48 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 20, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of partial summary judgment to the Fieldses on the defendants' nonparty-fault defense and affirmed the denial of Union Carbide's summary judgment motion, so the Fieldses won…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 22, 2017
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
The court granted five unopposed partial summary judgment motions for Union Carbide and Georgia-Pacific, ending the kidney cancer, breach of warranty, fraud, conspiracy, market share liability, aiding and abetting and punitive damages claims; strict liability…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 17, 2017
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
The court excluded the plaintiffs' experts' specific causation and "each and every exposure" opinions and granted summary judgment to Union Carbide and Georgia-Pacific on the Rockmans' remaining strict liability, negligence and loss of consortium claims…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
Julius David Bourke sued Exxon Mobil, Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Taylor-Seidenbach and Eagle in a New Orleans state court. He alleged asbestos exposure causing malignant mesothelioma. He said he was exposed as a child through…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
The appeals court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed Union Carbide, and reversed the order striking part of Dr. Mark's testimony, so the plaintiffs (Harris Robertson's wife and children) won and the case…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · August 23, 2018
Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2018)
…Union Carbide for lack of personal jurisdiction, ruling against the Waites. In the Eleventh Circuit, specific jurisdiction requires that the defendant's forum contacts be a but-for cause of the claimed tort, and a corporation…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 10, 2013
Vega v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's complaint and cross-claims, leaving Glenda Vega's claims against it for trial. Whether a raw asbestos supplier's warnings to…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 13, 2014
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
The court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide Corporation, reversed the trial court's order limiting Dr. Eugene Mark's causation testimony, and remanded for further proceedings. A plaintiff in…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · March 29, 2010
Asbury v. AW Chesterton Company (2010)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens, so the Asburys' case stays in Rhode Island. It ruled out Rhode Island law, tentatively found Iowa had the most significant relationship, and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · July 11, 2016
Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2016)
…while barring untimely expert analysis), and denied Plaintiffs' motion to reconsider the dismissal of Union Carbide for lack of personal jurisdiction. Where the medical community accepts that asbestos causes mesothelioma, the court need not conduct an…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · July 6, 2018
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc. v. Rossello (2018)
…Workers' Compensation; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Trust Bank branch, 210 Guilford Avenue; Union Trust Bank branch, 210 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore; Rossello's home basement bank management trainee Union Trust Bank branch, 210 Guilford Avenue…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 8, 2012
Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012)
Twenty-two plaintiffs, all represented by the same lawyers, sued more than eighty defendants in New York County for asbestos-related injuries or deaths. Seven had lung cancer, fourteen had pleural mesothelioma, and Glenda Vega had peritoneal…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 29, 2012
Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2012)
…cleaned up joint compound during several home construction projects. The plaintiffs settled with Georgia-Pacific, Honeywell and Union Carbide. A jury awarded $15,000,000 against Ford, which the trial court reduced to $6,065,000…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · June 24, 2015
Taylor v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2015)
Roy L. Taylor and his wife Suzanne sued Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Imperial Industries and Premix-Marbletite in Florida state court in Miami-Dade County in August 2014. Mr. Taylor has pleural mesothelioma, and the state…
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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, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 22, 2017
Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
Ronald Smith sued many companies in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. One defendant, Taylor-Seidenbach, a local insulation contractor and supplier, was a Louisiana citizen like Smith.…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 22, 2017 · in the opinion
Kelly v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
…West Palm Beach, for appellee Union Carbide Corporation. [\342] Levine, J. The question presented for our review is whether the Florida Wrongful Death Act supersedes the common law requirement that a spouse must be married to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · February 20, 2019 · in the opinion
Gorton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
…Foseco, Inc. & Industrial Holdings Corporation, Cross Defendants, represented by Carolyn A. Williams, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC & Walter S. Jenkins, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC. Union Carbide Corporation & Bayer Cropscience, LP, As Successor-in…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 5, 2017 · in the opinion
Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2017)
… Metropolitan Life Insurance; William B. March; and Union Carbide Corporation. In addition, in responses to requests for admissions that were read to the jury, plaintiffs admitted that Marline was exposed to asbestos-containing products manufactured or…