120 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 3 of 6
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · March 23, 2011 · in the opinion
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Saville (2011)
…Industries, Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., Georgia Pacific Corp., Metropolitan Life Insurance, Co., Selby, Battersby & Co., Foseco, Inc., Union Carbide Corp., Amchem Products, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Dana Corp., Certainteed Corp., Combustion Engineering, Inc., Anchor Packing, Co., Garlock…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · July 1, 2015 · in the opinion
Payne v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2015)
…with the alternative of granting a partial new trial. See Lightfoot v. Union Carbide Corp., 110 F.3d 898, 914-15 (2d Cir.1997) (holding that when a trial court determines that the amount of damages…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · November 3, 2023 · in the opinion
Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2023)
…and specific causation Next the majority holds that Blickenstaff has conflated general and specific causation. The distinction between general and specific causation is a legal distinction. See Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 310 Ga. App. 21…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · June 7, 2006 · in the opinion
IN the Matter of United States Lines Inc. (2006)
…Under New York law, the party invoking a statute of limitations bears the burden of proof for establishing such an affirmative defense. See Bano v. Union Carbide Corp., 361 F.3d 696, 710 (2d Cir. 2004)…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 2, 2013 · in the opinion
Swanson v. Simpson Timber Company (2013)
…Union Carbide was responsible for guarding against asbestos exposure. (Id. at p. 181.) The court relied on Olivo and concluded the independent contractor owed a duty to its employee's family members in spite of Union…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Cancer incidence among members of the Norwegian trade union of insulation workers
Insulation work has been described as an occupation with high exposure to asbestos. A cohort of members of the Norwegian Trade Union of Insulation Workers (n = 1116), hired between 1930 and 1975, was established. During…
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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 · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · November 13, 2003
Matter of Conway v. Cbi Services, Inc. (2003)
The Appellate Division affirmed the Workers' Compensation Board's decision holding CBI Services and its carrier National Union liable on the widow's death benefits claim, rejecting their due process, evidence and settlement-consent arguments. Where…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 5, 2000
Brunet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2000)
Telles Brunet worked for Avondale Industries from 1950 to 1978 at its Harvey repair yard. He developed lung cancer and died in 1998. His wife and three daughters sued Avondale, four of its executive officers and their insurers. At trial the jury…
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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 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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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Yield of Low-Dose Computerized Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer in High-Risk Workers: The Case of 7189 US Nuclear Weapons Workers
To determine the lung cancer screening yield and stages in a union-sponsored low-dose computerized tomography scan program for nuclear weapons workers with diverse ages, smoking histories, and occupations. We implemented a low-dose computerized…
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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…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Pulmonary fibrosis in asbestos insulation workers with lung cancer: a radiological and histopathological evaluation
This study examined members of an insulation workers' union who died of lung cancer between January 1967 and September 1983. It was part of a continuing cohort mortality study of 17,800 union members. Of 450…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a respiratory screening program
This study followed 17,345 sheet metal workers who had been union members for 20 or more years and were screened by chest x-ray at 62 sites nationwide between 1986 and 2004. The authors traced…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1964
Asbestos exposure and neoplasia
This study followed 632 men who were members of two asbestos insulation workers' union locals, in New York and in Newark, New Jersey, as of 1942. It traced their deaths from January 1, 1943, through December…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
A cohort study of mortality among Ontario pipe trades workers
…and sprinkler fitters. Increased risk was observed among workers joining the Union as late as the 1970s. A random effects meta-analysis of this study and the two PMR studies found significant increases in oesophageal (RR…