19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 22, 2017
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
The court granted five unopposed partial summary judgment motions for Union Carbide and Georgia-Pacific, ending the kidney cancer, breach of warranty, fraud, conspiracy, market share liability, aiding and abetting and punitive damages claims; strict liability…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
The court granted Union Carbide's motion to dismiss the amended complaint as to Union Carbide only, without prejudice, and gave the Rothchilds 30 days to amend with more specific allegations. A complaint must plead factual…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 14, 2020
Montell v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…and cross-claims against it, and denied the plaintiffs' cross-motion for jurisdictional discovery. A New York court lacks general jurisdiction over a corporation not incorporated or headquartered in New York, and lacks specific jurisdiction under…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · August 1, 2014
Rothchild v. Crane Co. (2014)
Herbert Rothchild and his wife Audrey sued Crane Co., Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Owens-Illinois and Union Carbide in federal court in southern Florida. The amended complaint alleges that Mr. Rothchild contracted mesothelioma…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 8, 2010
Horn v. A.W. Chesterson Co. (In re Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2010)
Ten asbestos cases, brought by plaintiffs represented by the same law firm, were assigned to one New York County judge for trial. Eight of the plaintiffs, alleging mesothelioma, asked the court to consolidate their cases into three groups for joint…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · October 24, 2012 · in the opinion
Rich v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2012)
…Morande of Carlton Fields, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee-Union Carbide Corporation. ROBIN L. ROSENBERG, Associate Judge. Abbey Rich, both in her individual capacity and as the personal representative of her late husband's…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · January 12, 2016 · in the opinion
Herbert v. American Biltrite (2016)
… AZROCK INDUSTRIES, INC.; CERTAINTEED CORPORATION; DAVIS FETCH CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA; EGGERS INDUSTRIES; GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION; H.B. FULLER COMPANY; HAJOCA CORPORATION; KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION AND ITS LINDE DIVISION; WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Appellees. No…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 22, 2022 · in the opinion
Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2022)
…Inc.; Certainteed Corporation; DAP, Inc.; Ford Motor Company; Honeywell International Inc., Individually and as successor to Allied Signal, Inc. and The Bendix Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; MW Custom Papers, LLC; Pfizer Inc.; Union Carbide Corporation…
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Court case · Indiana Supreme Court · March 2, 2016 · in the opinion
Myers v. Crouse-Hinds Division OF Cooper Industries, Inc. (2016)
…of plaintiffs in the cases before us today did just that: the Myerses sued Union Carbide Corporation, alleging it "mined and sold commercial asbestos," R.J. Reynolds App. at 131; and the Geymans sued Asbestos Corporation…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · February 12, 2013
Nelson v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. (2013)
…Laval, Crane, Nash, Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide, dismissing the widow's negligence, strict liability and conspiracy claims for lack of evidence that her husband was exposed to asbestos from their products. Under California law, a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 24, 2019 · in the opinion
Godfrey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…New York. Plaintiffs have failed to produce evidence in this case to prove that Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide Company executed a contract in New York to supply Calidria to Kaiser Gypsum's manufacturing plant, which…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 21, 2016 · in the opinion
Casey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. (2016)
…that made reference to the hazards of asbestos." In October 1968, Union Carbide sent Kaiser Gypsum information on the importance of controlling "asbestos dust exposure" among workers, the value of "adequate exhaust ventilation" and "environmental monitoring…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1971
R. W. Grigg (Kaiser Gypsum) to Walter J. Fitzpatrick on Health Hazards and Precautions for Asbestos Fiber Purchases (1971)
Letter from Kaiser Gypsum's commodity purchasing manager to Union Carbide's Los Angeles regional sales manager asking for information on the health hazards of the asbestos fiber grades Kaiser purchased (SG 210) or might purchase…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 8, 2011 · in the opinion
Saffold v. Bondex International, Inc. (2011)
…Pacific, Gold Bond, Union Carbide and Warner Bros. The only objections Bondex's counsel made to the verdict form concerned Warner Bros. and did not relate to the six manufacturers or other potential tortfeasors. C. Closing…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2009
Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2009)
…and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: his home and side construction jobs; engine rooms on ships union cement mason on residential and commercial construction projects 1946-1966; side construction jobs hanging drywall; home remodeling…
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · March 18, 2004 · in the opinion
Owens Corning v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (2004)
…tobacco producers must compensate the insurers for the costs of smokers' health care." International Bhd. Local 734, 196 F.3d at 820. \[7\] See Service Employees Int'l Union Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York · May 1, 2000 · in the opinion
Falise v. American Tobacco Co. (2000)
…the court concluded that allowing recovery given the position of the labor union health and welfare trust in the chain of causation "would force courts to adopt complicated rules apportioning damages among \[other\] plaintiffs removed at…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · February 14, 2014 · in the opinion
McGuire v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2014)
…product that is unreasonably dangerous in the market, it has violated its duty under a negligence standard and may be found strictly liable. See Nichols v. Union Underwear Co., 602 S.W.2d 429, 433 (Ky.