683 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 20 of 35
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Maryland · March 31, 2014
National Union Fire Insurance Company OF Pittsburgh, PA. v. Porter Hayden Company (2014)
National Union Fire Insurance Company and American Home Assurance Company, excess insurers of Porter Hayden Company, were in a coverage dispute with Porter Hayden in bankruptcy court. The dispute concerned asbestos claims resolved by the Porter…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 27, 2018
National Union Fire Ins. Co. OF Pittsburgh, PA v. Burlington Ins. Co. (2018)
The court granted National Union's summary judgment motion in part, declaring that Burlington had a duty to defend Mayore in the World Trade Center clean-up actions, denied Burlington's motion, and left indemnity for…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · March 31, 2014
National Union Fire Insurance Company OF Pittsburgh, PA v. Porter Hayden Company (2014)
The court granted in part and denied in part the cross-motions for summary judgment: the Insurers (National Union and American Home) waived the voluntary obligation provision, but they may challenge the reasonableness of the Trust…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Teachers Union Organizes Members to Enforce AHERA Law--A Work in Progress
…the Massachusetts Teachers Association developed an organizing strategy and a curriculum focusing on the requirements of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act and on building a membership-run health and safety committee infrastructure in local unions…
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Court case · Montana Workers' Comp. Court · June 12, 2017
Wommack v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. (2017)
Robert Wommack worked at the Cenex refinery in Laurel, Montana, from 1968 to 1998. He started as a laborer and later worked as a painter, welder, operator, pumper and maintenance foreman, then as an asphalt sales manager with an office across the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
"Serving two masters"--an interview with school teacher and union organizer Debra Askwith
Debra Askwith is a teacher, union member, and environmental health and safety activist in the public schools of Springfield, Massachusetts. In the following interview, she talks about her experiences organizing around the right to public information…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 31, 2013
Bailen v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2013)
The court denied Union Pacific Railroad Company's motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds, so plaintiffs Eddie Bailen and Rena Ash-Bailen keep their case in New York. A defendant seeking forum non conveniens…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · September 30, 2018
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018)
…leaving in place its earlier summary judgment for Union Pacific Railroad on both the take-home and bystander exposure claims. A motion for reconsideration requires manifest error or new facts or authority that could not earlier…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · September 19, 2019
State EX rel. Koepf v. Industrial Commission of Ohio (2019)
…for a writ of mandamus, leaving the Industrial Commission's denial of loss-of-use compensation in place (Commission and Union Oil prevailed). A claimant seeking loss-of-use compensation under R.C. 4123.57(B)…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · May 27, 2014
Leonard v. Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (2014)
The court granted Union Pacific Railroad Company's re-urged motion to dismiss, ruling that Union Pacific owed Royce Leonard no legal duty, so the Leonards' claims against it were dismissed. Under Louisiana law, a railroad…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · September 17, 2018 · in the opinion
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018)
…studies linking secondary asbestos exposure with the onset of asbestos disease. (See Castleman Dep. at 19:19-21.) Additionally, Union Pacific urges the court to follow Hoyt v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Co., C12-1648TSZ, 2013 WL 3270371…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 13, 2017
Gallen v. Aerco Intl., Inc. (2017)
The court granted settled party Clyde Union's motion, quashed defendant The Fairbanks Company's trial subpoena for a Clyde Union witness, and allowed Fairbanks to use Clyde Union's interrogatory answers and deposition at trial…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · July 5, 2017
Konstantin v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. (2017)
Ruby Konstantin, executor for her late husband David Konstantin, sued the insurers of Tishman Liquidating Corporation. David Konstantin, a carpenter from 1974 to 1977, was allegedly exposed to asbestos on buildings and died in 2012 of…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · August 10, 2018
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2018)
Patrick Jack developed pleural mesothelioma and died. His family sued several companies, including Ford, Borg-Warner, Honeywell, Ingersoll Rand and Dana's successor DCo. They alleged he was exposed to asbestos in the Navy, at the Puget Sound Naval…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · January 6, 2012
Brauer Supply Company 542 (G) Asbestos Personal Injury Trust v. Atlanta International Ins. Co. (2012)
The Brauer Supply Company 542(g) Asbestos Personal Injury Trust sued several insurers in a declaratory judgment action in federal court in Missouri. It sought a ruling that it was entitled to proceeds of insurance policies covering many underlying…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 24, 2018
Konstantin v. Certain Underwriters AT Lloyd's London (2018)
Ruby Konstantin, executor of the estate of David Konstantin, sued insurers of the Tishman companies and Resolute Management. Konstantin had died of mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos while working as a carpenter in buildings where Tishman…
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Court case · Delaware Supreme Court · September 12, 2016
In re Viking Pump, Inc. (2016)
Viking Pump and Warren Pumps make pumps. Both bought their businesses from Houdaille Industries in the 1980s and then faced asbestos personal injury claims from the period when Houdaille owned them. They sued the excess insurers that had sold…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 4, 2013
John Crane, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Company (2013)
John Crane, Inc., which made asbestos-containing gaskets before 1986, has been named in over 250,000 asbestos bodily injury claims. It sued its umbrella and excess insurers (CNA, Allianz, TIG and AIG-related companies) for a declaration of their…