19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Florida Supreme Court · October 29, 2015
Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015)
…Court quashed the Third District's reversal and ordered the jury verdict and judgment for William Aubin against Union Carbide reinstated. Florida keeps the consumer expectations test from the Second Restatement for strict liability design defect…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · August 15, 2019
Robinson v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
The Delaware Superior Court granted Union Carbide's motion for summary judgment against Marianne Robinson, ruling for Union Carbide on both the failure-to-warn claim and the Ohio strict liability claim. Under Ohio law, a…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · September 28, 2020
Gibbs v. 84 Lumber Company (2020)
The court granted Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment on the Gibbses' design-defect and failure-to-warn claims. Under South Carolina law as applied by the court, a raw-material supplier of asbestos…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 20, 2006 · in the opinion
Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2006)
…Zachry contract with Union Carbide was a construction contract, the trial court's usurpation of the jury's role was wholly improper." Mr. Griffin testified about a "construction contract" between Zachry and Union Carbide dated June…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 21, 2004
Jessop v. Acf Industries, LLC (2004)
Janet Jessop, a Kansas resident, sued several companies in Philadelphia, as administrator of her late husband's estate and in her own right. She alleged Harold Jessop died of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during sixteen years as an electrician…
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Company or organization · People and organizations
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
…Gypsum Division it made joint compounds, textures and patching plaster containing chrysotile asbestos until 1977, using fiber bought partly from Union Carbide. In 2017 the company split itself under Texas law, placing its asbestos liabilities in…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · March 21, 1996 · in the opinion
Holbrook v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1996)
…Inc.; Kaiser Cement & Gypsum; Keene Corporation; National Manufacturing Sales; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Philadelphia Asbestos Company; PPG Industries; Pabco Products; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Turner & Newall Plc.; Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co., Inc.; U…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · May 18, 2000 · in the opinion
Hamilton v. Garlock, Inc. (2000)
…keeping with the Second Circuit's more recent pronouncements on the subject. Lightfoot v. Union Carbide Corp., 110 F.3d 898 (2d Cir.1997). D. The Evidence Was Sufficient For The Jury To Find That Atlas…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · December 9, 2010 · in the opinion
Larson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
\[6\] Defendant Union Carbide is sued as a "supplier defendant" for supplying asbestos fiber that was incorporated into other products, in this case as a supplier to Defendant Georgia-Pacific for use in its joint compound…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 7, 1974
J. R. Hurd to W. A. Nalbone on Asbestos Caution Labels for Joint System Products (1974)
Georgia-Pacific intracompany memo replying to a June 3, 1974 letter from W. A. Nalbone about changes to asbestos caution labels on joint system products. The writer said the new label wording complied with OSHA regulations, that the added respirator…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 10, 1974
C. W. Lehnert to Ed Sing on Asbestos Caution Labels at Georgia-Pacific (1974)
A Georgia-Pacific interdepartmental communication dated June 10, 1974, from C. W. Lehnert (Tigard) to Ed Sing (Acme) about asbestos caution labels. It stated that the labels in use met the OSHA requirement but lacked an additional statement…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 1971
M. F. Fink to Georgia-Pacific Plant Managers on Mica-Asbestos Controls (1971)
A Georgia-Pacific interdepartmental communication from M. F. Fink in Portland about controls for mica and asbestos handling in light of OSHA standards. It discussed threshold limits for mica dust, recommended Dustfoe 66 respirators, and said…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 21, 2006
Gilcrease v. Garlock, Inc. (2006)
…award even if the credits offset it. Punitive Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Asbestos Trust Claims in Court; Venue, Removal and Transfer; Wrongful Death and Survival; Settlements and Releases union pipefitter and plumber 1957 onward
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 6, 1995 · in the opinion
Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995)
…seeks to offer evidence through exhibits, they must be identified by affidavit or otherwise be admissible. Martz v. Union Labor Life Insurance Co., 757 F.2d 135, 138 (7th Cir.1985). "Supporting materials designed to establish…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 2, 1993 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Anchor Packing Co. (1993)
… Alpine Elec. Co. v. Union Bank, 979 F.2d 133, 135 (8th Cir.1992). A. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. The plaintiffs' evidence establishes at least a probability that Owens-Corning's Kaylo pipe and block insulation…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 21, 1998 · in the opinion
Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998)
…testified that Owens-Illinois, before it merged with Owens Corning Fiberglass Company, manufactured fiberglass pipe covering which was sold to the Asbestos Workers Union. This fiberglass pipe covering did not cause lung cancer, but the workers…
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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…