20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 16, 2022
Everett v. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (2022)
…Foster Wheeler and Peter Kiewit stayed pending and were not affected. The opinion notes that the appeal against Union Carbide had already been dismissed in a separate order. The court did not decide the causation question.
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 2, 2023
Everett v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (2023)
…and to Peter Kiewit (the husband's former employer), who had joined Union Carbide's motion the day before the hearing. The court of appeal reversed for Peter Kiewit because the motion to join was filed…
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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, Middle District of Louisiana · February 2, 2016
Weis v. Dsm Copolymer, Inc. (2016)
The wife and children of Joseph Weis sued DSM Copolymer and other companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged he developed asbestos-related mesothelioma and died in 2014 after being exposed while working as a maintenance worker at DSM's Baton…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 30, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court. He alleged daily asbestos exposure while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, a predecessor of Mosaic, and said it caused asbestos-related cancer, lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 24, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he worked in various positions for Freeport Sulphur Company, Mosaic's predecessor, and was exposed to asbestos daily. He said the exposure caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer,…
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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 · January 24, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued Mosaic Global Holdings, the successor to his former employer Freeport Sulphur Company, along with product makers and insurers. He alleged daily asbestos exposure at Freeport and said it caused asbestos-related cancer, 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, District of North Dakota · December 1, 2022
Pyle v. AH Bennett Co. (2022)
Brian Pyle and Glenn Frericks filed separate federal lawsuits in North Dakota against many companies, alleging state-law claims arising from their occupational exposure to asbestos. The opinion does not name their diseases or describe where they…
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Court case · Connecticut Appellate Court · March 7, 2017 · in the opinion
RT Vanderbilt Company, Inc. v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (2017)
…contrary interpretation of Connecticut law. The second defect in the court's analysis is that it assumed that the parties intended to import the act's definition of the term "personal injury." See Commercial Union Ins…
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Court case · Connecticut Supreme Court · March 28, 2019 · in the opinion
RT Vanderbilt Company, Inc. v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (2019)
…four phases; subsequently, the court granted the motions for summary judgment filed by the defendant Government Employees Insurance Company and to dismiss filed by the defendant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, and denied…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 9, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…not recall precisely who his employer was, Cortez testified that he was engaged to work at Triad through his union membership in Local 102.\[29\] During his engagement at Triad, Cortez worked on one of Riley…
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Court case · Connecticut Appellate Court · March 30, 2016 · in the opinion
RT Vanderbilt Co. v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. (2016)
…the brief, MaryKate J. Geary, West Hartford and Marianne May, pro hac vice, for the appellee-cross appellant (defendant Westport Insurance Corporation). Lawrence D. Mason, pro hac vice, with whom were John A. Lee, pro hac…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 4, 1994 · in the opinion
US Gypsum Co. v. Admiral Ins. Co. (1994)
…provision, the general choice of law rules of the forum state, Illinois, control. (Thieme v. Union Labor Life Insurance Co. (1956), 12 Ill. App.2d 110, 138 N.E.2d 857.) In insurance coverage actions, like…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 22, 2015 · in the opinion
Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015)
…the other trades; correct? "A. Yes. "Q. And you wouldn't be involved in doing the type of work that the union boiler mechanics or tenders or boilermakers would be doing; correct? "A. No. Normally not…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · March 15, 2024 · in the opinion
Meissner v. Ridge Constr. Corp. (2024)
…2024 NY Slip Op 01445 Jill G. Meissner, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Wayne M. Meissner, Deceased, Respondent, v. Ridge Construction Corporation et al., Defendants, and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Appellant…