15 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · Washington Court of Appeals · November 4, 2008
Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2008)
The Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment granted to Union Carbide and remanded for trial, ruling for David Taylor and his wife. A plaintiff may use circumstantial evidence to show exposure to a defendant's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 10, 2009
Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
…RPM, Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide to exclude evidence of plaintiff Anderson's exposure to joint compound dust during sanding and cleanup, holding the Virginia statute of repose did not bar it. Under Virginia's statute…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · June 8, 2007 · in the opinion
Borg-Warner Corporation v. Flores (2007)
…Eastman Chemical Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Owens Illinois, Inc., and Union Carbide Corporation submitted amicus briefs. \[11\] We note initially that Borg-Warner did not challenge, either before trial or…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Re: Controlled use of asbestos
…authors argued that controlled use was the latest in a series of corporate misrepresentations of asbestos risk. They examined Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC) claims that Calidria, a chrysotile mined from the Coalinga deposit in California…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Chrysotile biopersistence: the misuse of biased studies
…mesothelioma, and non-malignant lung and pleural disorders, manufacturers and some chrysotile miners' unions contend that chrysotile either does not cause disease or that there is insufficient evidence to reach a conclusion. At the same time…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Asbestos production increases despite WHO opposition
…asbestos production had not declined despite national bans and World Health Organization (WHO) opposition. It stated that more than 40 countries, including all European Union members, had banned chrysotile (white asbestos), the only form still mined…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Man-made respirable-sized organic fibers: what do we know about their toxicological profiles?
…are identified and some fundamental tenets of fiber toxicology are discussed. In addition, the European Union, in their recent consideration for banning chrysotile asbestos fibers, evaluated some organic fiber substitutes and compared them to the hazards…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Asbestos poisons World Trade Organization atmosphere
…September 2000, a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel published its findings in the dispute between Canada and the European Union/France over France's ban on the import and use of chrysotile (white asbestos). The panel…
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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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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Soil fungi reduce the iron content and the DNA damaging effects of asbestos fibers
…the surface reactivity of asbestos fibers. One sample of chrysotile from the Western Alps and a sample of UICC (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer) crocidolite were incubated with or without fungi. All fungi extracted iron from…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 26, 2007 · in the opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Stephens (2007)
…the authors did not measure exposure levels—rather, they undertook a mortality analysis involving 12,873 deceased members of the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association, a union composed of plasterers, cement masons, and shophands…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 13, 2007 · in the opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Stephens (2007)
…the authors did not measure exposure levels — rather, they undertook a mortality analysis involving 12,873 deceased members of the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association, a union composed of plasterers, cement masons, and shophands…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 8, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…LA, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant, Commercial Union Insurance Company. Thomas G. Milazzo, James L. Fletcher, Jr., Pamela B. Gautier, LeBlanc, Miranda, Warwick & Milazzo, Metairie, LA, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellants, Asbestos Corporation Limited. Leon Gary, Jr., William…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and its influence on international organizations
…particularly in regard to asbestos and other fibers and some chemicals and pesticides. Many ICOH members are employees of corporations or consultants to industry, serving multinational corporate interests to influence public health policy in the guise…