11 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · June 22, 2017
Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2017)
Joseph Morris worked as a shipbuilder at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland from 1948 into the 1970s and died of mesothelioma in 2015. His wife, children and the representative of his estate sued Foster Wheeler and other…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2017 · in the opinion
Duffy v. CBS Corporation (2017)
…\]" (28) "Thos. Somerville Co.\[;\]" (29) "Trane U.S., Inc., as Successor to and f/k/a American Standard Companies, Inc.\[;\]" (30) "Union Carbide Corporation\[;\]" (31) "Uniroyal, Inc.\[;\]" (32) "The Walter E. Campbell Company, Inc.\[;\]" and (33…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 8, 2015 · in the opinion
Shiffer v. CBS Corporation (2015)
… Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 971 \[180 Cal.Rptr.3d 382\] \[even if Union Carbide's asbestos compound made it to a jobsite, "this still leaves speculation about whether Mr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 29, 2016 · in the opinion
Malone v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
…the learned intermediary doctrine. For the learned intermediary doctrine to apply, CBS must provide evidence that it provided the "learned intermediary," or the third party purchaser, with information or warning. Union Carbide Corp. v. Nix, Jr.…
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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 Wisconsin · June 9, 2015 · in the opinion
Nuutinen v. CBS Corporation (2015)
…hospitalization, medical or other collateral insurance coverage; (b) Social Security and pensions, whether a union pension or otherwise; and (c) life insurance proceeds. CBS concedes that this evidence is barred by the collateral source rule, unless…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · May 29, 2018 · in the opinion
Brandes v. Brand Insulations, Inc. (2018)
…2nd Ave Ste 2100, Seattle, WA, 98104-1516, Counsel for Appellants. David Albert Shaw, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, 601 Union St Ste 4100, Seattle, WA, 98101-2380, Timothy Kost Thorson, Carney Badley & Spellman, 701 5th Ave Ste…
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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…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012 · in the opinion
Donn v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2012)
…60, 73, 128 S.Ct. 2408, 171 L.Ed.2d 264 (2008) (holding that California law providing funds to support unions was preempted by the National Labor Relations Act); Campbell v. Hussey, 368 U.S. 297…