8 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · August 23, 2018
Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2018)
…Union Carbide for lack of personal jurisdiction, ruling against the Waites. In the Eleventh Circuit, specific jurisdiction requires that the defendant's forum contacts be a but-for cause of the claimed tort, and a corporation…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · July 11, 2016
Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2016)
…while barring untimely expert analysis), and denied Plaintiffs' motion to reconsider the dismissal of Union Carbide for lack of personal jurisdiction. Where the medical community accepts that asbestos causes mesothelioma, the court need not conduct an…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 29, 2012
Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2012)
…cleaned up joint compound during several home construction projects. The plaintiffs settled with Georgia-Pacific, Honeywell and Union Carbide. A jury awarded $15,000,000 against Ford, which the trial court reduced to $6,065,000…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · July 25, 2013 · in the opinion
Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2013)
…the evidence showed that the plaintiff was exposed to Ford brakes only seven times 45 years before the suit was filed. A somewhat similar circumstance existed in Butler v. Union Carbide Corporation, 310 Ga.App. 21…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · September 17, 2018 · in the opinion
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018)
…studies linking secondary asbestos exposure with the onset of asbestos disease. (See Castleman Dep. at 19:19-21.) Additionally, Union Pacific urges the court to follow Hoyt v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Co., C12-1648TSZ, 2013 WL 3270371…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · August 10, 2018
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2018)
Patrick Jack developed pleural mesothelioma and died. His family sued several companies, including Ford, Borg-Warner, Honeywell, Ingersoll Rand and Dana's successor DCo. They alleged he was exposed to asbestos in the Navy, at the Puget Sound Naval…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 10, 2022 · in the opinion
Sinyard v. Georgia Power Company (2022)
…more than 25 years. From 1975 to 1989, he was employed by the local pipefitters union and worked for various contractors as a pipefitter on projects at Georgia Power Company, Ford Motor Company, and Piedmont Hospital…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · March 19, 2018 · in the opinion
Gorton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2018)
…462 (3d Cir. 2012). Pursuant to section 5301(a), "registration by a foreign corporation \[in Pennsylvania\] carries with it consent to be sued in Pennsylvania courts." Bane, 925 F.2d at 640. The court of appeals…