26 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · January 10, 2018
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2018)
The estate, widow and children of Joseph Morris sued Foster Wheeler and many other companies in Baltimore City Circuit Court. They said Morris died of mesothelioma, diagnosed in December 2014, after asbestos exposure while working as a riveter…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · April 20, 2016
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2016)
The estate, widow and children of Joseph Morris sued Foster Wheeler and other defendants in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Morris was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2014 and died in March 2015. The plaintiffs alleged he was exposed to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · April 29, 2019
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
Janya Sawyer, representing the estate of Joseph Morris, and Morris's surviving children sued Foster Wheeler and other defendants. Morris was diagnosed with asbestos-related mesothelioma in December 2014 and died in March 2015. The plaintiffs alleged…
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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 · 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 · 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 · New York Supreme Court · April 14, 2020
Montell v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…and cross-claims against it, and denied the plaintiffs' cross-motion for jurisdictional discovery. A New York court lacks general jurisdiction over a corporation not incorporated or headquartered in New York, and lacks specific jurisdiction under…
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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 · Florida District Court of Appeal · October 24, 2012 · in the opinion
Rich v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2012)
…Morande of Carlton Fields, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee-Union Carbide Corporation. ROBIN L. ROSENBERG, Associate Judge. Abbey Rich, both in her individual capacity and as the personal representative of her late husband's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island · March 16, 2017 · in the opinion
Stevens v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017)
…Nelson, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. The Falk Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by Kathryn T.R. O'Brien, Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. & Theodorus D. Urbanski, Melick & Porter, LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Cross Defendant, represented by…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · January 12, 2016 · in the opinion
Herbert v. American Biltrite (2016)
… AZROCK INDUSTRIES, INC.; CERTAINTEED CORPORATION; DAVIS FETCH CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA; EGGERS INDUSTRIES; GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION; H.B. FULLER COMPANY; HAJOCA CORPORATION; KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION AND ITS LINDE DIVISION; WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Appellees. No…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2020 · in the opinion
Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020)
…Union Carbide Corporation (f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Company, Inc.); United States Gypsum Company; A.P. Green Industries, Inc.; A.W. Chesterton Company; Champion International (as predecessor of U.S. Plywood Corporation); CBS Corporation…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 22, 2022 · in the opinion
Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2022)
…Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; DAP, Inc.; Ford Motor Company; Honeywell International Inc., Individually and as successor to Allied Signal, Inc. and The Bendix Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; MW Custom Papers, LLC; Pfizer Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · February 12, 2013
Nelson v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. (2013)
…Laval, Crane, Nash, Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide, dismissing the widow's negligence, strict liability and conspiracy claims for lack of evidence that her husband was exposed to asbestos from their products. Under California law, a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 24, 2019 · in the opinion
Godfrey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…New York. Plaintiffs have failed to produce evidence in this case to prove that Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide Company executed a contract in New York to supply Calidria to Kaiser Gypsum's manufacturing plant, which…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 2, 2012 · in the opinion
Rollin v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (2012)
…applies only if a manufacturer provided adequate warnings to the intermediary. \[Citations.\]" (Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 29.) No California court has applied the sophisticated intermediary doctrine to absolve a…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 21, 2016 · in the opinion
Casey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. (2016)
…that made reference to the hazards of asbestos." In October 1968, Union Carbide sent Kaiser Gypsum information on the importance of controlling "asbestos dust exposure" among workers, the value of "adequate exhaust ventilation" and "environmental monitoring…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1971
R. W. Grigg (Kaiser Gypsum) to Walter J. Fitzpatrick on Health Hazards and Precautions for Asbestos Fiber Purchases (1971)
Letter from Kaiser Gypsum's commodity purchasing manager to Union Carbide's Los Angeles regional sales manager asking for information on the health hazards of the asbestos fiber grades Kaiser purchased (SG 210) or might purchase…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 8, 2011 · in the opinion
Saffold v. Bondex International, Inc. (2011)
…Pacific, Gold Bond, Union Carbide and Warner Bros. The only objections Bondex's counsel made to the verdict form concerned Warner Bros. and did not relate to the six manufacturers or other potential tortfeasors. C. Closing…