329 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 8 of 17
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 3, 2002
Charles G. Pouls (Kirkley Schmidt & Cotten) to Scott L. Frost on Business Records Affidavits for DuPont Documents DUP0902784 and DUP0902776, with Affidavit and 1972 DuPont 'Auto Body Solder' Memo (2002)
A September 3, 2002 fax cover letter from a Fort Worth law firm to Baron & Budd enclosing executed business records affidavits for two DuPont documents. The exhibit includes a Delaware affidavit of a DuPont records custodian for DUP0902784, and the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 3, 2001
Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, King City Asbestos Monitoring July 3 Update, with Board Action Minutes of June 20, 2001
A two-part exhibit from the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District. The first part is a web-site update dated July 3 on air and soil asbestos sampling in King City, California, covering Phase I and Phase II sampling and the expected…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 2, 2000
Ask Yahoo!: "What is Bakelite?" (2000)
A printout of an Ask Yahoo! web page answering a reader's question about what Bakelite is. It describes Bakelite as an early synthetic plastic made from carbolic acid (or coal tar or phenol) and formaldehyde, and summarizes Leo Baekeland's invention…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 29, 2001
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Article 'Chemical Compound': Phenol-Formaldehyde Resins and Ethers (printed 2001)
Web printout dated 4/29/2001 from Britannica.com of the encyclopedia article 'chemical compound'. It covers the formation of phenol-formaldehyde resins (Bakelite), with reaction diagrams, and a section on ethers, and is followed by a page of ether…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 14, 2006 · in the opinion
In re Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (2006)
…stopped settling claims collectively, effective February 1, 2001. U.S. Gypsum, Union Car bide, T & N, Quigley, and GAF all experienced an increase in settlement amounts post-CCR. 5/23/06 AM Tr. 55-57 (Myer…
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Court case · Oregon Court of Appeals · June 13, 2007
Union Bank OF California, NA v. Copeland Lumber Yards, Inc. (2007)
…months after that judgment, Nagl died. His estate's personal representative, Union Bank of California, then brought a wrongful death action for the estate and his three children, seeking $2.7 million. The trial court granted…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · September 9, 2005
National Union Fire Insurance Company OF Pittsburgh v. Porter Hayden Company (2005)
The court denied the insurers' (National Union and American Home) motion on trigger of coverage, granted it on pro rata allocation, and granted it in part on completed operations aggregate limits, leaving fact questions on whether…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Cancer incidence among members of the Norwegian trade union of insulation workers
Insulation work has been described as an occupation with high exposure to asbestos. A cohort of members of the Norwegian Trade Union of Insulation Workers (n = 1116), hired between 1930 and 1975, was established. During…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 18, 2009
Hymel v. Eagle, Inc. (2009)
…Appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment sustaining the exception of res judicata for J.D. Roberts and Commercial Union Insurance Company, dismissing Ralph Hymel's mesothelioma claims with prejudice based on his 1998 release. A…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · July 17, 2003
Bath Iron Works Corp. v. US Dept. of Labor (2003)
Gertrude Knight's husband William worked at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine, from 1941 to 1986. For much of that time he cut, handled and installed asbestos insulation. He stopped working with asbestos in 1979 and retired in 1986. In…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · November 13, 2003
Matter of Conway v. Cbi Services, Inc. (2003)
The Appellate Division affirmed the Workers' Compensation Board's decision holding CBI Services and its carrier National Union liable on the widow's death benefits claim, rejecting their due process, evidence and settlement-consent arguments. Where…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 19, 2003
Ewing v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (2003)
Murphy Ewing worked for Brown & Root from about 1964 to 1974 and for Avondale from about 1971 to 1972, and was exposed to asbestos. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in July 1996 and died in April 1997. He and his wife sued in 1996. After his…
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Court case · Delaware Court of Chancery · October 14, 2009
Viking Pump, Inc. v. Century Indemnity Company (2009)
Viking Pump and Warren Pumps bought pump businesses from Houdaille Industries and now face asbestos injury claims from the years Houdaille owned those businesses. They sued twenty excess insurers, who had sold Houdaille forty-five policies, to use…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 12, 2007
Bradley v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (2007)
Frank Bradley sued in Orleans Parish, Louisiana state court, alleging he developed malignant pleural mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a marine electronics technician at Avondale Shipyard around 1967-68. He named Northrop Grumman,…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 4, 2009
McAskill v. American Marine Holding Co. (2009)
The Louisiana Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Eagle, Branton and Commercial Union and remanded for further proceedings, so plaintiff McAskill's claims go forward. In a latent mesothelioma case, a…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 5, 2000
Brunet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2000)
Telles Brunet worked for Avondale Industries from 1950 to 1978 at its Harvey repair yard. He developed lung cancer and died in 1998. His wife and three daughters sued Avondale, four of its executive officers and their insurers. At trial the jury…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · December 3, 2003
Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2003)
Raleigh Landry and his wife Clailee sued his former employers, Avondale Industries and McDermott, their executive officers, and several asbestos product makers. Mr. Landry had worked for Avondale from 1965 to 1967 and for McDermott in 1959-1961,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · July 16, 2002
Yale University v. Cigna Ins. Co. (2002)
Yale University sued its liability and property insurers in Connecticut federal court, seeking a declaration that its policies covered what it spent to deal with lead and asbestos in buildings it owns. Several insurers moved for summary judgment.…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 18, 2003
Kinsman v. Unocal Corp. (2003)
…that the employer carried workers' compensation insurance. Premises Owner Liability; Employer and Contractor Liability, and Workers' Compensation; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Oil Los Angeles refinery (Unocal); Unocal refinery, Wilmington, Wilmington carpenter (scaffolding) Unocal refinery…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · December 19, 2005
Kinsman v. Unocal Corporation (2005)
… Premises Owner Liability; Employer and Contractor Liability, and Workers' Compensation; Loss of Consortium; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Oil Los Angeles refinery (Unocal); Unocal refinery, Wilmington, Wilmington carpenter (scaffolding) Unocal refinery, Wilmington Wilmington 1950's