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15 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”

  1. Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2014

    Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)

    The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, upholding the liability finding, the fault allocation, the remitted $6 million compensatory award and the $18 million punitive award. A plaintiff…

  2. Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2014

    Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)

    The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, including the remitted $6 million compensatory award and the $18 million punitive award; one justice dissented in part on the punitive…

  3. Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2014

    Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)

    The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, upholding the jury's liability and comparative-fault findings, the compensatory award as reduced to $6 million, and the $18 million…

  4. Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 17, 2017 · in the opinion

    Phillips v. Honeywell International Inc. (2017)

    …at p. 86.) In Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962 (Izell), the owner of a residential construction business was diagnosed with mesothelioma and sued more than 20 manufacturers or suppliers allegedly…

  5. Court case · California Supreme Court · May 23, 2016 · in the opinion

    Webb v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2016)

    …com. n, pp. 309-310; Aubin v. Union Carbide Corp., supra, 177 So.3d at p. 515.) It is also significant if, under the circumstances giving rise to the plaintiff's claim, the intermediary itself had…

  6. Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 27, 2021 · in the opinion

    Morgan v. JM Manufacturing Co., Inc. (2021)

    …not its sufficiency as evidence. (See Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 974 \[180 Cal.Rptr.3d 382\].) It is "the province of the jury to resolve the conflicts in the…

  7. Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 21, 2016 · in the opinion

    Casey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. (2016)

    …that made reference to the hazards of asbestos." In October 1968, Union Carbide sent Kaiser Gypsum information on the importance of controlling "asbestos dust exposure" among workers, the value of "adequate exhaust ventilation" and "environmental monitoring…

  8. Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 22, 2024 · in the opinion

    Williams v. JM Manufacturing Company, Inc. (2024)

    …was exposed to asbestos from asbestos-cement pipe supplied by J-MM. Relying on Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962 (Izell), J-MM contends that Cornelius only raised a "mere possibility…

  9. Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 10, 2013 · in the opinion

    Webb v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2013)

    …The raw asbestos supplied by Special Electric to Johns-Manville constitutes a "product" under the negligence and strict liability provisions of California law. (Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 29 (Stewart)…

  10. Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 21, 2016 · in the opinion

    Baeza v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2016)

    …warnings, safety requirements, and union strike activities—were relevant to the jury's evaluation of plaintiffs' design defect claim. The court overruled Farrise's objection. The court stated that the jury had been properly instructed, further…

  11. Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2018 · in the opinion

    Trapp v. CertainTEED Corporation (2018)

    …4th 148, 161.) Thus, it is generally "\amenable to resolution by summary judgment.'" (Kahn v. East Side Union High School Dist. (2003) 31 Cal.4th 990, 1004.) We review the existence of duty de novo. (Kesner…

  12. Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 17, 2000 · in the opinion

    Ashdown v. Ameron International Corp. (2000)

    …2d 20 (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 868 Ellen ASHDOWN, Individually and as Executor, etc., etal., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. No. A084561. August 17, 2000. Court of Appeal, First District…

  13. Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 10, 2015 · in the opinion

    Green v. CertainTEED Corporation (2015)

    …burden, the burden shifts to the plaintiff to show the existence of a triable issue of material fact as to that cause of action. (Union Bank v. Superior Court (1995) 31 Cal.App.4th 573, 583…

  14. Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 26, 2018 · in the opinion

    Hart v. Keenan Properties, Inc. (2018)

    …must comply with the rules governing the admissibility of evidence generally, including ... the hearsay rule...." (Dart Industries, Inc. v. Commercial Union Ins. Co. (2002) 28 Cal.4th 1059, 1070, fn. 2 \[124 Cal.Rptr.2d 142…

  15. Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 15, 2019 · in the opinion

    Burch v. Certainteed Corporation (2019)

    …they were judicially construed in 1986 to apply to strict product liability cases\].) To the extent ambiguity exists, Proposition 51's ballot materials also aid our construction. (See Amador Valley Joint Union High Sch. Dist. v…