170 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 2 of 9
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · February 12, 2025
Alford v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc. (2025)
The court granted Union Carbide's partial summary judgment motion on the failure-to-properly-package claim, denied it as moot on the conceded take-home and lost-earnings claims, and denied it on the Super…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 5, 2023
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023)
The court granted summary judgment to IMO, GE, Viacom and Union Carbide, dismissing all claims against them with prejudice, and denied Zurich's summary judgment motion as moot because Zurich had been dismissed from the case…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 15, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion to exclude plaintiffs' pathology expert Dr. Hammar and for summary judgment on causation, so plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide continued. A genuine issue of fact on exposure defeats summary…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 23, 2014
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
Harris Robertson died of mesothelioma in 2004. His wife and children sued several companies, including joint compound maker Georgia-Pacific, claiming he was exposed to asbestos while working as a sheetrock finisher. His brothers, who worked with…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · July 14, 2014
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific LLC (2014)
…Beazer East, Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide, dismissing the plaintiffs' claims with prejudice and dismissing the third-party complaints as moot. An expert's "every exposure" theory of asbestos causation is inadmissible under Rule 702 and…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
Harris Robertson, a drywall finisher and painter in residential construction from the early 1960s, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2004 and died that November. His wife and children sued several companies, including Sherwin-Williams, which…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 7, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
Callen Cortez was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2020 and died in May 2022. His widow and children sued a group of companies and insurers, alleging he was exposed to asbestos during his career and through take-home exposure from his father's…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · April 19, 2016
Davidson v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2016)
William Davidson was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2010 and sued manufacturers, suppliers and contractors in Louisiana state court. The case was removed to federal court, and Davidson died in 2011. After his first suit was dismissed without…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 20, 2006 · in the opinion
Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2006)
…Zachry contract with Union Carbide was a construction contract, the trial court's usurpation of the jury's role was wholly improper." Mr. Griffin testified about a "construction contract" between Zachry and Union Carbide dated June…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 30, 2023
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
Frank Ragusa, Jr. sued numerous companies in Louisiana state court in 2021 over asbestos exposure, alleging negligence and intentional torts; Avondale removed the case to federal court. Ragusa has mesothelioma. The opinion mentions his exposure to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · January 6, 2014
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2014)
…children of William Cleve Davidson sued Georgia-Pacific, Beazer East, CertainTeed and Union Carbide in a wrongful death and survival action. Davidson had earlier sued for personal injury, alleging he was exposed to asbestos from the…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 16, 2022
Everett v. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (2022)
…Foster Wheeler and Peter Kiewit stayed pending and were not affected. The opinion notes that the appeal against Union Carbide had already been dismissed in a separate order. The court did not decide the causation question.
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 12, 2018
Brown v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2018)
Gregory Brown sued Avondale Industries (now Huntington Ingalls) and many other companies in Louisiana state court. He has lung cancer, which he says came from asbestos exposure. He says he was exposed while working intermittently from 1967 to 1971…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 17, 2022
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022)
Felton Robichaux sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) and many other companies in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in January 2022, from asbestos exposure. He alleged he worked at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 17, 2022
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022)
Felton Robichaux sued Huntington Ingalls (Avondale) and many other defendants in Louisiana state court. He alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to 1979 as a carpenter and insulator.…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 2, 2023
Everett v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (2023)
…and to Peter Kiewit (the husband's former employer), who had joined Union Carbide's motion the day before the hearing. The court of appeal reversed for Peter Kiewit because the motion to join was filed…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 9, 2009
Bourque v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2009)
Eddie Bourque Jr. and his wife sued several defendants, including his former employer Lake Charles Stevedores, claiming his malignant mesothelioma came from asbestos exposure during his work there from the 1950s through the 1970s. Stevedores moved…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · November 6, 2017
Bordelon v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2017)
Mary Bordelon sued in Louisiana state court, alleging she developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in June 2015. She claimed she was exposed to asbestos fibers when she washed her husband Erick's work clothes. He allegedly worked offshore for Completion…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 26, 2016
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now Mosaic's predecessor. He alleged this caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer, or mesothelioma, first…