9 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 15, 2011
Butler v. Union Carbide Corporation (2011)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's exclusion of Dr. Maddox's specific causation testimony and its grant of summary judgment to Union Carbide, so Mrs. Butler lost. A trial court does not…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 20, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of partial summary judgment to the Fieldses on the defendants' nonparty-fault defense and affirmed the denial of Union Carbide's summary judgment motion, so the Fieldses won…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 30, 2015
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2015)
Roy Knight and his wife Milva sued Scapa Dryer Fabrics and Union Carbide after Roy was diagnosed in 2009 with malignant mesothelioma. They said he was exposed to airborne asbestos while working as an independent sheet…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 22, 2010
Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010)
…Garlock, CBS/Westinghouse, General Electric and Union Carbide (no proof of exposure to their asbestos products), against the estate's executor. To survive summary judgment, a plaintiff must present evidence that the defendant's asbestos-containing…
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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, Southern District of Georgia · September 28, 2018 · in the opinion
Hanson v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2018)
…cannot prove causation, required for each claim, as a matter of law. In an asbestos action, "causation is an essential element." Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 712 S.E.2d 537, 544 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011)…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · May 28, 2019 · in the opinion
McKENNEY'S Inc. v. Sinyard (2019)
…evidence. Sinyard's expert Dr. Abraham testified that a person can contract mesothelioma by inhaling asbestos fibers. While this is not a novel proposition, see Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 310 Ga. App. 21, 25 (1)…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia · December 27, 2013 · in the opinion
Cabasug v. Crane Company (2013)
…asbestos, Doc. No. 779-8, Viad Ex. E at 126-127; and (5) Cabasug was a member of the plumber and pipefitters' union, which provided publications including warnings regarding asbestos. Id. at 109; Doc. No. 779…