6 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota · March 28, 1990
Puppe By Puppe v. AC and S., Inc. (1990)
Vernon Puppe died of mesothelioma in 1984. His wife and two daughters sued a number of asbestos-related companies in a wrongful death action, which was removed to federal court in North Dakota. They claimed he was exposed in 1959 as an insulation…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 30, 1996
Armstrong World Industries v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. (1996)
Three asbestos manufacturers, Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard and GAF, sued their liability insurers in coordinated declaratory relief actions over who must cover tens of thousands of asbestos injury suits and property damage suits over…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 29, 1998
Adams v. Owens-Illinois (1998)
…verdicts, jury instructions about Bethlehem Steel, Hopeman and Foster Wheeler, and evidence that unions knew of asbestos hazards. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed. It found no abuse of discretion or prejudice in jury selection, held…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990 · in the opinion
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
…There is no evidence in the record that any physician ever identified the "something" as pleural thickening nor did any physician link the "something" to asbestos exposure. Kraciun received a letter from his union after retirement…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995 · in the opinion
Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
…an "itch factor." After the company's campaign concerning asbestos' danger, the union dropped the request for premiums to work with fiberglass, apparently also as a result of a study of asbestos conducted by their own…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995 · in the opinion
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…defendants, including Owens-Corning Fiberglas [\152] Corporation ("Owens-Corning").\[2\] Kirk alleged that her husband's mesothelioma was caused by exposure to dust from asbestos products during his employment at the New York Shipyard in Camden…