54 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · December 19, 2019
Union Carbide Corporation v. Torres (2019)
The court affirmed the judgment for Oscar and Dora Torres against Union Carbide Corporation, but reversed the judgment against Garlock's successor GST Settlement Facility and rendered a take-nothing judgment for Garlock. A premises owner…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · February 24, 2015 · in the opinion
Sroka v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015)
…Union Carbide Corporation; John Crane-Houdaille, Inc.; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; E.L. Stebbing & Co., Inc.; Hampshire Industries, Inc.; Universal Refractories Company; J.H. France Refractories Company; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; MCIC, Inc.; CBS Corporation…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 21, 2010
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2010)
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court's order affirming summary judgment for Union Carbide, Certainteed and Allied Signal, disapproved Quate v. American Standard, and sent the cases back so Summers and Nybeck could proceed…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 8, 2012
Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012)
Twenty-two plaintiffs, all represented by the same lawyers, sued more than eighty defendants in New York County for asbestos-related injuries or deaths. Seven had lung cancer, fourteen had pleural mesothelioma, and Glenda Vega had peritoneal…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2017 · in the opinion
Duffy v. CBS Corporation (2017)
…\]" (28) "Thos. Somerville Co.\[;\]" (29) "Trane U.S., Inc., as Successor to and f/k/a American Standard Companies, Inc.\[;\]" (30) "Union Carbide Corporation\[;\]" (31) "Uniroyal, Inc.\[;\]" (32) "The Walter E. Campbell Company, Inc.\[;\]" and (33…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · March 28, 2018 · in the opinion
Duffy v. CBS Corporation (2018)
… (28) Thos. Somerville Co.; (29) Trane U.S., Inc., as Successor to and f/k/a American Standard Companies, Inc.; (30) Union Carbide Corporation; (31) Uniroyal, Inc.; (32) The Walter E. Campbell Company, Inc.; and (33…
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Court case · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · December 22, 2015 · in the opinion
Brezonick v. AW Chesteron Company (2015)
…CRANE COMPANY, GEORGIA PACIFIC, LLC, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION, OWENS ILLINOIS, INC., RAPID AMERICAN CORPORATION, TRANE US, INC., UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, WEIL McLAIN COMPANY, A/K/A MARLEY WYLAIN COMPANY AND LADISH COMPANY, DEFENDANTS…
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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 · Washington Court of Appeals · August 9, 2016 · in the opinion
Hoffman v. General Electric Company (2016)
…Corporation and Alaska Pulp Corporation, Ltd.; PACIFIC PLUMBING SUPPLY LLC; SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC.; TRANE U.S., INC. f/k/a American Standard, Inc., individually and as successor-in-interest to Kewanee Boiler Corporation; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · August 30, 2017 · in the opinion
Kivell v. Union Carbide Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…and received no direction from Union Carbide personnel while at the Taft facility. Rather, he was employed by different third-party contractors, including Kiewitt Corporation and Stearns Roger Corporation. Union Carbide hired these third-party contractors…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · December 16, 2010 · in the opinion
Certainteed Corporation v. Dexter (2010)
…Corp.; Motion Industries, Inc.; Southern Manufacturing, Inc.; Triangle Insulation and Sheetmetal Co.; Union Carbide Corp.; and Westinghouse Electric Corp. \[2\] These additional defendants were: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Arkema, Inc.; CC Metals and Alloys, LLC…
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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 · 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 · January 21, 2016 · in the opinion
Casey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. (2016)
…that made reference to the hazards of asbestos." In October 1968, Union Carbide sent Kaiser Gypsum information on the importance of controlling "asbestos dust exposure" among workers, the value of "adequate exhaust ventilation" and "environmental monitoring…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 24, 2016 · in the opinion
The Marley-Wylain Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2016)
…2956.) California allows punitive damages. (Civ. Code, § 3294; Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 982.) Michigan does not.\[7\] (Casey v. Auto Owners Ins. Co. (Mich.Ct.App. 2006) 273 Mich…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 16, 2017
Cunningham v. Aerco Intl. (2017)
Eleven plaintiffs, or their estates, in New York City asbestos litigation had sued many defendants. Eight alleged mesothelioma and three alleged lung cancer. Their lawyers asked the court to try the cases together in two large groups, or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2018)
…09-4342, 2010 WL 4702369, at [\3] (E.D. La. Nov. 12, 2010); Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., No. 13-6323, 2014 WL 4930457, at [\4] (E.D. La. Oct. 1, 2014). Nicholls State argues that…