6 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · October 14, 2009 · in the opinion
Nye v. Bayer Cropscience, Inc. (2009)
…Taylor v. Fezell, 158 S.W.3d 352, 357 (Tenn. 2005), Union Carbide Corp. v. Huddleston 854 S.W.2d 87, 91 (Tenn. 1993). The determination of whether jury instructions are proper is a question of…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · March 1, 2001
Mackie v. Young Sales Corp. (2001)
…the maximum weekly rate, against Young Sales Corporation. An employee's voluntary retirement does not preclude workers' compensation benefits for an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of employment, and benefits may be…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · September 9, 2008 · in the opinion
Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company (2008)
…laws of men, but in that higher law, the violation of which is condemned by the voice of conscience, whose sentence of punishment for the recreant act is swift and sure. Union Pac. Ry. v. Cappier…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · November 9, 2006 · in the opinion
Correll v. EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (2006)
…the trial court. "\[I\]ssues not raised in the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on appeal." Simpson v. Frontier Cmty. Credit Union, 810 S.W.2d 147, 153 (Tenn.1991). We decline…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · April 19, 2007 · in the opinion
Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company, Inc. (2007)
…known of asbestos dust at its Tennessee facilities since the 1940's. The level of asbestos dust at its facilities in 1968 were allegedly so high that Alcoa received complaints from the workers' union. In 1965…