General Motors appears in 23 Union Carbide documents (1945–1983).
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Asbestos trust
If you or a family member worked with or around General Motors's asbestos products and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by General Motors (GM) Asbestos Trust Claims. Free case review.
Asbestos products
7 products our documents name General Motors as making or selling. Each product's page says what the documents say about it, including its asbestos content.
- Delco (General Motors)
- GM 5470 (General Motors)
- GM 5490 (General Motors)
- GM 8010 (General Motors)
- GM 8011 (General Motors)
- Gmc Parts (General Motors)
- Inlite (General Motors)
Court cases
37 court decisions in our case-law library name General Motors as a defendant, newest first.
- Dennis v. Gen. Motors Corp. (2016)
- Bryant v. General Motors Corp. (2015)
- Soto v. BorgWarner Morse Tec Inc. (2015)
- State EX rel. General Motors Company v. Webster (2014)
- Lemberger v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2013)
- Abbay v. Aurora Pump Company (2011)
- Cone v. Agco Corp. (2011)
- Pichon v. Asbestos Defendants (2010)
- Gennone v. AJ Eckert Company, Inc. (2010)
- Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2010)
- Buttitta v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2010)
- Teruel-Armstrong v. Borg-Warner Morsetec, Inc. (2010)
- Fuller v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2009)
- Funk v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2009)
- General Motors Corporation v. Grenier (2009)
- Grenier v. General Motors Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2009)
- General Motors Corporation v. Grenier (2009)
- Martin v. Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (2009)
- Kummer v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008)
- Caradonna v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2007)
- Henderson v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2007)
- Cepeda v. AC&S, Inc. (2007)
- Chapin v. A & L Parts, Inc. (2007)
- Rettig v. Gen. Motors Corp. (2006)
- Berger v. Amchem Prods. (2006)
- Clare v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2005)
- Roca v. EI du Pont de Nemours and Co. (2004)
- Polito v. Burns Int'l Services Corp. (Matter of Asbestos Litig., 2003)
- General Motors Corp. v. Kilgore (2002)
- Vaughn v. Ford Motor Co. (2002)
- In re Federal-Mogul Global, Inc. (2002)
- Chavers v. General Motors Corp. (2002)
- Black v. Abex Corp. (1999)
- Scheiding v. General Motors Corp. (1998)
- Blase v. Allied Signal Inc. (1996)
- Becker v. Baron Bros. (1994)
- In re Asbestos Litigation (1987)
In the Union Carbide documents
General Motors is named in 23 Union Carbide documents dated 1945 to 1983 (23 mentioned), from asbestos lawsuits over Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. All are published in our collection.
- Foundation Facts: Industrial Hygiene Foundation Trustees Hold Spring Meeting, with Photograph and Caption (1945) UC-5365 (mentioned)
- R. G. Woolery to Distribution List: Asbestos Research & Development Monthly Summary Report for May 1967 (1967) UC-758 (mentioned)
- T. P. Norris Report of Call on General Motors Technical Center Industrial Hygiene Staff Regarding the Asbestos Ban (1973) UC-4501 (mentioned)
- Report of Call on Telecon with Dr. W. H. Krebbs of General Motors on GM Plants' Position on Asbestos Products (1973) UC-4502 (mentioned)
- John L. Myers to R. W. Shiffler on Asbestos Hazards in General Motors Brake Linings (1976) UC-3656 (mentioned)
- H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Memorandum on Status of Asbestos Spraying Legislation in California (1977) UC-901 (mentioned)
- E. J. Kleber to R. Hillerman (Allied Materials) on RG-244 and RG-110 Calidria, with Enclosed Roofing Compound Report (1977) UC-985 (mentioned)
- Union Carbide Calidria Sales Files on Mortell Company: Call Reports, Letters and Related Papers (1977-1981) UC-339 (mentioned)
- Edward J. Kleber Customer Call Report on Dolphin Paint, Toledo, Ohio, Marine Bedding Compound and RG-244 Trials (1978) UC-621 (mentioned)
- John L. Myers to Distribution List Transmitting Union Carbide Testimony on Spraying of Asbestos-Containing Materials, California Standards Board Hearing, with Enclosures (1978) UC-3896 (mentioned)
- Edward J. Kleber Customer Call Report on General Motors Research, Warren, MI, on Elimination of Asbestos in Friction Products (1979) Union Carbide 576 (mentioned)
- Edward J. Kleber Call Report on General Motors Research, Warren, Michigan, on Status of Calidria in Friction Products (1979) UC-4683 (mentioned)
- California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, Summary of April 26, 1979 Fresno Public Hearing on Asbestos, Lead and Other Proposed Standards (1979) UC-5237 (mentioned)
- Cal/OSHA Standards Board Summary of April 26, 1979 Fresno Public Hearing, with Excerpts from 'A History of Union Carbide Corporation' (1979) UC-5356 (mentioned)
- Edward J. Kleber Call Report on General Motors Fisher-Body Division, Warren, MI, Regarding GM Policy on Asbestos Sealants (1979) UC-4941 (mentioned)
- Wall Street Journal: Lower Limit for Occupational Exposure to Asbestos Is Being Considered by U.S. (1980) UC-1948 (mentioned)
- John L. Myers to R. E. Byrne on the Revised USAF Policy on Asbestos-Containing Materials (1981) UC-3014 (mentioned)
- G. L. Dickson to J. T. Kelly Transmitting 2nd Quarter 1983 Calidria Sales Summary and Attached Sales Reports (1983) UC-2641 (mentioned)
- E. J. Kleber's Call Reports and Letters on Calidria Sales to Mortell Company, Livonia, Michigan (1975-1977) UC-337 (mentioned)
- Union Carbide Calidria Sales Call Reports on General Motors' Asbestos Policy (1971-1979) UC-546 (mentioned)
- Customer Call Reports on Allied Materials Corporation (Warren, MI and Stroud, OK) by G. L. Dickson, J. E. Walsh and E. J. Kleber (1979-1981) UC-564 (mentioned)
- Union Carbide Customer Call Reports on Chrysler Chemical, Trenton, Michigan, Concerning RG-244 Asbestos (1975-1982) UC-586 (mentioned)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Mesothelioma Information Sheet with Associated Press Article "Task force: No level of asbestos exposure is safe" UC-1939 (mentioned)
Names in the documents
The spellings documents use for General Motors, OCR misreadings included, so a search for any of them finds this page: General Motors Corporation · General Motors Corp · G.M · General Motors, Fisher-Body Division · GM.
Where this comes from
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