12 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 17, 2013
Logan v. AP Moller-Maersk, Inc. (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide's cross-motion for summary judgment in its entirety, so plaintiffs John and Gail Logan prevailed, and denied Georgia Pacific's motion as moot because plaintiffs had settled with it. In…
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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 · Georgia Supreme Court · July 5, 2016
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2016)
Roy Knight, a sheet-metal worker, developed mesothelioma almost forty years after working as an independent contractor at Scapa Dryer Fabrics' Waycross, Georgia plant between 1967 and 1973. He and his wife sued Scapa, claiming it negligently exposed…
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Court case · Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals · June 7, 2012
Olsen v. Oklahoma Gas and Elec. Co. (2012)
Eloise Olsen sued Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. (OG&E) after her husband, Billy Olsen, died in November 2010 of pleural mesothelioma. In 1970 OG&E built an electric power plant, and Mr. Olsen worked for an insulation contractor hired by OG&E,…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 2, 2009
Wangen v. Gardner Denver, Inc. (2009)
William Wangen, a lifelong Washington resident, and his wife Mary Jo sued more than three dozen defendants in California. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007. He alleged asbestos exposure on the USS Wiltsie in the Navy from 1950 to 1954,…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · June 26, 2016
Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2016)
Vernon Rublee died of mesothelioma in 2015. He had worked as a machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1965 to 1980, where other workers mixed and applied asbestos-containing refractory products called Insulag and Panelag around the steam…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 14, 2019 · in the opinion
Walker v. Blackmer Pump Co. (2019)
Then, counsel for Defendant Union Carbide Corporation, who is no longer a Defendant in this matter, questioned Decedent for about an hour. During that hour, Decedent started to become groggy and forgetful: Defense Counsel: How did…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · April 9, 2014 · in the opinion
Hasenberg v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2014)
…complaint and DIRECTS Plaintiffs to file a First Amended Complaint which plainly identifies by name (e.g., Union Carbide Corporation) every Defendant sued in each count. The First Amended Complaint shall be filed by May 9…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2021 · in the opinion
Pizarro v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (2021)
…California, "\[p\]unitive damages can be awarded only where the jury finds oppression, fraud, or malice by clear and convincing evidence." Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp., 190 Cal.App. 4th 23, 34 (2010) (internal citations omitted)…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 22, 2010
Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
Dianna Larson was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006. She and her husband sued Georgia Pacific, Union Carbide, Bondex and others. They alleged she was exposed to chrysotile asbestos in joint compound while building two homes in…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · January 4, 2021 · in the opinion
Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. (2021)
…a more general provision." Id. (quoting Graham v. Caples, 325 S.W.3d 578, 582 (Tenn. 2010)); Arnwine v. Union Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 120 S.W.3d 804, 809 (Tenn. 2003). Moreover, "\[w\]hen one…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · March 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries (2019)
…defendant who is not "in the best position to prevent a particular class of accidents" may "dilute the incentives of other potential defendants" who should be the first "line of defense"); National Union Fire Ins. Co…