82 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 5
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · September 9, 2021
Murphy v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021)
Robert Murphy was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2019 and sued several companies in Baltimore City Circuit Court. He claimed his disease came from asbestos exposure while working at the Key Highway Shipyard in 1973 and 1974. He said he was exposed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · November 12, 2010
Bush v. Eaton Corporation (2010)
Oretha Mae Bush sued Eaton Corporation, its plant supervisor James Kinsner, and several other companies in Kentucky state court. She alleged negligence and strict liability for exposing her to asbestos fibers and causing mesothelioma. She died…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 5, 2023
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023)
The court granted summary judgment to IMO, GE, Viacom and Union Carbide, dismissing all claims against them with prejudice, and denied Zurich's summary judgment motion as moot because Zurich had been dismissed from the case…
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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 · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 22, 2010
Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010)
…Garlock, CBS/Westinghouse, General Electric and Union Carbide (no proof of exposure to their asbestos products), against the estate's executor. To survive summary judgment, a plaintiff must present evidence that the defendant's asbestos-containing…
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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 · Rhode Island Superior Court · June 5, 2018
Turcotte v. 3M Company (2018)
Gerard Turcotte and his wife sued 3M Company and about 120 other defendants in Rhode Island Superior Court. They alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos-containing products, mostly through work as an electrician and through improvements to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · December 30, 2016
Shaw v. Andritz Inc. (2016)
Ralph Shaw and his wife Joan sued Andritz Inc. and other companies in Delaware state court, and CBS Corporation removed the case to federal court. Mr. Shaw developed malignant mesothelioma, which he attributed to asbestos exposure…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · March 17, 2020
Peterson v. Vanderbilt Mineral (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
Stanley Peterson, diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma in 2017, and his wife Debby sued Vanderbilt Mineral, LLC and others. They alleged he was exposed to asbestos in Vanderbilt's NYTAL talc while working part-time at his wife's ceramics…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 17, 2022
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022)
Felton Robichaux sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) and many other companies in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in January 2022, from asbestos exposure. He alleged he worked at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 17, 2022
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022)
Felton Robichaux sued Huntington Ingalls (Avondale) and many other defendants in Louisiana state court. He alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to 1979 as a carpenter and insulator.…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 26, 2001
Burns v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2001)
Howard Burns, an industrial arts teacher who also did summer construction and maintenance work at Moweaqua High School in Shelby County, Illinois, from 1951 to 1986, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in April 2000. He and his wife, Caren, sued many…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · November 19, 2019
Mosher v. ABB (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Pfizer, Siemens, Union Carbide and Warren Pumps) against plaintiffs Kent and Cathy Mosher, who did not respond to the motions. Under maritime law and Colorado law, a plaintiff must show exposure to each defendant's asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · June 28, 2017
Herman v. Ametek (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI), 2017)
Maynard Herman and his wife Irene sued Ametek, Inc. and other companies in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. They alleged that Mr. Herman's work exposed him to asbestos and that he developed mesothelioma. Defendants removed the case to federal…
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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 · 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…