21 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
Julius David Bourke sued Exxon Mobil, Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Taylor-Seidenbach and Eagle in a New Orleans state court. He alleged asbestos exposure causing malignant mesothelioma. He said he was exposed as a child through…
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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, 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 · 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 · May 17, 2022
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022)
Felton Robichaux sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) and many other companies in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in January 2022, from asbestos exposure. He alleged he worked at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 17, 2022
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022)
Felton Robichaux sued Huntington Ingalls (Avondale) and many other defendants in Louisiana state court. He alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to 1979 as a carpenter and insulator.…
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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 · 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 · December 3, 2013 · in the opinion
Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2013)
…Pl.'s Exh. D, Rec. Doc. 8-5) This type of evidence falls squarely within the holding of Thibodeaux v. Asbestos Corporation Limited, etal., 2007-0617 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2/20/08), 976 So.2d…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 23, 2002
Hoerner v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2002)
…Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Insurance Coverage; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Carbide plant; Allied Chemical insulator Union Carbide plant 1965-1966; insulator Allied Chemical; insulator 1957-1982
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 15, 2023 · in the opinion
Del Vescovo v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2023)
…cannot be discovered until long after the tortious act that caused the injury has occurred ... courts have routinely applied the so-called discovery rule.' Clay v. Union Carbide Corp., 828 F.2d 1103, 1106 (5th Cir…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996 · in the opinion
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
…an industrial hygienist employed by Union Carbide, was introduced in evidence. Peele said that in 1961, after receiving complaints from a Union Carbide safety engineer about working conditions of workers cutting Kaylo block insulation with a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 10, 2014
Whatley v. Eagle, Inc. (2014)
…appropriate. Premises Owner Liability; Personal Jurisdiction; Venue, Removal and Transfer; Wrongful Death and Survival; Loss of Consortium Worksites: Veteran's Administration Medical Center union member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 141 Veteran's Administration Medical Center
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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…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 8, 2005 · in the opinion
Zimko v. American Cyanamid (2005)
…millwright, he was a machinist, he was a mechanic. He worked for the union for — for a number of years. Then he was promoted to management, and he was a supervisor in a boiler house, and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 25, 2018 · in the opinion
Uzee v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018)
…Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC & Troy Nathan Bell, Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC. McCarty Corporation, Successor to McCarty-Branton, Inc and Predecessor and successor to McCarty Insulation Sales, Inc & Eagle, Inc., formerly known as Eagle Asbestos & Packing Co…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 22, 2024 · in the opinion
Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (2024)
…is currently weighing whether non-bankruptcy claims can proceed against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the insurer of Hopeman and Hopeman subsidiary Wayne Manufacturing Corporation. Liberty Mutual and Wayne are also parties to this asbestos litigation. In…