22 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · March 24, 2015
Sherin v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2015)
…denied the Plaintiffs' motion to remand the remaining claims against Union Carbide and A.W. Chesterton to Baltimore City Circuit Court, retaining supplemental jurisdiction, so Union Carbide prevailed on the motion. A cross-claim for contribution…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · March 29, 2010
Asbury v. AW Chesterton Company (2010)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens, so the Asburys' case stays in Rhode Island. It ruled out Rhode Island law, tentatively found Iowa had the most significant relationship, and…
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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 · 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, Middle District of North Carolina · August 9, 2017
Stewart v. Aurora Pump Company (2017)
Mary Lou Stewart sued a number of companies in federal court in North Carolina, on her own behalf and as executrix of the estate of her late husband, Alexander Leroy Stewart, Jr. The complaint alleged that the defendants caused him to develop…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · March 6, 2014
Smith v. AW Chesterton Company (2014)
Kenneth Smith, Jr. and Diane Smith sued many companies in Cook County, Illinois, state court. They claimed Kenneth developed an asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma, from his work in the Navy from 1964 to 1968. For purposes of this…
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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 · Pennsylvania Superior Court · October 28, 2011
Howard v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011)
…reversed the orders granting summary judgment to Chesterton, ACE Hardware, Monsey, Pecora and Union Carbide, vacated the judgment, and remanded the plaintiffs' case for further proceedings. The frequency, regularity and proximity test is not rigid and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota · October 19, 2023 · in the opinion
Pyle v. AH Bennett Co. (2023)
…ND, for Defendant Union Carbide Corporation in Nos. 3:21-cv-159, 3:22-cv-75. Jon R. Russell, Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Redco Corporation in No. 3:21-cv…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio · March 17, 2017 · in the opinion
Shonkwiler v. AW Chesterton Company (2017)
…Seal Electric Company, Defendant, represented by John A. Kristan, Jr., Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli & Hanna & John A. Valenti, Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli & Hanna. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Perry W. Doran, II, Vorys, Sater, Seymour …
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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. 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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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 24, 2013 · in the opinion
Keeney v. AW Chesterton Company (2013)
…It is the appellant's affirmative burden to demonstrate otherwise. \[Citation.\]" (Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 33 (Stewart).) It is undisputed that Keeney served in the Navy for over 20…
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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 · 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. District Court, District of Massachusetts · April 7, 2008 · in the opinion
O'connell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2008)
(2008) William A. O'CONNELL v. FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION, A.W. Chesterton Company, and Buffalo Pumps, Inc. Civil Action No. 08-10078-RGS. April 7, 2008. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER…