11 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 17, 2007
Slaughter v. Union Carbide Corp. (2007)
Ronald and Edna Slaughter sued 39 manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in Los Angeles County. Edna had been diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006 and died in December of that year. They alleged she was exposed while they…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · October 15, 2019
Fullen v. 3M Company (2019)
Richard Fullen, an Air Force aircraft mechanic from 1994 to 2016, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in May 2016. He and his wife Michelle sued several companies that made or sold asbestos-containing products he encountered, alleging negligence, strict…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 25, 2009
Campbell v. American Standard, Inc. (2009)
Forbes Campbell was diagnosed in Canada in October 2006 with malignant pleural mesothelioma and moved to California. In January 2007 he sued about 50 defendants in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that asbestos-containing products they made or…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 12, 2020
Pizarro v. Astra Flooring Company (2020)
Renato Pizarro alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a mechanic aboard Navy ships from 1975 to 1998. He and his wife Mercedita sued a number of companies in California state court, including National Steel and…
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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, Northern District of California · June 24, 2024 · in the opinion
Marcus v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2024)
…basis. b. Non-Pecuniary Damages Defendants Air & Liquid, BW/IP, Inc. ("BW/IP"), Cleaver Brooks, Inc. ("Cleaver Brooks"), Eaton Corporation ("Eaton"), Foster Wheeler, Gardner Denver Inc. ("Gardner Denver"), Greene, Tweed & Co., Inc. ("GT & Co."), J.R…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 8, 2011 · in the opinion
Abbay v. Aurora Pump Company (2011)
…PACIFIC PUMPS and BYRON JACKSON PUMP COMPANY); FRYER-KNOWLES, INC.; FRYER-KNOWLES, INC., A WASHINGTON CORPORATION; GARDNER DENVER, INC. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY); GARDNER DENVER NASH, L.L.C…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 25, 2009 · in the opinion
Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc. (2009)
…in a different factual context. The defendant in Blackwell sold sulfuric acid to McKesson Chemical Company, which shipped the acid to its plant in a tank car designed and owned by Union Tank. (Id. at p…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · October 23, 2017 · in the opinion
Jack v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2017)
PATRICK JACK, etal., Plaintiffs, v. ASBESTOS CORPORATION LTD., etal., Defendants. Case No. C17-0537JLR. October 23, 2017. United States District Court, W.D. Washington, Seattle. Patrick Jack, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin H. Adams, DEAN OMAR & BRANHAM…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · July 6, 2023 · in the opinion
Welch v. Crane Co. (2023)
…Plaintiff, v. Crane Co. Individually and as successor-in-interest to CHAPMAN VALVE CO. and DEMING PUMPS; and VELAN VALVE CORPORATION, Defendants. Case No. 2:22-cv-00302-RAJ. July 6, 2023. United States District Court…