29 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 26, 2018
Brazan v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2018)
The court granted Joseph Brazan's motion to remand to Orleans Parish Civil District Court, holding that Union Carbide and Amchem failed to show complete diversity, and denied his request for costs, fees and sanctions. A…
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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, Middle District of Louisiana · February 2, 2016
Weis v. Dsm Copolymer, Inc. (2016)
The wife and children of Joseph Weis sued DSM Copolymer and other companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged he developed asbestos-related mesothelioma and died in 2014 after being exposed while working as a maintenance worker at DSM's Baton…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 30, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court. He alleged daily asbestos exposure while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, a predecessor of Mosaic, and said it caused asbestos-related cancer, lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 24, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he worked in various positions for Freeport Sulphur Company, Mosaic's predecessor, and was exposed to asbestos daily. He said the exposure caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued his former employer, Freeport Sulphur Company (whose successor is Mosaic), along with makers and distributors of asbestos-containing products and related insurers. He alleged that daily asbestos exposure at work caused lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 24, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued Mosaic Global Holdings, the successor to his former employer Freeport Sulphur Company, along with product makers and insurers. He alleged daily asbestos exposure at Freeport and said it caused asbestos-related cancer, lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court in New Orleans. He alleged daily asbestos exposure while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, a predecessor of defendant Mosaic. He also sued makers and…
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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, 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…