16 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · March 19, 2019
Mestas v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
Richard Mestas, Sr. and Lori Ann Muse sued more than two dozen companies in Colorado state court. Mestas has mesothelioma, and Muse seeks damages for loss of consortium. They allege that his father carried asbestos home on his clothing from 1953 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · March 24, 2015
Sherin v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2015)
…denied the Plaintiffs' motion to remand the remaining claims against Union Carbide and A.W. Chesterton to Baltimore City Circuit Court, retaining supplemental jurisdiction, so Union Carbide prevailed on the motion. A cross-claim for contribution…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · May 5, 2016
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
Charles Arbogast, Jr., and his wife Barbara sued twenty-seven companies, alleging that as manufacturers or distributors of various products they exposed him to asbestos and caused his mesothelioma. The complaint raised strict liability, negligence,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · August 9, 2017
Stewart v. Aurora Pump Company (2017)
Mary Lou Stewart sued a number of companies in federal court in North Carolina, on her own behalf and as executrix of the estate of her late husband, Alexander Leroy Stewart, Jr. The complaint alleged that the defendants caused him to develop…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · February 11, 2015
McCROSSIN v. Imo Industries, Inc. (2015)
Connie McCrossin sued on behalf of her late husband's estate and herself. John McCrossin served in the Navy aboard the USS Trenton from 1974 to 1976 as a personnelman. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in February 2014 and died that August at age…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 29, 2018
Mehnert v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. (2018)
Harald Mehnert and his wife Brigitte sued a group of companies in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania state court. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in September 2017. The complaint said he worked on mass spectrometers at the U.S. Geological Survey in…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · June 26, 2016
Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2016)
Vernon Rublee died of mesothelioma in 2015. He had worked as a machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1965 to 1980, where other workers mixed and applied asbestos-containing refractory products called Insulag and Panelag around the steam…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 25, 2016 · in the opinion
Campbell v. AO Smith Corporation (2016)
…FLOW CONTROL COMPANY, LLC AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CROSBY VALVE; UNIFRAX CORPORATION F/K/A CARBORUNDUM; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION AND ITS LINDE DIVISION; UNITED CONVERYOR CORPORATION; UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION; WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATION, F/K…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · October 18, 2018 · in the opinion
Vanhoy v. American International Industries (2018)
…INC., SUED AS SUCCESSOR-BY-MERGER TO CBS CORPORATION formerly known as WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION other BF STURTEVANT & FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION, Defendants, represented by JENNIFER M. TECHMAN, EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF. CERTAINTEED CORPORATION & UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · July 16, 2014 · in the opinion
Dougherty v. AO Smith Corporation (2014)
…liability claim, federal courts have subsequently recognized the applicability of the defense to state law failure to warn clams. See, e.g., \McQueen v. Union Carbide Corp., 2013 WL 6571808, at [\3] (D. Del. Dec. 13…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · February 14, 2019
Douglas v. Imerys Talc America, Inc. (2019)
…complete diversity existed, and granted PTI Union's motion to dismiss the claims against it with prejudice, so PTI Union won and Douglas lost on both motions. Complete diversity existed regardless of fraudulent joinder, so remand…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · March 15, 2019
Douglas v. Imerys Talc America, Inc. (2019)
Shawnee Douglas sued Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Imerys Talc America, MetLife and PTI Union in St. Louis city court in Missouri. She alleged she has malignant peritoneal mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos in talc-based products. Johnson…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 31, 2012
Menssen v. Pneumo Abex Corporation (2012)
…defendants were entitled to judgment n.o.v. on the civil conspiracy claim. Punitive Damages; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) UNARCO employee Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) 1967-1969
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Court case · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · March 17, 2015 · in the opinion
Calewarts v. CR Meyer & Sons Company (2015)
…safety warnings or instructions about asbestos were given until sometime after 1985. The asbestos was never encapsulated and remained a subject of union bargaining discussions until the plant closed. Calewarts' witnesses did not observe abatement work…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri · October 3, 2017 · in the opinion
Holzer v. Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Co. (2017)
…or transaction."); id. at 396-97 ("It is conceivable that under the law of Missouri, the two corporations might have been jointly liable to plaintiff if the negligence of both concurred in producing his injury, but. . …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · August 7, 2012 · in the opinion
Lewis v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2012)
…Originally, Lewis filed an asbestos claim against a number of companies and Defendant CBS Corporation ("CBS") successfully removed the case to this court based on federal question jurisdiction. What followed was a complex procedural history that…