25 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 · 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 · California Court of Appeal · July 5, 2017 · in the opinion
Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2017)
… Metropolitan Life Insurance; William B. March; and Union Carbide Corporation. In addition, in responses to requests for admissions that were read to the jury, plaintiffs admitted that Marline was exposed to asbestos-containing products manufactured or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 29, 2022 · in the opinion
Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2022)
…Union Carbide Corporation — which E&S rely upon — because in that case there was "no\[\] dispute" that the owner of a chemical plant lacked "ownership of the asbestos at the time of installation," which was when…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 31, 2017 · in the opinion
Krik v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2017)
…3 (J. Shah). Many other courts have rejected the Helsinki criteria for similar reasons. See, e.g., Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp., No. CV RDB-16-1169, 2017 WL 3022969, at [\5] (D. Md. July 17…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 26, 2010 · in the opinion
Anderson v. AJ Friedman Supply Co. (2010)
…Inc., SVI Corporation, individually and as successor to Stockholm Valves & Fittings, Inc., T.J. McGlone & Co. Inc., the Anchor Packing Co., the Foxboro Company, the Walworth Company, Trilco Supply Company, Union Pump Co., Union Carbide Corp.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 6, 2020 · in the opinion
Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc (2020)
…and Root\]. The conditions found on a construction site are not a basis for strict liability." R. Doc. 499-2 at 22 (citing Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., No. CIV.A. 13-6323, 2014 WL 4930457…
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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 · 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 · 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 · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · May 5, 2005 · in the opinion
Olivo v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2005)
ANTHONY OLIVO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Respondent, and OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.; OWENS-CORNING CORP.; GAF CORP.; GARLOCK, INC.; FIBREBOARD CORP.; ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.; TURNER-NEWALL, LTD.; MONSANTO; UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.; ASBESTOS…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 9, 2001 · in the opinion
Emery v. Owens-Corporation (2001)
…s claim for fear of cancer had prescribed. Although Exxon correctly points out that Wayne Bendily started undergoing annual medical screenings through his union commencing in the 1980's, there is no evidence establishing he was…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · April 19, 2007 · in the opinion
Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (2007)
…Dr. Selikoff and his colleagues also presented a second paper at the New York conference: "Neoplasia Among Insulation Workers." These studies examined insulation workers who were members of the North American Asbestos Worker's Union. In…