10 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 13, 2014
Armanious v. 3M Co. (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment, so the plaintiff estate's claims against it continue, because a jury could infer that Mr. Nilsson was exposed to its Calidria asbestos through National…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · March 22, 2012
Bier v. Am. Biltrite (2012)
The appeals court affirmed summary judgment for Union Carbide, ruling that Bier's estate had no evidence that the decedent was exposed to Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. A plaintiff cannot defeat summary judgment against a…
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Rhode Island Superior Court · September 16, 2010 · in the opinion
Sharp v. Afc-Holcroft (2010)
…citations omitted). On such a motion, this Court reviews the evidence and draws all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Credit Union Central Falls v. Groff, 966 A.2d 1262, 1267 …
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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.