20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · New York Supreme Court · February 24, 2020
Peterson v. Vanderbilt Minerals (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
Stanley Peterson and his wife Debby sued several companies in New York County, claiming his pleural mesothelioma, diagnosed in March 2017, came from asbestos in talc. He said that from 1980 to 2000 he worked part-time at his wife's ceramics business…
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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. 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 · Illinois Appellate Court · December 11, 2001 · in the opinion
Dykstra v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2001)
…Louis, Inc., Defendants (Burns International Security Corporation, f/k/a Borg-Warner and Borg- Warner Corporation, Certain-Teed Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., and Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants-Appellants). No. 5-01-0112. December 11…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · June 26, 2017 · in the opinion
Rublee v. Carrier Corporation (2017)
…as successor in interest to PIONEER SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; and WARREN PUMPS, LLC, individually and as successor in interest to QUIMBY PUMP COMPANY, Defendants, PFIZER, INC.…
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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 · Washington Supreme Court · November 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2018)
…as successor in interest to Pioneer Sand & Gravel Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Saberhagen Holdings, Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation; and Warren Pumps, LLC, individually and as successor in interest to Quimby Pump Company, Defendants, Pfizer, Inc.…
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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 · 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. District Court, Western District of Washington · January 12, 2015 · in the opinion
Sprague v. Pfizer, Inc. (2015)
…960 (9th Cir.2001) (quoting Lewis v. Tel. Employees Credit Union, 87 F.3d 1537, 1545 (9th Cir.1996) (internal quotation marks omitted)). The Washington State Supreme Court has not addressed whether it would adopt Restatement…
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Court case · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · August 24, 1989 · in the opinion
District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)
…of actions commenced by a state after a statute of limitations would ordinarily have run.\[11\] The District of Columbia, however, has never been admitted to the Union as a state. The District is, of course…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island · September 7, 1983 · in the opinion
Westfall v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (1983)
…Island. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. The original Defendants were Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (an alleged supplier of talc to Uniroyal), and "John Doe Corporation." Less than two months later, on July 10, 1979, Mr…
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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…