civil Action 83-1676
• Pages 10-19: Amended Complaint, Cooper (83-1676), with prayer for $2,000,000 in compensatory and punitive damages and counsel signature block
• Page 20: List of defendants and service addresses, including the Union Carbide agent in Atlanta

People and organizations

From Richard H. Middleton, Jr. (Plaintiffs' attorney, Middleton and Anderson, P.C., Savannah, Georgia); Ronald L. Motley (Plaintiffs' attorney, Barnwell, S.C.) to Union Carbide Corporation and the other named defendants (Defendants).

• ACandS, Inc (named)
• Armstrong World Industries (named)
• Babcock & Wilcox (named)
• Carey Canada Inc. (named)
• Celotex (named)
• Combustion Engineering, Inc (named)
• Fibreboard Corporation (named)
• Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc (named)
• GAF Corporation (named)
• Garlock (named)
• Keene Corporation (named)
• National Gypsum Co. (named)
• Nicolet Industries, Inc (named)
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas (named)
• Pittsburgh Corning (named)
• Raymark Industries, Inc (named)
• The Eagle-Picher Company (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Carey Canada Inc. · Georgia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Owens-Corning Fiberglas · Pittsburgh Corning.

About this copy

This is document UC-1411 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages. Production numbers A25003 to A25004.