71 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 17, 2007
Slaughter v. Union Carbide Corp. (2007)
Ronald and Edna Slaughter sued 39 manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in Los Angeles County. Edna had been diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006 and died in December of that year. They alleged she was exposed while they…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 17, 2016
Jackson v. 84 Lumber Co. (2016)
The trial court granted some and denied or reserved most of the defendants' (Union Carbide, Crane, Domco, Fairbanks) motions in limine, allowing plaintiff's state-of-the-art and specific-causation expert testimony and denying a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
The court granted Union Carbide's motion to dismiss the amended complaint as to Union Carbide only, without prejudice, and gave the Rothchilds 30 days to amend with more specific allegations. A complaint must plead factual…
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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, District of Delaware · November 20, 2019
Mosher v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The magistrate judge recommended granting Air & Liquid Systems Corporation's (successor to Buffalo Pumps) motion for summary judgment against plaintiffs Kent and Cathy Mosher because the evidence did not show its pump was a substantial factor…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · June 5, 2018
Turcotte v. 3M Company (2018)
Gerard Turcotte and his wife sued 3M Company and about 120 other defendants in Rhode Island Superior Court. They alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos-containing products, mostly through work as an electrician and through improvements to…
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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, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
Herbert Rothchild and his wife Audrey sued Crane Co., Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Owens-Illinois and Union Carbide in federal court in southern Florida. The amended complaint alleges that Mr. Rothchild contracted mesothelioma…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · March 6, 2014
Smith v. AW Chesterton Company (2014)
Kenneth Smith, Jr. and Diane Smith sued many companies in Cook County, Illinois, state court. They claimed Kenneth developed an asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma, from his work in the Navy from 1964 to 1968. For purposes of this…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · February 2, 2009
Wangen v. Gardner Denver, Inc. (2009)
William Wangen, a lifelong Washington resident, and his wife Mary Jo sued more than three dozen defendants in California. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007. He alleged asbestos exposure on the USS Wiltsie in the Navy from 1950 to 1954,…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · September 8, 2010
Horn v. A.W. Chesterson Co. (In re Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2010)
Ten asbestos cases, brought by plaintiffs represented by the same law firm, were assigned to one New York County judge for trial. Eight of the plaintiffs, alleging mesothelioma, asked the court to consolidate their cases into three groups for joint…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 27, 2023
Servedio v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2023)
…1950s to 1970s; plumber 1961 to 1990; plumber 1968 to 1986; union carpenter 1958 to 1995; union carpenter 1956 to 1990; union carpenter 1953 to 1995; 1955 to the mid 1970's; 1957 to 1979; 1955…
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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, Northern District of New York · February 18, 2014 · in the opinion
Crews v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…as North Brothers, Inc.; PNEUMO ABEX CORPORATION; ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP.; SEQUOIA VENTURES, INC. also known as Bechtel Corporation; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; WARREN PUMPS, LLC; WEINMAN PUMP AND SUPPLY COMPANY; and YARWAY CORPORATION, Defendants. No. 7:12…