13 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · November 3, 2023 · in the opinion
Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2023)
…and specific causation Next the majority holds that Blickenstaff has conflated general and specific causation. The distinction between general and specific causation is a legal distinction. See Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 310 Ga. App. 21…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maine · September 16, 2020 · in the opinion
Coffin v. Ametek, Inc. (2020)
…any individualized analysis of his level of asbestos exposure"). \[7\] Some courts have also rejected a distinction between the "each and every" exposure and "cumulative" exposure theories. See Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp., 266 F. Supp…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska · October 22, 2020
Butler v. Union Pacific R. Co. (2020)
The district court denied Union Pacific's motion for summary judgment, holding that Butler's 2011 asbestosis release did not bar his FELA claim for colorectal cancer, so Butler prevailed on the motion. Under FELA § 5…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · February 22, 2021
Jack v. Dco, LLC (2021)
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Union Pacific Railroad and judgment as a matter of law for Ford and DCo, so the Jacks lost on all claims. Under Washington law, a take-home exposure claim…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 2, 2022 · in the opinion
Nuckols v. Consol. Rail Corp. (2022)
…Nuckols's attorney's law firm, where courts granted summary judgment to the railroads after concluding that the plaintiffs' claims accrued sometime before seeing the firm's advertisements: • Garza v. Union Pacific RR. Co., D.Neb…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · November 10, 2021 · in the opinion
Bouck v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (2021)
…some cases for injured workers to pursue their claims, also restricts the kind of claims workers can bring, particularly in light of the \humanitarian' purpose of both statutes." Gilmore v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Montana · August 9, 2023 · in the opinion
Wells v. BNSF Railway Company (2023)
… Com. Money Ctr., Inc., v. Ill. Union Ins. Co., 508 F.3d 327, 336 (6th Cir. 2007) The Court agrees that, "\[w\]hile a judicial admission in a pleading has the effect of withdrawing a fact…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 14, 2022 · in the opinion
Fisher v. BNSF Railway Company (2022)
…Ct. App. 1998). Other courts have applied that test. See, e.g., Chacon v. Union Pac. R., 56 Cal. App. 5th 565, 580 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020) (release for prior accident did not bar later suit…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 14, 2022 · in the opinion
Payne v. BNSF Ry. Co. (2022)
…L.Ed. 242 (1948) (noting that releases of railroad employees stand on the same basis as the releases of others and are entitled to prima facie validity); Mendoza-Gomez v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas · April 17, 2023 · in the opinion
Gray v. BNSF Railway Company (2023)
…30 years would settle all known and unknown risks from all toxic substances for $9,500. Plaintiff cites a similar case in the Nebraska district court, Butler v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 496 F.Supp…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Montana · July 11, 2024 · in the opinion
Wells v. BNSF Ry. Co. (2024)
…2010). "Where a tort claim would interfere with \rail transportation' or \operation' of railroad tracks or facilities, the regulation or claim is expressly preempted." Benson v. Union Pacific R. Co., 2008 WL 2946331, at [\3] (E…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maine · January 25, 2021 · in the opinion
Coffin v. Ametek, Inc. (2021)
…5th Cir. 2020) (emphasis added) (citing Lavender v. Kurn, 327 U.S. 645, 653 (1946)); see also Standard v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No. 98-7134, 1999 WL 992973, at [\2]-3 (10th Cir. 1999…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 23, 2023 · in the opinion
Anderson v. Consolidated Rail Corporation (2023)
…Rogers standard, stating that in only the most frivolous cases may the courts deny a FELA plaintiff his or her qualified right to a jury trial. Ciarolla v. Union Railroad Co., ... 338 A.2d 669, 671…