28 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2020 · in the opinion
Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020)
…Union Carbide Corporation (f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Company, Inc.); United States Gypsum Company; A.P. Green Industries, Inc.; A.W. Chesterton Company; Champion International (as predecessor of U.S. Plywood Corporation); CBS Corporation…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · June 21, 2017 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Dow Chemical Company (2017)
…Group, LLC, Cross Defendant, represented by Cynthia Cleland Roth, Blue Williams, LLP & Paul D. Palermo, Blue Williams, LLC. Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by McGready Lewis Richeson, Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, L.L.C.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 4, 2017 · in the opinion
Templet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2017)
…Inc., International Paper Co., Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Maryland Casualty Company, McCarty Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Reilly-Benton Company, Inc., Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, J.D. Roberts…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 22, 2021
Barrosse v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2021)
Ronald Barrosse alleged he was exposed to asbestos while working at Avondale Industries and Union Carbide between 1969 and 1979. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 2020, sued several defendants in state court, and died…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 7, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…that he knew that his father was working with asbestos-containing products, because plaintiff himself worked as an insulator, and recognized the fibers.\[19\] See Francis v. Union Carbide Corp., 116 So. 3d 858, 863 (La…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Templet v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2018)
…federal defense, (3) that it acted pursuant to a federal 2017 WL 2628103 (E.D. La. Jun. 19, 2017); Francis v. Union Carbide Corp., No. 11-2695, 2011 WL 6180061 (E.D. La. Dec. 13, 2011…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 27, 2020 · in the opinion
Courville v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2020)
NELCOME JOSEPH COURVILLE, JR., v. LAMORAK INSURANCE COMPANY (AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE LIABILITY FOR POLICIES OF INSURANCE ISSUED BY COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, EMPLOYERS COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, AND AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY), ET…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 2018 · in the opinion
Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018)
…MELANCON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LAMORAK INSURANCE COMPANY, as successor in interest to the liability for policies of insurance Commercial Union Insurance Company, Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company, and American Employers Insurance Company issued by; HUNTINGTON INGALLS…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 15, 2018 · in the opinion
Lamorak Ins. Co. v. Kone, Inc. (2018)
…for Kone or Kone's corporate predecessors. Kone provided notice of Nichol's claim to insurers who sold liability policies to Kone and predecessor corporations covering the years from 1961 through 1988. One of the insurers…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 19, 2018 · in the opinion
Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018)
…Mathilde Villere Semmes, 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…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 11, 2019 · in the opinion
Parfait v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2019)
…Dist., 28 F.3d 521, 525 (5th Cir. 1994) (citing Aaron v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 876 F.2d 1157, 1160-61 (5th Cir. 1989) (An initial pleading sets forth a removable claim "when \[it…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Sanchez v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2021)
…Lamorak. \[1\] R. Doc. 141. \[2\] Lamorak indicates that it is erroneously referred to as "OneBeacon America Insurance Company, formerly known as Commercial Union Insurance Company," in the complaint. R. Doc. 136-3 at 1. \[3…