62 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · October 1, 2009
Union Carbide Corporation v. Smith (2009)
…judgment for Oliver and Peggy Smith and rendered a take-nothing judgment for Union Carbide and Hexion, holding there was no evidence of Union Carbide's control and that the workers' compensation exclusive remedy barred the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 5, 2009
Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
…futile; defendants Bondex, Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide prevailed. An amended pleading relates back under Rule 15(c)(1)(B) only if it arises from the conduct, transaction or occurrence set out in the original pleading…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 9, 2009
Bourque v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2009)
Eddie Bourque Jr. and his wife sued several defendants, including his former employer Lake Charles Stevedores, claiming his malignant mesothelioma came from asbestos exposure during his work there from the 1950s through the 1970s. Stevedores moved…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 3, 2008 · in the opinion
Gregory v. Beazer East (2008)
…Beazer), Bondex International (Bondex), Exxon Mobil (Mobil), Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Georgia-Pacific) and Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide), regarding her husband's contraction of mesothelioma and subsequent death. Mobil moved for summary judgment on various grounds…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · July 31, 2002 · in the opinion
Hebert v. Anco Insulation, Inc. (2002)
…Melancon, Associates Indemnity Corporation, the American Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Flexiallic, Inc., GAF Corporation, The McCarty Corporation, AC & S, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Rapid American Corporation T & N, Union Carbide Corporation, and Uniroyal, Inc…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008 · in the opinion
Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008)
…Inc.; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.; Sepco Corporation; Tuthill Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Corpus Engineering Corp.); and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants, and Yarway Corporation, Petitioner. No. 80251-3. Argued March 11, 2008…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 31, 2006
Thomas v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2006)
The surviving spouse and five adult children of Namon Joshua, Jr., a carpenter who died of lung cancer in 2001, sued several premises owners. He also had asbestos-related pleural plaques. He worked for contractors at the Waterford power plants in…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 23, 2002
Hoerner v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2002)
…Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Insurance Coverage; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Carbide plant; Allied Chemical insulator Union Carbide plant 1965-1966; insulator Allied Chemical; insulator 1957-1982
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · October 22, 2009 · in the opinion
Stephens v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2009)
…US), Inc., for Tyco Valves & Controls, a unit of Tyco Flow Control as successor to Yarway Corp. and Grinnell Corp. and Kunkle Valve; Union Carbide Corp.; Viking Pumps, Inc.; Warren Pumps, LLC; Weir Valves & Controls USA…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · January 18, 2000 · in the opinion
Barnes v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000)
…Lacelaw Corp., 861 F.2d 224 (9th Cir.1988). "Pleadings in a prior case may be used as evidentiary admissions." Williams v. Union Carbide Corp., 790 F.2d 552, 556 (6th Cir.1986). The Ninth Circuit…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 16, 2006 · in the opinion
8th Jud Dist Asbestos Litig (2006)
…Similarly, there is no private right of action under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (42 USC § 9601) (see Ruffing v Union Carbide Corp., 1 AD3d 339, 341 \[2003\], appeal…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · May 22, 2009 · in the opinion
Rando v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2009)
…Bienvenu, Jr., William Shelby McKenzie, Lexi Trahan Holinga, Baton Rouge, for Dow Chemical Co., Union Carbide Corp., Ethyl Corporation, Amicus Curiae. Kelly Lynn Callahan, Jonathan Brett Clement, Lauren Roussel Clement, Gerolyn Petit Roussel, Perry Joseph Roussel…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · May 18, 2000 · in the opinion
Hamilton v. Garlock, Inc. (2000)
…keeping with the Second Circuit's more recent pronouncements on the subject. Lightfoot v. Union Carbide Corp., 110 F.3d 898 (2d Cir.1997). D. The Evidence Was Sufficient For The Jury To Find That Atlas…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · December 5, 2008 · in the opinion
N RE General Electric Company (2008)
…Maine, and transferred to MDL 875 for pretrial proceedings, Richards will not be deprived of all remedies for purposes of forum non conveniens analysis. See In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India…
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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 · 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 · 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…