11 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 22, 2017
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
The court granted five unopposed partial summary judgment motions for Union Carbide and Georgia-Pacific, ending the kidney cancer, breach of warranty, fraud, conspiracy, market share liability, aiding and abetting and punitive damages claims; strict liability…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
Julius David Bourke sued Exxon Mobil, Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Taylor-Seidenbach and Eagle in a New Orleans state court. He alleged asbestos exposure causing malignant mesothelioma. He said he was exposed as a child through…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
The appeals court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed Union Carbide, and reversed the order striking part of Dr. Mark's testimony, so the plaintiffs (Harris Robertson's wife and children) won and the case…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 10, 2013
Vega v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's complaint and cross-claims, leaving Glenda Vega's claims against it for trial. Whether a raw asbestos supplier's warnings to…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 13, 2014
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
The court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide Corporation, reversed the trial court's order limiting Dr. Eugene Mark's causation testimony, and remanded for further proceedings. A plaintiff in…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 8, 2012
Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012)
Twenty-two plaintiffs, all represented by the same lawyers, sued more than eighty defendants in New York County for asbestos-related injuries or deaths. Seven had lung cancer, fourteen had pleural mesothelioma, and Glenda Vega had peritoneal…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · May 5, 2016
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
Charles Arbogast, Jr., and his wife Barbara sued twenty-seven companies, alleging that as manufacturers or distributors of various products they exposed him to asbestos and caused his mesothelioma. The complaint raised strict liability, negligence,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 22, 2017
Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
Ronald Smith sued many companies in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. One defendant, Taylor-Seidenbach, a local insulation contractor and supplier, was a Louisiana citizen like Smith.…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 22, 2017 · in the opinion
Kelly v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
…West Palm Beach, for appellee Union Carbide Corporation. [\342] Levine, J. The question presented for our review is whether the Florida Wrongful Death Act supersedes the common law requirement that a spouse must be married to…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · July 3, 2019 · in the opinion
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2019)
…S\]prinklers. Those are the little sprinkler lines that put out fires." Closing arguments, however, are not evidence. \[12\] The seven defendants were: WGAST; McCormick; Union Carbide Corporation; E.L. Stebbing & Company; Hampshire Industries, Inc.; Lloyd…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 19, 2012
Landry v. Eagle, Inc. (2012)
…enforceable under state law. The removing defendant must prove this by a preponderance of the evidence, and any doubt is resolved in favor of remand. Personal Jurisdiction; Venue, Removal and Transfer; Settlements and Releases union plumber