17 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 27, 2009
Bakkie v. Union Carbide Corporation (2009)
The Court of Appeal modified the judgment to reduce Bakkie's net economic damages against Union Carbide from $2,779,601.22 to $2,130,652.06, affirmed it as modified, and dismissed the purported appeal…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 29, 2007
Bakkie v. Union Carbide Corporation (2007)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the jury's liability findings against Union Carbide and the denial of its JNOV motion, but reversed the $14.1 million future noneconomic damages award as excessive and ordered a new…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 17, 2007
Slaughter v. Union Carbide Corp. (2007)
Ronald and Edna Slaughter sued 39 manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in Los Angeles County. Edna had been diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006 and died in December of that year. They alleged she was exposed while they…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 25, 2009
Campbell v. American Standard, Inc. (2009)
Forbes Campbell was diagnosed in Canada in October 2006 with malignant pleural mesothelioma and moved to California. In January 2007 he sued about 50 defendants in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that asbestos-containing products they made or…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 2, 2009
Wangen v. Gardner Denver, Inc. (2009)
William Wangen, a lifelong Washington resident, and his wife Mary Jo sued more than three dozen defendants in California. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007. He alleged asbestos exposure on the USS Wiltsie in the Navy from 1950 to 1954,…
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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
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 20, 2007
Kinsman v. Unocal Corporation (2007)
…should have known of asbestos hazards supports a negligence verdict. Causation; Failure to Warn; Premises Owner Liability; 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 Court of Appeal · July 9, 2009
Ransford v. Griffin Wheel Company, Inc. (2009)
…and Carrillo decisions bind the court. Trial Procedure and Discovery; Federal Preemption Worksites: Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads repairing and replacing brakes on locomotives and rolling stock Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads 39 years
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2009
Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2009)
…and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: his home and side construction jobs; engine rooms on ships union cement mason on residential and commercial construction projects 1946-1966; side construction jobs hanging drywall; home remodeling…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 4, 2000 · in the opinion
Wagner v. Apex Marine Ship Management Corp. (2000)
…U.S. 133, 120 S.Ct. 2097, 147 L.Ed.2d 105, and Monaghan v. Union Pacific R. Co. (1993) 242 Neb. 720, 496 N.W.2d 895, are not particularly relevant to this case. Although…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 21, 2007 · in the opinion
Frastaci v. Vapor Corporation (2007)
…section of the country they may come.' \[Citations.\] Permitting state tort claims \would generate precisely those inconsistencies in railroad safety standards that Congressional action was intended to avoid.' (Ouellette v. Union Tank Car Co. (D.Mass…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 26, 2003 · in the opinion
Taylor v. John Crane, Inc. (2003)
…1962 to 1971 and again from 1973 to 1976. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for approximately six months in the period between his Navy enlistments. He was in the naval reserve from 1976 through…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 17, 2000 · in the opinion
Ashdown v. Ameron International Corp. (2000)
…2d 20 (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 868 Ellen ASHDOWN, Individually and as Executor, etc., etal., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. No. A084561. August 17, 2000. Court of Appeal, First District…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 30, 2004 · in the opinion
Cadlo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2004)
…subd. (n); McManis v. San Diego Postal Credit Union (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 547, 555, 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 617.) Once the defendant makes such a prima facie showing, the burden shifts to the plaintiff…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 25, 2009 · in the opinion
Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc. (2009)
…in a different factual context. The defendant in Blackwell sold sulfuric acid to McKesson Chemical Company, which shipped the acid to its plant in a tank car designed and owned by Union Tank. (Id. at p…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 10, 2006 · in the opinion
Boyle v. Certainteed Corporation (2006)
FRANCES BOYLE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. A108301 March 10, 2006 Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Four Steven M. Harowitz, Stephen M. Tigerman, Marileni Mattis Bryce C…