7 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 · 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 · May 21, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · October 8, 2014 · in the opinion
Gottschall v. Crane Co. (2014)
…court relied, has no application to the facts here, as illustrated by Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 28-30 \[117 Cal.Rptr.3d 791\] (Stewart) and Pfeifer v. John Crane…
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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 · California Supreme Court · January 12, 2012 · in the opinion
O'neil v. Crane Co. (2012)
…such an expanded duty could also undermine consumer safety by inundating users with excessive warnings. "To warn of all potential dangers would warn of nothing." (Andre v. Union Tank Car Co., Inc. (1985) 213 N.J…