30 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 5, 2024
Speck v. CBS Corporation (2024)
The court granted summary judgment to General Dynamics, Gould, Plenco, Union Carbide, Ericsson and RSCC Wire & Cable, and to Eaton on the fraud claims. It denied summary judgment to Bath Iron Works and Metalclad, rejected their…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 24, 2020
Collantes v. Elementis Chemicals, Inc. (2020)
The Court of Appeal reversed the summary judgments for Union Carbide and Elementis, holding they had not shown that Collantes lacked sufficient evidence of exposure, and directed the trial court to deny their motions. A defendant…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 6, 2020
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020)
…court granted Union Carbide's motion for summary judgment against plaintiffs Debbie Viale and Amber Jacobs because they offered no evidence that Ronald Viale was exposed to a product containing asbestos supplied by Union Carbide. A…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 12, 2020
Pizarro v. Astra Flooring Company (2020)
Renato Pizarro alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a mechanic aboard Navy ships from 1975 to 1998. He and his wife Mercedita sued a number of companies in California state court, including National Steel and…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · October 1, 2021 · in the opinion
Dietrich v. Boeing Company (2021)
…INC., Brenntag West, Inc. f/k/a SOCO- Lynch Corporation successor in interest to Western Chemical and Manufacturing, Co.; THE PEP BOYS-MANNY, MOE AND. JACK OF CALIFORNIA; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY; DOES…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 25, 2021 · in the opinion
Putt v. Ford Motor Co. (In re Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2021)
… Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; John Crane Inc.; Kelly Moore Paint Company, Inc.; The Pep Boys, Manny, Moe & Jack of California; Pneumo Abex LLC; Soco West, Inc.; and Union Carbide Corporation. \[2\] For the first…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 18, 2021 · in the opinion
Phipps v. Copeland Corporation LLC (2021)
…Asbestos Cases (2020) 44 Cal.App.5th 475, 488; see Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 975 (Izell) \["As our Supreme Court explained in Rutherford, \\[t\]he substantial factor standard is…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 30, 2021 · in the opinion
Webb v. General Cable Corp. (2021)
…Berg, at p. 637 \["\speculation' that the product \[the plaintiff\] used might have contained asbestos is insufficient"\]; Izell v. Union Carbide Corp., supra, 231 Cal.App.4th at p. 969 \["\\[P\]roof that raises mere speculation…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Benavidez v. Fluor Corp. (2021)
…causation.'" (Petitpas v. Ford Motor Co. (2017) 13 Cal.App.5th 261, 289; see Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 969; McGonnell v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (2002) 98 Cal.App.4th…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 13, 2021 · in the opinion
Vanni v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2021)
…to support the verdict. We review the sufficiency of the evidence under the substantial evidence standard of review. (Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 969.) Under that standard, we consider all…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 27, 2021 · in the opinion
Morgan v. JM Manufacturing Co., Inc. (2021)
…not its sufficiency as evidence. (See Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 974 \[180 Cal.Rptr.3d 382\].) It is "the province of the jury to resolve the conflicts in the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2021 · in the opinion
Pizarro v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (2021)
…California, "\[p\]unitive damages can be awarded only where the jury finds oppression, fraud, or malice by clear and convincing evidence." Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp., 190 Cal.App. 4th 23, 34 (2010) (internal citations omitted)…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 22, 2024 · in the opinion
Williams v. JM Manufacturing Company, Inc. (2024)
…was exposed to asbestos from asbestos-cement pipe supplied by J-MM. Relying on Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962 (Izell), J-MM contends that Cornelius only raised a "mere possibility…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 7, 2020 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020)
…Accordingly, Foster Wheeler's motion for summary judgment is hereby GRANTED. IT IS SO ORDERED. \[\\] The sole amendment is to substitute "Foster Wheeler" for "Union Carbide" on page 4, line 8. \[1\] Contrary to plaintiffs' argument…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 6, 2020 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020)
…record). Accordingly, Union Carbide's motion for summary judgment is hereby GRANTED. IT IS SO ORDERED. \[1\] Contrary to plaintiffs' argument, Foster Wheeler's motion was not filed in violation of this Court's Standing Orders…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · August 3, 2021
Viale v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (2021)
…that a boiler at a military installation was a Foster Wheeler boiler was speculative. Another witness's statement that Foster Wheeler installed boilers throughout the North Bay rested on union-meeting talk, not his own observation…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 5, 2021 · in the opinion
Leavitt v. Johnson & Johnson (2021)
…416, 433-435.) "\[A\] corporate representative may not \[otherwise\] testify to matters outside his own personal knowledge \to the extent that information \[is\] hearsay not falling within one of the authorized exceptions.'" (Union Pump Co., supra…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 2, 2021 · in the opinion
Harris v. Thomas Dee Engineering Co., Inc. (2021)
…Mr. Ewing's testimony was not, at the time of the summary judgment motion, inadmissible at trial. The California Supreme Court's recent decision in Sweetwater Union High School Dist. v. Gilbane Building Co. (2019) 6…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 14, 2020 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020)
…special interrogatories, excerpts from the deposition of each plaintiff, excerpts from the depositions of five individuals who worked with or around Viale at job sites, union records, social security earnings records (see Ogdie Decl. Ex. B…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 19, 2021 · in the opinion
Cahill Construction Company v. Superior Court of Alameda County (2021)
…general importance to the trial courts and to the profession" that are amenable to the issuance of "general guidelines. . . for future cases." (Oceanside Union School Dist. v. Superior Court (1962) 58 Cal.2d 180, 185-186…