25 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 15, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion to exclude plaintiffs' pathology expert Dr. Hammar and for summary judgment on causation, so plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide continued. A genuine issue of fact on exposure defeats summary…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · June 22, 2017
Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2017)
Joseph Morris worked as a shipbuilder at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland from 1948 into the 1970s and died of mesothelioma in 2015. His wife, children and the representative of his estate sued Foster Wheeler and other…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · April 4, 2018
Kister v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…judgment to Buffalo Pumps, Fairbanks, CertainTeed, Foster Wheeler, Union Carbide, Aurora and Pfizer, because Mr. Kister identified none of their asbestos-containing products and the plaintiff did not respond. Under maritime law, a plaintiff must show…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…auto repair and laundering a husband's work clothes. Defendants including Foster Wheeler, Union Carbide and Cleaver-Brooks opposed. The judge applied the standard that joint trials need a plain identity of issues, looking at worksites…
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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, Southern District of California · February 16, 2016 · in the opinion
Walashek v. Air Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
…Union Carbide Corporation, 231 Cal. App. 4th 962 (2014), Union Carbide argued that the testimony of plaintiff's expert that "\[a\]ll of the asbestos together contributes to cause mesothelioma," cannot be squared with Rutherford's…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · November 1, 2016 · in the opinion
Ripley v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2016)
…and Bernard W. Ripley, Plaintiff, v. FOSTER WHEELER LLC; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and J. Henry Holland Corporation; Waco, Incorporated; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Union Carbide Corporation; SB Decking, Inc., a/k/a Selby…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 11, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 3, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · May 21, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 10, 2019 · in the opinion
Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2019)
…Rhone Poulenc (Tendered To Amc) Maremont Corporation; National Services Industries Inc.; NOSROC Corp.; Pfizer Inc.; Quigley Company, Inc.; Shook & Fletcher Insulation Co.; T & N, plc; Union Carbide Corporation (f/k/a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Company…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · July 16, 2021 · in the opinion
Cox v. Foster Wheeler (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2021)
…512 (1988). The defense is applicable to both design defect and failure to warn claims. See, e.g., Mac Queen v. Union Carbide Corp., C.A. No. 13-831-SLR-CJB, 2013 WL 6571808, at [\3…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 7, 2020 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020)
…Accordingly, Foster Wheeler's motion for summary judgment is hereby GRANTED. IT IS SO ORDERED. \[\\] The sole amendment is to substitute "Foster Wheeler" for "Union Carbide" on page 4, line 8. \[1\] Contrary to plaintiffs' argument…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 6, 2020 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020)
…record). Accordingly, Union Carbide's motion for summary judgment is hereby GRANTED. IT IS SO ORDERED. \[1\] Contrary to plaintiffs' argument, Foster Wheeler's motion was not filed in violation of this Court's Standing Orders…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 3, 2024
Ditcharo v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (2024)
…jurisdiction over the remaining claims, including the FELA claims against Union Pacific. A defendant that raises a colorable federal contractor defense and acted under a federal officer may remove the whole case under § 1442(a)(1…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 19, 2018 · in the opinion
Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018)
…Mathilde Villere Semmes, Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC & Troy Nathan Bell, Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC. McCarty Corporation, successor to McCarty Branton, Inc. and predecessor and successor to McCarty Insulation Sales, Inc. & Eagle, Inc., formerly known as Eagle…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 22, 2016 · in the opinion
Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2016)
… J. MELTON GARRETT; ONEBEACON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, as Successor to Commercial Union Insurance Company and Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company; PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, formerly known as American Employers' Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants. No. 15-30514…