7 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 30, 2015
Smith v. Illinois Central R. Co. (2015)
…harmless where the plaintiff's case relied on dust from the neighboring UNARCO plant. Causation; FELA Railroad Claims; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Bloomington rail yard; Bloomington rail yard…
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Court case · Alabama Supreme Court · September 8, 2000
Ex parte Wilkerson (2000)
…The Alabama Supreme Court reviewed when his claim accrued. In 1984 he attended a union meeting about asbestos and took a screening exam. In 1985 he received a physician's report noting mild restrictive lung dysfunction…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · January 3, 2012 · in the opinion
Fennell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2012)
…Oct. 21, 2011). We may take judicial notice of matters that are readily verifiable, such as the distances between cities. See Hoskin v. Union Pacific R.R. Co., 365 Ill. App. 3d 1021, 1024-25, 851…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · May 16, 2014 · in the opinion
Blackmon v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2014)
…or compromise of a FELA claim, and what constitutes an impermissible exemption from FELA liability; these unanswered questions have led to a divergence in federal courts. Daniels v. Union Pacific R.R. Co., 388 Ill. App…
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Court case · Alabama Court of Civil Appeals · September 24, 1999 · in the opinion
Wilkerson v. Burlington Northern RR Company (1999)
…retired. Wilkerson was medically tested for asbestos-related health risks in 1984, after he had attended a special union meeting during which he was advised of the health risks associated with asbestos exposure. In March 1985…
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · February 15, 2018 · in the opinion
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Oakes EX rel. Hagan (2018)
…holding. "To further \[the Federal Employers' Liability Act's\] humanitarian purposes, Congress did away with several common-law tort defenses that had effectively barred recovery by injured workers." \[Consolidated Rail Corporation v.\] Gottshall, 512 U.S…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · June 30, 2015 · in the opinion
Russell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2015)
…C.J., concurring). Judge Friendly's opinion prompted a renegotiation of the collective bargaining agreements between the nation's railroad companies and their employees' unions in 1975, resulting in the notice language quoted above. CSX Transp…