197 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 3 of 10
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · February 27, 2024 · in the opinion
Burford v. Howmet Aerospace, Inc. (2024)
…asbestos in the ambient air to which everyone is exposed. \[6\] Alcoa relies on the plurality opinion in Neely v. Union Carbide Corp. and cites a statement from the opinion as a statement by this court…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska · October 22, 2020
Butler v. Union Pacific R. Co. (2020)
The district court denied Union Pacific's motion for summary judgment, holding that Butler's 2011 asbestosis release did not bar his FELA claim for colorectal cancer, so Butler prevailed on the motion. Under FELA § 5…
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Court case · Montana Workers' Comp. Court · June 12, 2017
Wommack v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. (2017)
Robert Wommack worked at the Cenex refinery in Laurel, Montana, from 1968 to 1998. He started as a laborer and later worked as a painter, welder, operator, pumper and maintenance foreman, then as an asphalt sales manager with an office across the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Report and recommendations of the working group on asbestos and cancer; convened under the auspices of the Geographical Pathology Section of the International Union against Cancer
This is not a research study. It is the report of a Working Group convened by the Geographical Pathology Committee of the International Union against Cancer, which met in New York in October 1964 with forty…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · February 27, 1992
Betts v. Manville Personal Injury Trust (1992)
…Defenses; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; UNARCO plant, Bloomington, Bloomington worker at the UNARCO plant UNARCO plant, Bloomington…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 22, 1998
Rareshide v. Mobil Oil Corp. (1998)
The appeals court affirmed most of the workers' compensation judge's ruling for refinery worker Carl Rareshide against Mobil Oil and its insurer National Union. It cut his temporary total disability benefits to six months, awarded…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 18, 2009
Hymel v. Eagle, Inc. (2009)
…Appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment sustaining the exception of res judicata for J.D. Roberts and Commercial Union Insurance Company, dismissing Ralph Hymel's mesothelioma claims with prejudice based on his 1998 release. A…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 14, 1990
Owens Corning Fiberglas v. Ind. Comm'n (1990)
… Wrongful Death and Survival; Loss of Consortium Worksites: Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) plant, later Owens Corning Fiberglas plant foreman in a factory Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) plant, later Owens Corning Fiberglas plant…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 1991
Wehmeier v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1991)
…causation. Causation; Product Identification; Expert Testimony; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; UNARCO plant, Bloomington, Bloomington UNARCO employee (pipe department) UNARCO plant, Bloomington Bloomington…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · November 23, 1994
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1994)
…in furtherance, which may be intentional or negligent and may be committed by any conspirator. Wrongful Death and Survival; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco Industries asbestos plant, Bloomington…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 1991
Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1991)
The appellate court affirmed the jury verdict judgments for plaintiff Lois Thacker against the Manville Corporation Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund, rejecting its requests for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial. Evidence that asbestos dust…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
…evidence, proximate cause need only be shown by a preponderance. Causation; Expert Testimony; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco plant, Bloomington, Bloomington; Unarco plant…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
…and convincing proof of the agreement element. The remaining contacts among the companies were as consistent with innocence as with guilt. Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco Bloomington plant…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · September 21, 1992
Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1992)
… Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) Bloomington plant, Bloomington pipe-covering department worker Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) Bloomington plant Bloomington 1954-1962
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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 · Washington Supreme Court · October 15, 1987
Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc. (1987)
…Harbor Island shipyard; Lake Union Drydock; Lake Union Drydock, Seattle; Puget Sound area shipyards; Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge (George Washington liner conversion) rigger Lake Union Drydock Seattle 1952-1972; rigger Puget Sound area shipyards 1942…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1980
Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers
The authors examined union members at a shipyard limited to ship repair. All were 20 or more years from the start of their shipyard employment. Of those invited, 139 active and 147 retired workers were examined…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Non-Malignant Respiratory Illnesses in Association with Occupational Exposure to Asbestos and Other Insulating Materials: Findings from the Alberta Insulator Cohort
This cross-sectional study looked at 990 union insulators in Edmonton, Alberta, screened in a voluntary workplace health program from 2011 to 2017. Most (88%) were men, with an average age of 45. Workers answered questionnaires…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Health hazards of asbestos exposure
This conference paper followed asbestos insulation union members in the United States and Canada. It analyzed 12,051 men who reached 20 or more years since entering the trade: 77,391 man-years and 1,946…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1968
Asbestos exposure, smoking, and neoplasia
The authors followed 370 men from two asbestos insulation workers' union locals in New York and Newark, New Jersey, who were alive on January 1, 1963, through April 30, 1967. All had first been exposed to…