67 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 15, 2010
Union Carbide Corporation v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2010)
…Appeal denied Union Carbide's petition for writ of mandate, leaving in place the trial court's ruling that John Washington's Texas deposition could be used in the California wrongful death action; Union Carbide lost…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 16, 2010
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2010)
…Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Larry and Janet Stewart against Union Carbide, including the $6 million punitive damages award, rejecting all of Union Carbide's challenges. A raw asbestos supplier that gave no warning…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2014
Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, upholding the liability finding, the fault allocation, the remitted $6 million compensatory award and the $18 million punitive award. A plaintiff…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 11, 2017
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2017)
The Court of Appeal affirmed judgment for Union Carbide, upholding summary adjudication that Janet Stewart's loss of consortium claim was barred by res judicata and the setoff of her husband's asbestos trust settlements against…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2014
Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, including the remitted $6 million compensatory award and the $18 million punitive award; one justice dissented in part on the punitive…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 18, 2013
Strickland v. Union Carbide Corp. (2013)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Strickland's widow and children against Union Carbide, holding substantial evidence supported the jury's finding that exposure to Calidria contributed to his risk of peritoneal mesothelioma. Under…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2014
Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, upholding the jury's liability and comparative-fault findings, the compensatory award as reduced to $6 million, and the $18 million…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 28, 2015
Marteney v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the denial of Union Carbide's and Elementis's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, leaving the strict-liability judgment for Marie Marteney in place. Under Rutherford, a plaintiff shows causation…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 5, 2018
Marteney v. Elementis Chemicals Inc. (2018)
…was affirmed, a jury awarded the children economic and noneconomic damages against Elementis. The trial court credited Elementis with the children's $75,000 settlement with Union Carbide, but not with their parents' earlier settlements. Elementis…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · February 16, 2016 · in the opinion
Walashek v. Air Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
…Union Carbide Corporation, 231 Cal. App. 4th 962 (2014), Union Carbide argued that the testimony of plaintiff's expert that "\[a\]ll of the asbestos together contributes to cause mesothelioma," cannot be squared with Rutherford's…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 5, 2017 · in the opinion
Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2017)
… Metropolitan Life Insurance; William B. March; and Union Carbide Corporation. In addition, in responses to requests for admissions that were read to the jury, plaintiffs admitted that Marline was exposed to asbestos-containing products manufactured or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 11, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 3, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · May 21, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · February 12, 2013
Nelson v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. (2013)
…Laval, Crane, Nash, Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide, dismissing the widow's negligence, strict liability and conspiracy claims for lack of evidence that her husband was exposed to asbestos from their products. Under California law, a…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 8, 2015 · in the opinion
Shiffer v. CBS Corporation (2015)
… Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 971 \[180 Cal.Rptr.3d 382\] \[even if Union Carbide's asbestos compound made it to a jobsite, "this still leaves speculation about whether Mr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · March 28, 2016 · in the opinion
Walashek v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
…P\]roof that raises mere speculation, suspicion, surmise, guess or conjecture is not enough to sustain \[the plaintiff's\] burden' of persuasion." Izell v. Union Carbide Corp., 231 Cal. App. 4th 962, 969 (2014) (quoting Ulwelling…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · July 21, 2014 · in the opinion
Willis v. Buffalo Pumps Inc. (2014)
…by virtue of their employment, deemed to be sophisticated users."); Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp., 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 29-30, 117 Cal.Rptr.3d 791 (2010) (rejecting argument that defendant "was entitled to rely…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 17, 2017 · in the opinion
Phillips v. Honeywell International Inc. (2017)
…at p. 86.) In Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962 (Izell), the owner of a residential construction business was diagnosed with mesothelioma and sued more than 20 manufacturers or suppliers allegedly…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 8, 2014 · in the opinion
Gottschall v. Crane Co. (2014)
…court relied, has no application to the facts here, as illustrated by Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 28-30 \[117 Cal.Rptr.3d 791\] (Stewart) and Pfeifer v. John Crane…