34 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. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · June 22, 2017
Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2017)
Joseph Morris worked as a shipbuilder at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland from 1948 into the 1970s and died of mesothelioma in 2015. His wife, children and the representative of his estate sued Foster Wheeler and other…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · January 19, 2017
Evans v. CBS Corp. (2017)
The district court adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation and granted the unopposed summary judgment motions of CBS, Crane, Union Carbide, Ingersoll Rand, FMC, McNally and Western Auto Supply against plaintiffs Icom and Johanna Evans. Under…
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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 · Georgia Supreme Court · September 9, 2013
Georgia-Pacific, LLC v. Fields (2013)
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, which had affirmed partial summary judgment for the Fieldses barring Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide from asserting nonparty fault, holding the defendants could rely on the Fieldses…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · December 30, 2016
Shaw v. Andritz Inc. (2016)
Ralph Shaw and his wife Joan sued Andritz Inc. and other companies in Delaware state court, and CBS Corporation removed the case to federal court. Mr. Shaw developed malignant mesothelioma, which he attributed to asbestos exposure…
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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, Northern District of California · March 12, 2020
Pizarro v. Astra Flooring Company (2020)
Renato Pizarro alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a mechanic aboard Navy ships from 1975 to 1998. He and his wife Mercedita sued a number of companies in California state court, including National Steel and…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · June 26, 2016
Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2016)
Vernon Rublee died of mesothelioma in 2015. He had worked as a machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1965 to 1980, where other workers mixed and applied asbestos-containing refractory products called Insulag and Panelag around the steam…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2017 · in the opinion
Duffy v. CBS Corporation (2017)
…\]" (28) "Thos. Somerville Co.\[;\]" (29) "Trane U.S., Inc., as Successor to and f/k/a American Standard Companies, Inc.\[;\]" (30) "Union Carbide Corporation\[;\]" (31) "Uniroyal, Inc.\[;\]" (32) "The Walter E. Campbell Company, Inc.\[;\]" and (33…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina · October 5, 2017 · in the opinion
Lineberger v. CBS Corporation (2017)
…D. Hammond, Ellis & Winters LLP. Tarkett, Inc., Defendant, represented by John T. Holden, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcoat P.C.. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Moffatt G. McDonald, Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd P.A., pro hac vice, Scott…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · November 7, 2016 · in the opinion
Hovsepian v. the Adel Wiggins Group (2016)
…Griffin, STINSON AND LEONARD LLP. Trane US, Inc., Cross Defendant, represented by Carl J. Geraci,HEPLER BROOM & Benjamin John Wilson,HEPLER BROOM. Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Jeffrey T. Bash, LEWIS AND BRISBOIS, LLP…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 27, 2015 · in the opinion
Citrano v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2015)
…Company, Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; International Paper Company; Bayer Cropscience, Inc.; H.B. Fuller Co.; Cooper Industries, Inc.; Pfizer Corporation; Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; The Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust; Conwed Corporation; Foster Wheeler Corporation; Selby…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 3, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · August 29, 2014 · in the opinion
Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…Federal Officer Removal Statute. Sun Buick v. Saab Cars USA, 26 F.3d 1259, 1262 (3d Cir. 1994); see MacQueen v. Union Carbide, No. 13-831, 2014 WL 108535, at [\1] (D. Del. Jan. 9, 2014)…