18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota · March 28, 1990
Puppe By Puppe v. AC and S., Inc. (1990)
Vernon Puppe died of mesothelioma in 1984. His wife and two daughters sued a number of asbestos-related companies in a wrongful death action, which was removed to federal court in North Dakota. They claimed he was exposed in 1959 as an insulation…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · June 27, 1996
Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc. (1996)
Twenty asbestos companies, acting together as the Center for Claims Resolution, and class counsel agreed to settle the asbestos injury claims of a nationwide class estimated at 250,000 to 2,000,000 people. The class included people with…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 3, 1986 · in the opinion
Seckular v. Celotex (1986)
…v. Metal & Thermit Corp., 73 N.J. Super. 56, 66 (App.Div. 1962) (dismissal denied when suit in advanced stage); see also Union Carbide Corp. v. Litton Prec. Prods. Inc., 94 N.J. Super. 315 (Ch…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 18, 1971
R. P. Ents to C. P. Kipp on Joint Compounds and Asbestos Fiber (1971)
A memo from R. P. Ents to C. P. Kipp responding to Kipp's July 30 letter suggesting ready-mixed joint compound and sponging instead of sanding to reduce airborne asbestos fiber. It stated that the company considered it unwise to label its current…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 11, 1970
L. A. Tobey to P. Kipp on Asbestosis Hazard and Reducing Asbestos Exposure at U.S. Gypsum Plants (1970)
Internal memo from L. A. Tobey to P. Kipp, with the subject 'Asbestosis Hazard'. Tobey wrote that he had found the Asbestos Cement Product Association Health Safety Committee proceedings informative about health hazards from inhaling asbestos. He…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 1972
C. M. Howard, Jr. to Distribution on Status of Asbestos-Free Joint Compound at United States Gypsum (1972)
Memo from C. M. Howard, Jr. to plant and product managers reporting on United States Gypsum's research toward an asbestos-free joint compound. It describes a test on a production batch of topping compound, a planned field test in the Chicago area,…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 30, 1996
Armstrong World Industries v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. (1996)
Three asbestos manufacturers, Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard and GAF, sued their liability insurers in coordinated declaratory relief actions over who must cover tens of thousands of asbestos injury suits and property damage suits over…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988
Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)
…of Repose; Design Defect; Wrongful Death and Survival Worksites: Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UARC) plant, Cicero; Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UARC), Cicero employee at UARC Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UARC) Cicero 1951-1952
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 29, 1998
Adams v. Owens-Illinois (1998)
…verdicts, jury instructions about Bethlehem Steel, Hopeman and Foster Wheeler, and evidence that unions knew of asbestos hazards. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed. It found no abuse of discretion or prejudice in jury selection, held…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · February 12, 1987 · in the opinion
Rice v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1987)
…s motion for summary judgment is denied. \[1\] It should also be noted that the cause of action in Union Supply arose prior to the effective date of CPLA and was not governed by its provisions.
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · May 2, 1991 · in the opinion
Harding v. Proko Industries, Inc. (1991)
…Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jerry R. Harding, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. PROKO INDUSTRIES, INC.; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; National Gypsum Company; and United States Gypsum Company, Defendants. No. 89-1498-K. May 2…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · February 8, 1990 · in the opinion
Barnett v. City of Yonkers (1990)
…482, 486, 368 N.E.2d 1247, 1250, 398 N.Y.S.2d 882, 885 (1977); Queensbury Union Free School Dist. v. Jim Walter Corp., 91 Misc.2d 804, 806, 398 N.Y.S.2d 832…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · January 31, 1990 · in the opinion
Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
…There is no evidence in the record that any physician ever identified the "something" as pleural thickening nor did any physician link the "something" to asbestos exposure. Kraciun received a letter from his union after retirement…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983 · in the opinion
Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)
…11.) A "change in that construction by this court would amount to amending the statute," and this court has acknowledged that "\[t\]he power to accomplish this does not lie in the courts." Union Electric Co…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982 · in the opinion
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)
…LTD., FORMERLY CANADIAN JOHNS-MANVILLE ASBESTOS, LTD., JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION, UNARCO INDUSTRIES, FORMERLY KNOWN AS UNION ASBESTOS & RUBBER COMPANY; EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., AND OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND JOHN DOE CORPORATION, ET AL., DEFENDANTS…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995 · in the opinion
Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
…an "itch factor." After the company's campaign concerning asbestos' danger, the union dropped the request for premiums to work with fiberglass, apparently also as a result of a study of asbestos conducted by their own…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995 · in the opinion
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…defendants, including Owens-Corning Fiberglas [\152] Corporation ("Owens-Corning").\[2\] Kirk alleged that her husband's mesothelioma was caused by exposure to dust from asbestos products during his employment at the New York Shipyard in Camden…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981 · in the opinion
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
…J., concurring, Boatland of Houston v. Bailey, 609 S.W.2d 743 (Tex.1980). Please consider the unison of voices at a products liability symposium at the University of Texas, Nov. 13, 1980. Russell McMains, "Indemnity…