19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota · March 28, 1990
Puppe By Puppe v. AC and S., Inc. (1990)
Vernon Puppe died of mesothelioma in 1984. His wife and two daughters sued a number of asbestos-related companies in a wrongful death action, which was removed to federal court in North Dakota. They claimed he was exposed in 1959 as an insulation…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 3, 1986 · in the opinion
Seckular v. Celotex (1986)
…v. Metal & Thermit Corp., 73 N.J. Super. 56, 66 (App.Div. 1962) (dismissal denied when suit in advanced stage); see also Union Carbide Corp. v. Litton Prec. Prods. Inc., 94 N.J. Super. 315 (Ch…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · January 17, 1989
Carey Canada v. California Union Ins. Co. (1989)
…excess liability insurers (Northbrook, Home, National Union and Columbia Casualty) for a declaration about the scope of asbestos exclusions in eight policies issued from 1977 to 1982. The companies argued that the exclusions, which referred to …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · June 1, 1989
Carey Canada Inc. v. California Union Ins. Co. (1989)
After a bench trial, the court entered judgment for the excess insurers (Home, National Union, Columbia Casualty) and against Carey Canada and Celotex, holding the policies' "asbestosis" exclusions bar all asbestos-related disease claims, and dismissed…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit · August 9, 1991
Carey Canada, Inc. v. Columbia Cas. Co. (1991)
…C. Circuit affirmed the district court's finding that the 1977 National Union policy exclusion was ambiguous and covered all asbestos claims, but vacated and remanded as to the Columbia Casualty and 1979 National Union policies…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 30, 1996
Armstrong World Industries v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. (1996)
Three asbestos manufacturers, Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard and GAF, sued their liability insurers in coordinated declaratory relief actions over who must cover tens of thousands of asbestos injury suits and property damage suits over…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 4, 2013
John Crane, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Company (2013)
John Crane, Inc., which made asbestos-containing gaskets before 1986, has been named in over 250,000 asbestos bodily injury claims. It sued its umbrella and excess insurers (CNA, Allianz, TIG and AIG-related companies) for a declaration of their…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988
Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)
…of Repose; Design Defect; Wrongful Death and Survival Worksites: Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UARC) plant, Cicero; Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UARC), Cicero employee at UARC Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UARC) Cicero 1951-1952
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 29, 1998
Adams v. Owens-Illinois (1998)
…verdicts, jury instructions about Bethlehem Steel, Hopeman and Foster Wheeler, and evidence that unions knew of asbestos hazards. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed. It found no abuse of discretion or prejudice in jury selection, held…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · March 5, 2013 · in the opinion
John Crane, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Company (2013)
…Insurance Corporation, and John Does 1 through 400, Defendants, (Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, AIU Insurance Company, American Re-Insurance Company, Granite State Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Surety Corporation, National Union Fire…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · February 12, 1987 · in the opinion
Rice v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1987)
…s motion for summary judgment is denied. \[1\] It should also be noted that the cause of action in Union Supply arose prior to the effective date of CPLA and was not governed by its provisions.
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990 · in the opinion
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
…There is no evidence in the record that any physician ever identified the "something" as pleural thickening nor did any physician link the "something" to asbestos exposure. Kraciun received a letter from his union after retirement…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 30, 2007 · in the opinion
AstenJohnson v. Columbia Cas. Co. (2007)
…light of its asbestos risks. See CCC3. Asten-Hill's insurer, Commercial Union, told Asten-Hill that it was not interested in renewing coverage because of Asten-Hill's previous use of asbestos. See CCC3. On…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983 · in the opinion
Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)
…11.) A "change in that construction by this court would amount to amending the statute," and this court has acknowledged that "\[t\]he power to accomplish this does not lie in the courts." Union Electric Co…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982 · in the opinion
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)
…LTD., FORMERLY CANADIAN JOHNS-MANVILLE ASBESTOS, LTD., JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, UNARCO INDUSTRIES, FORMERLY KNOWN AS UNION ASBESTOS & RUBBER COMPANY; EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., AND OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND JOHN DOE CORPORATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995 · in the opinion
Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
…an "itch factor." After the company's campaign concerning asbestos' danger, the union dropped the request for premiums to work with fiberglass, apparently also as a result of a study of asbestos conducted by their own…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995 · in the opinion
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…defendants, including Owens-Corning Fiberglas [\152] Corporation ("Owens-Corning").\[2\] Kirk alleged that her husband's mesothelioma was caused by exposure to dust from asbestos products during his employment at the New York Shipyard in Camden…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 1, 2012 · in the opinion
In re Federal-Mogul Global Inc. (2012)
…Combustion Engineering and Global Technologies. Furthermore, the trusts appear to have fulfilled Congress's expectation that they would serve the interests of both current and future asbestos claimants and corporations saddled with asbestos liability. In particular…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981 · in the opinion
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
…J., concurring, Boatland of Houston v. Bailey, 609 S.W.2d 743 (Tex.1980). Please consider the unison of voices at a products liability symposium at the University of Texas, Nov. 13, 1980. Russell McMains, "Indemnity…