28 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 4, 2008
Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2008)
The Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment granted to Union Carbide and remanded for trial, ruling for David Taylor and his wife. A plaintiff may use circumstantial evidence to show exposure to a defendant's…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · January 27, 2005
Flowers v. Union Carbide Corp. (2005)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Union Carbide, rejecting the Flowers family's claims of error on excluded evidence, the handling of the Georgia-Pacific stipulation, and the…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 2, 2006
Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Benjamin (2006)
The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed the intermediate appellate court: the survival action against Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide was time-barred, but summary judgment for the defendants on the wrongful death action was error…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · January 7, 2014
Anderson v. Bondex International, Inc. (2014)
…order denying Barbara Anderson leave to amend her complaint, so Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide prevailed because the amended claims did not relate back and were time-barred. An amended complaint relates back under Fed. R…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
Harris Robertson, a drywall finisher and painter in residential construction from the early 1960s, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2004 and died that November. His wife and children sued several companies, including Sherwin-Williams, which…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 29, 2012
Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2012)
…cleaned up joint compound during several home construction projects. The plaintiffs settled with Georgia-Pacific, Honeywell and Union Carbide. A jury awarded $15,000,000 against Ford, which the trial court reduced to $6,065,000…
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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. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 5, 2009
Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
…futile; defendants Bondex, Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide prevailed. An amended pleading relates back under Rule 15(c)(1)(B) only if it arises from the conduct, transaction or occurrence set out in the original pleading…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 10, 2009
Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
…RPM, Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide to exclude evidence of plaintiff Anderson's exposure to joint compound dust during sanding and cleanup, holding the Virginia statute of repose did not bar it. Under Virginia's statute…
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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. 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 · Oregon Court of Appeals · April 10, 2013 · in the opinion
Greer v. Ace Hardware Corporation (2013)
…Deceased, Plaintiff- Appellant, v. ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION, an Illinois corporation, etal, and UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Defendants, and GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, a Georgia corporation; BACKSTROM BUILDERS CENTER, an Oregon corporation, as successor-in-interest to Backstrom Builders…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 11, 2014 · in the opinion
Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014)
…Baker Botts LLP, Sharla J. Frost, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Union Carbide Corporation. Karen K. Maston, Johnson Spalding Doyle West & Trent, Houston, TX, for Other interested party Amtek, Inc.…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 3, 2008 · in the opinion
Gregory v. Beazer East (2008)
…Beazer), Bondex International (Bondex), Exxon Mobil (Mobil), Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Georgia-Pacific) and Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide), regarding her husband's contraction of mesothelioma and subsequent death. Mobil moved for summary judgment on various grounds…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 8, 1976
E. L. Aasen to Georgia-Pacific Plant Managers on Union Carbide Calidria Asbestos Price Increase (1976)
Georgia-Pacific intracompany memo from Portland, Oregon reporting that Union Carbide had announced price increases on its Calidria asbestos grades. It states that SG-210 and HPO grades would rise from $0.075/lb to $0…
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Person · People and organizations
Edward L. Aasen
Purchasing Manager at Gypsum Division (Georgia-Pacific) Georgia-Pacific Corporation Head of Corporate Purchasing at Georgia-Pacific Corporation
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1970
Georgia-Pacific Safety Supervisor to F. J. Rogers, Gypsum Association Safety Committee, on Asbestos in Joint Systems (1970)
One-page letter from a Georgia-Pacific safety supervisor to the secretary of the Gypsum Association Safety Committee, sent with an attachment that is not included. It says joint systems contain about 5% asbestos, that asbestos is very harmful but…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 17, 1974
O. E. Burch to G. E. Wilson Forwarding Walls & Ceilings Magazine Item on Asbestos in Joint Compound (1974)
A one-paragraph Georgia-Pacific intracompany memo from O. E. Burch to G. E. Wilson, subject 'Asbestos - JT Cement Products', forwarding a May issue Walls & Ceilings magazine page. Burch wrote that it was the first time he had seen actual cases…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 14, 1973
E. D. O'Neill to C. W. Lehnert on the First Gypsum Association Special Committee Meeting on Joint Compound Hazards (1973)
Georgia-Pacific interdepartmental memo summarizing the August 8, 1973 Chicago meeting of the Gypsum Association special committee on joint compound hazards. It reports preliminary USG and National Gypsum test findings on dust and asbestos levels,…
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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…