57 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 2 of 3
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 9, 2009
Ransford v. Griffin Wheel Company, Inc. (2009)
…and Carrillo decisions bind the court. Trial Procedure and Discovery; Federal Preemption Worksites: Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads repairing and replacing brakes on locomotives and rolling stock Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads 39 years
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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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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Mesothelioma among machinists in railroad and other industries
…29 cancer deaths, there were nine mesotheliomas and one endothelioma of the pleura. Additional retrospective surveys of deaths among members of the railroad lodges of the international union, together with the cohort study, identified a total…
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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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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Relative risk of mesothelioma among railroad machinists exposed to chrysotile
…1945, the author followed the 181 machinists hired from 1920 to 1929 through 1986. Deaths were identified from union death claim records. The author concluded from historical sources that the boiler lagging was almost exclusively, if…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · June 1, 2009 · in the opinion
CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley (2009)
Union Pacific R. Co., 210 S.W.3d 220 (2006), cert. denied, 552 U.S. 812, 128 S.Ct. 59, 169 L.Ed.2d 15 (2007) — have read footnote 19 as I do. These courts have…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 2, 2022 · in the opinion
Nuckols v. Consol. Rail Corp. (2022)
…Nuckols's attorney's law firm, where courts granted summary judgment to the railroads after concluding that the plaintiffs' claims accrued sometime before seeing the firm's advertisements: • Garza v. Union Pacific RR. Co., D.Neb…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · December 1, 2016 · in the opinion
Kesner v. Superior Court and Haver (2016)
…by recommendations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and from an Advisory Committee on Asbestos Standards composed of two employer and two labor representatives, plus a representative of the public (Industrial Union, supra…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · November 10, 2021 · in the opinion
Bouck v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (2021)
…some cases for injured workers to pursue their claims, also restricts the kind of claims workers can bring, particularly in light of the \humanitarian' purpose of both statutes." Gilmore v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Montana · August 9, 2023 · in the opinion
Wells v. BNSF Railway Company (2023)
… Com. Money Ctr., Inc., v. Ill. Union Ins. Co., 508 F.3d 327, 336 (6th Cir. 2007) The Court agrees that, "\[w\]hile a judicial admission in a pleading has the effect of withdrawing a fact…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 14, 2022 · in the opinion
Fisher v. BNSF Railway Company (2022)
…Ct. App. 1998). Other courts have applied that test. See, e.g., Chacon v. Union Pac. R., 56 Cal. App. 5th 565, 580 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020) (release for prior accident did not bar later suit…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 16, 2016 · in the opinion
Hassell v. The Budd Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Lit.(no. VI), 2016)
…2, 661-62 (3d Cir.2015); Oglesby v. Del. & Hudson Ry. Co., 180 F.3d 458, 460 (2d Cir.1999) (per curiam); Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Cal. Pub. Utils. Comm'n (CPUC), 346 F…
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · July 14, 2022 · in the opinion
Payne v. BNSF Ry. Co. (2022)
…L.Ed. 242 (1948) (noting that releases of railroad employees stand on the same basis as the releases of others and are entitled to prima facie validity); Mendoza-Gomez v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · January 12, 2018 · in the opinion
Little v. the Budd Company (2018)
…if any one of them is sufficient."). Our Circuit has held that a plaintiff may use evidence of an SAA violation to support a common law negligence claim. See Miller v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas · April 17, 2023 · in the opinion
Gray v. BNSF Railway Company (2023)
…30 years would settle all known and unknown risks from all toxic substances for $9,500. Plaintiff cites a similar case in the Nebraska district court, Butler v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 496 F.Supp…
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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 · U.S. Supreme Court · March 10, 2003 · in the opinion
Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers (2003)
…the FELA was intended to "brin\[g\] our jurisprudence up to the liberal interpretations that ... now prevail in the admiralty courts of the United States"). See also Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co., 290 U. S…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 14, 2002 · in the opinion
Payne v. BNSF Railway Company (2002)
…Ct. 296, 298 (1948) (noting that releases of railroad employees stand on the same basis as the releases of others and are entitled to prima facie validity); Mendoza-Gomez v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No…