24 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 5, 2024
Speck v. CBS Corporation (2024)
The court granted summary judgment to General Dynamics, Gould, Plenco, Union Carbide, Ericsson and RSCC Wire & Cable, and to Eaton on the fraud claims. It denied summary judgment to Bath Iron Works and Metalclad, rejected their…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · November 12, 2010
Bush v. Eaton Corporation (2010)
Oretha Mae Bush sued Eaton Corporation, its plant supervisor James Kinsner, and several other companies in Kentucky state court. She alleged negligence and strict liability for exposing her to asbestos fibers and causing mesothelioma. She died…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · March 19, 2019
Mestas v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
Richard Mestas, Sr. and Lori Ann Muse sued more than two dozen companies in Colorado state court. Mestas has mesothelioma, and Muse seeks damages for loss of consortium. They allege that his father carried asbestos home on his clothing from 1953 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · October 15, 2019
Fullen v. 3M Company (2019)
Richard Fullen, an Air Force aircraft mechanic from 1994 to 2016, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in May 2016. He and his wife Michelle sued several companies that made or sold asbestos-containing products he encountered, alleging negligence, strict…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · May 5, 2016
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
Charles Arbogast, Jr., and his wife Barbara sued twenty-seven companies, alleging that as manufacturers or distributors of various products they exposed him to asbestos and caused his mesothelioma. The complaint raised strict liability, negligence,…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · August 25, 2009
Campbell v. American Standard, Inc. (2009)
Forbes Campbell was diagnosed in Canada in October 2006 with malignant pleural mesothelioma and moved to California. In January 2007 he sued about 50 defendants in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that asbestos-containing products they made or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · November 19, 2019
Mosher v. ABB (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Pfizer, Siemens, Union Carbide and Warren Pumps) against plaintiffs Kent and Cathy Mosher, who did not respond to the motions. Under maritime law and Colorado law, a plaintiff must show exposure to each defendant's asbestos…
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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 23, 2021 · in the opinion
Brindell v. Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction Inc. (2021)
…Inc., Eaton Corporation; Great Dane LLC; Lufkin Industries, LLC; Pneumo Abex, LLC; Strick Trailers, LLC; the Port of New Orleans, LLC; the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans, LLC; Union Carbide Corporation; Wilson…
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Court case · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · July 15, 2014 · in the opinion
Estate OF Gregovich v. Auer Steel & Heating Supply (2014)
…is actually a trademark product by Union Carbide Corporation. And there are two branches of Bakelite, one branch of it is called molding compound. And a molding compound in — and Union Carbide doesn't dispute — is…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · January 7, 2022 · in the opinion
Gorton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
…upon the death is a "new claim" separate and distinct from claims asserted as survival actions. See e.g., I. Horst et al. v. Union Carbide Corp., etal., No. 15CV1903, 2017 WL 11657237, at [\5] (Pa…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 30, 2017 · in the opinion
Evans v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…1988). The defense is applicable to both design defect and failure to warn claims. See, e.g., MacQueen v. Union Carbide Corp., Civil Action No. 13-831-SLR-CJB, 2013 WL 6571808, at [\3] (D. Del…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 2, 2012 · in the opinion
Faddish v. Buffalo Pumps (2012)
…See e.g. McConnell v. Union Carbide Corp., 937 So.2d 148 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)(carpenter who contracted asbestosis from inhalation of asbestos fibers during use of joint compound incorporating processed asbestos was entitled to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 16, 2016
George v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
…so a registration that began after the alleged injury does not support jurisdiction. Government Contractor Defense and Removal; Personal Jurisdiction; Venue, Removal and Transfer Navy and Reserves service 1955-1961; Carpenters Union member 1959-mid 1970s
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · October 16, 2008 · in the opinion
In re All Asbestos Litigation (2008)
…LaConte, as Counsel for Defendant Warren Pumps, LLC; and Christopher P. Larson, as Counsel for Defendant Riley Stoker Corporation, Contemnors-Appellants). Nos. 1-06-2163, 1-06-2691. October 16, 2008. Appellate Court of Illinois, First…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · September 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…citations omitted). \[3\] District courts in this Circuit have followed Ebrahimi's lead on this point. See, e.g., Sperry Associates Federal Credit Union v. Space Coast Credit Union, 2012 WL 4762128, [\2] (M.D. Fla…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 31, 2023 · in the opinion
Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (2023)
…No. 142 at 8 (Defendant Air & Liquid Systems Corporation recognizing that Yearsley is "a separate defense of derivative immunity"). In a final effort to persuade the Court to disregard Gomez, Defendants list several cases in which…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · October 21, 2013 · in the opinion
Alliance Laundry Systems LLC v. Eaton Corporation (2013)
…Under Wisconsin law an implied covenant "does not support an independent cause of action for failure to act in good faith under a contract," Hauer v. Union State Bank of Wautoma, 532 N.W.2d 456…