52 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · June 27, 1996
Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc. (1996)
Twenty asbestos companies, acting together as the Center for Claims Resolution, and class counsel agreed to settle the asbestos injury claims of a nationwide class estimated at 250,000 to 2,000,000 people. The class included people with…
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Court case · Oregon Court of Appeals · April 22, 1998 · in the opinion
Purcell v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1998)
…corporation, individually and as successor-in-interest to A.P. Green and E.J. Bartells; National Gypsum Company, a California corporation; Turner & Newall PLC, a British corporation and its subsidiary J.W. Roberts Limited; Union Carbide…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · June 25, 1997 · in the opinion
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor (1997)
… T & N, PLC; Union Carbide Corp.; and United States Gypsum Co. All of the CCR petitioners stopped manufacturing asbestos products around 1975. \[3\] It is basic to comprehension of this proceeding to notice that no transferred…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · July 21, 1992 · in the opinion
Kreppein v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
…might reasonably be drawn.'" Michelman v. Clark-Schwebel Fiber Glass Corp., 534 F.2d 1036, 1042 (2d Cir.) (quoting Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., 370 U.S. 690, 696, 82 S.Ct. 1404…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 28, 1996 · in the opinion
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996)
…analysis, and evaluation in the Construction Insulation Shop at a Union Carbide plant to resolve "unanswered health problems." Mr. Peele did not include Kaylo in the third of the three intervals of sampling because the first…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · August 29, 1990 · in the opinion
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1990)
…at 1061. The court granted the suppliers summary judgment based on the sophisticated user/bulk supplier defense on the basis of its findings that: Eastman and Union Carbide supplied in bulk, via railroad tank cars and…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · March 21, 1996 · in the opinion
Holbrook v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1996)
…Inc.; Kaiser Cement & Gypsum; Keene Corporation; National Manufacturing Sales; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Philadelphia Asbestos Company; PPG Industries; Pabco Products; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Turner & Newall Plc.; Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Inc.; U…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · September 21, 1994 · in the opinion
Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc. (1994)
…Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., Shook & Fletcher Insulation Company, T & N plc, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Corp., United States Gypsum Company. \[4\] For example, on or about February 25, 1994, Vincent and Georgia Betty Greco, members…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 22, 1999 · in the opinion
Miller v. Foster Wheeler Co. (1999)
… PPG Industries, Inc.; Panoceanic S.S. Corp.; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Philbrico Company; States Marine Lines; U.S. Gypsum Company; Union Carbide Corp., Respondents. Nos. 43286-9-I, 43287-7-I. November 22, 1999. Publication Ordered January…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · May 14, 1998
Spoonamore v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1998)
…based on them are barred. Statute of Repose; Product Identification; Wrongful Death and Survival; Loss of Consortium Worksites: Union Carbide Speedway plant; Union Carbide, Speedway, Speedway laborer and laborer/supervisor Union Carbide, Speedway Speedway 1942-1963
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · May 14, 1999
Spoonamore v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1999)
…claims, a wrongful death claim based on them is also barred. Statute of Repose; Product Identification; Wrongful Death and Survival; Loss of Consortium Worksites: Union Carbide Speedway plant; Union Carbide, Speedway laborer/supervisor Union Carbide Speedway
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Court case · Utah Court of Appeals · October 16, 1992 · in the opinion
Luckau v. Board of Review (1992)
…1981) (last of forty employers held liable for claimant's mesothelioma because exposure to asbestos was of type that could have caused the disease had he been exposed for a "long time"); Union Carbide Corp. v…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · July 30, 1999
Blanding v. Director, Owcp (1999)
…Board and reinstated the ALJ's award of death benefits to Frouwke Blanding, holding her claim timely against Oldam Shipping and Commercial Union. An employer or carrier that fails to rebut the 33 U.S.C. …
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 25, 1997
Gauthe v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (1997)
Earlven Gauthe worked at Avondale Shipyards from 1942 to 1977. In 1995 he was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, and he died in 1996. His wife and children sued for wrongful death. The defendants included Avondale's…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 19, 1994
Hartman v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1994)
… Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Loss of Consortium; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Electric — Labadie plant; Union Electric — Meramec plant; Washington University Research Center; Labadie Power House; Meramec Power House electrician Labadie Power House 1969…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 14, 1997
Van Winkle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
…for prior acts of coconspirators only if it knew of and approved those acts when it joined. Wrongful Death and Survival; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco asbestos plant…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 17, 1999
Burgess v. Abex Corp. (1999)
…the jury verdict and judgment for plaintiffs (the Burgess estate and Francis Burgess) against Abex Corporation and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation on a civil conspiracy theory. A defendant who understands the general objectives of a conspiracy to…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
…evidence, proximate cause need only be shown by a preponderance. Causation; Expert Testimony; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco plant, Bloomington, Bloomington; Unarco plant…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Survival of asbestos insulation workers with mesothelioma
This study followed 17,800 asbestos insulation union members in the United States and Canada from 1967 to 1987. Among 5026 deaths, 457 were from malignant mesothelioma (186 pleural, 271 peritoneal). Only cases whose tissue slides…