683 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 6 of 35
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · July 5, 2016
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2016)
Roy Knight, a sheet-metal worker, developed mesothelioma almost forty years after working as an independent contractor at Scapa Dryer Fabrics' Waycross, Georgia plant between 1967 and 1973. He and his wife sued Scapa, claiming it negligently exposed…
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · September 9, 2013
Georgia-Pacific, LLC v. Fields (2013)
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, which had affirmed partial summary judgment for the Fieldses barring Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide from asserting nonparty fault, holding the defendants could rely on the Fieldses…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · December 30, 2016
Shaw v. Andritz Inc. (2016)
Ralph Shaw and his wife Joan sued Andritz Inc. and other companies in Delaware state court, and CBS Corporation removed the case to federal court. Mr. Shaw developed malignant mesothelioma, which he attributed to asbestos exposure…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
Herbert Rothchild and his wife Audrey sued Crane Co., Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Owens-Illinois and Union Carbide in federal court in southern Florida. The amended complaint alleges that Mr. Rothchild contracted mesothelioma…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 28, 2017
Klock v. Albany Intl. Corp. (2017)
Two men, William McIntosh and Leonard Gaumes, both developed mesothelioma. Both had worked at the Gouverneur Talc mine in overlapping years. McIntosh died in November 2015, and his estate, represented by Christine Klock, sued. Gaumes and his wife…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · January 6, 2014
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2014)
…children of William Cleve Davidson sued Georgia-Pacific, Beazer East, CertainTeed and Union Carbide in a wrongful death and survival action. Davidson had earlier sued for personal injury, alleging he was exposed to asbestos from the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · May 24, 2010
Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
…She and her family sued Georgia-Pacific, Bondex, RPM and Union Carbide, which were alleged to have made or sold chrysotile-containing joint compound. She said she was exposed in the 1970s while building two homes…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · August 9, 2019
Schneider Electric USA, Inc. v. Williams (2019)
…and sued Schneider Electric USA, formerly Square D Company, and other asbestos product makers including Union Carbide. She alleged she was exposed to asbestos brought home on her father's clothing, since he worked for Square…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · December 21, 2011
Carey v. JP Bushnell Packing Supply Company (2011)
John Forrest Carey and his wife Marjorie sued J.P. Bushnell Packing Supply Company, Mine Safety Appliances Company (MSA), Oakfabco and Union Carbide in St. Louis city court over asbestos exposure. Mr. Carey has mesothelioma. They…
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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, Northern District of Illinois · March 6, 2014
Smith v. AW Chesterton Company (2014)
Kenneth Smith, Jr. and Diane Smith sued many companies in Cook County, Illinois, state court. They claimed Kenneth developed an asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma, from his work in the Navy from 1964 to 1968. For purposes of this…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · October 9, 2014
Papp v. Fore-Kast Sales Co., Inc. (2014)
Mary Sue Papp and her husband Steven sued several companies in New Jersey state court. Mary Sue alleged she developed mesothelioma from asbestos dust her husband Robert Keck brought home on his clothing and person from his work, including auto…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 12, 2018
Brown v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2018)
Gregory Brown sued Avondale Industries (now Huntington Ingalls) and many other companies in Louisiana state court. He has lung cancer, which he says came from asbestos exposure. He says he was exposed while working intermittently from 1967 to 1971…
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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, Northern District of Illinois · May 31, 2016
Neumann v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2016)
Doris Jane Neumann sued several makers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in Illinois state court; the case was heard in federal court in Chicago. She alleged she developed malignant mesothelioma from asbestos fibers her son Greg…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…auto repair and laundering a husband's work clothes. Defendants including Foster Wheeler, Union Carbide and Cleaver-Brooks opposed. The judge applied the standard that joint trials need a plain identity of issues, looking at worksites…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 22, 2017
Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
Ronald Smith sued many companies in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. One defendant, Taylor-Seidenbach, a local insulation contractor and supplier, was a Louisiana citizen like Smith.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 17, 2017
Hodjera v. BASF Catalysts LLC (2017)
Matthew Hodjera and his wife Sylvia sued a number of companies in King County, Washington, state court. They alleged that his mesothelioma, diagnosed in May 2016, was caused by asbestos-containing products the companies made, sold or distributed.…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 20, 2017
Altman v. Ford Motor Co. (In re New York City Asbetos Litigation, 2017)
…1950s-1980s; helper in boiler and furnace removal and installation stepfather's boiler and furnace business 1950s; worker at a construction products company 1970s; handyman 1970s and 1980s; union carpenter various construction sites 1960s to 1980s
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · July 28, 2016
Hillyer v. ABB (In re Asbestos Litigation Hillyer, 2016)
…BW/IP, Eaton, Union Carbide and Gould against the Hillyers, who did not oppose the motions. Under maritime law, a plaintiff must show exposure to the defendant's own asbestos-containing product that was a substantial…