19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 26, 2020
Union Carbide Corporation v. Font (2020)
…the final judgment for Paula Font against Union Carbide and remanded for a third trial, because excluded affidavits and a flawed learned intermediary instruction were errors, while rejecting Union Carbide's causation argument and Font's…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · March 21, 2019
Billok v. Union Carbide Corp. (2019)
The Appellate Division reversed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Union Carbide and remitted for a new trial, because deposition testimony from other lawsuits was wrongly admitted; plaintiff Billok prevailed on the appeal. Under…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · February 28, 2014
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific LLC (2014)
The court granted partial summary judgment for defendants Union Carbide, CertainTeed, Beazer East and Georgia-Pacific, dismissing the plaintiffs' survival claim as prescribed. Under Louisiana law, a voluntary dismissal of an earlier suit erases any interruption…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 15, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion to exclude plaintiffs' pathology expert Dr. Hammar and for summary judgment on causation, so plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide continued. A genuine issue of fact on exposure defeats summary…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida · July 10, 2013
Flomenhoft v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2013)
Mark Flomenhoft sued Georgia-Pacific LLC and Union Carbide Corporation in Florida state court after being diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 2012. The case was removed to federal court. He claimed he was exposed to asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 25, 2016 · in the opinion
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
…ECF No. 502-7.) Moreover, both Arbogast and his coworker, Burnham, testified they could not identify the manufacturer of the material to which they referred as "Bakelite." (Def. Union Carbide Mot. Summ. J., Ex. C, Arbogast…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 23, 2014
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
Harris Robertson died of mesothelioma in 2004. His wife and children sued several companies, including joint compound maker Georgia-Pacific, claiming he was exposed to asbestos while working as a sheetrock finisher. His brothers, who worked with…
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Court case · Utah Supreme Court · January 30, 2015
Riggs v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2015)
The Utah Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denial of Georgia-Pacific's and Union Carbide's motion to dismiss, holding the heirs' wrongful death suit was not barred by the decedent's earlier personal…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · July 14, 2014
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific LLC (2014)
…Beazer East, Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide, dismissing the plaintiffs' claims with prejudice and dismissing the third-party complaints as moot. An expert's "every exposure" theory of asbestos causation is inadmissible under Rule 702 and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 7, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
Callen Cortez was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2020 and died in May 2022. His widow and children sued a group of companies and insurers, alleging he was exposed to asbestos during his career and through take-home exposure from his father's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 30, 2023
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
Frank Ragusa, Jr. sued numerous companies in Louisiana state court in 2021 over asbestos exposure, alleging negligence and intentional torts; Avondale removed the case to federal court. Ragusa has mesothelioma. The opinion mentions his exposure to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · January 6, 2014
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2014)
…children of William Cleve Davidson sued Georgia-Pacific, Beazer East, CertainTeed and Union Carbide in a wrongful death and survival action. Davidson had earlier sued for personal injury, alleging he was exposed to asbestos from the…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 26, 2016
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now Mosaic's predecessor. He alleged this caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer, or mesothelioma, first…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 17, 2016
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now part of Mosaic Global Holdings, and that it caused…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued his former employer, Freeport Sulphur Company (whose successor is Mosaic), along with makers and distributors of asbestos-containing products and related insurers. He alleged that daily asbestos exposure at work caused lung…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court in New Orleans. He alleged daily asbestos exposure while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, a predecessor of defendant Mosaic. He also sued makers and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 8, 2024 · in the opinion
Constanza v. Sparta Insurance Company (2024)
…See Rec. Doc 11-1 at 3-8. \[72\] See id. \[73\] Meadows, 88 F.4th at 1335. \[74\] Id. \[75\] See, e.g., Ditcharo v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No. 23-7399, 2024 WL…