11 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 29, 2007
Bakkie v. Union Carbide Corporation (2007)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the jury's liability findings against Union Carbide and the denial of its JNOV motion, but reversed the $14.1 million future noneconomic damages award as excessive and ordered a new…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 28, 2015
Marteney v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the denial of Union Carbide's and Elementis's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, leaving the strict-liability judgment for Marie Marteney in place. Under Rutherford, a plaintiff shows causation…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 2, 2009
Wangen v. Gardner Denver, Inc. (2009)
William Wangen, a lifelong Washington resident, and his wife Mary Jo sued more than three dozen defendants in California. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007. He alleged asbestos exposure on the USS Wiltsie in the Navy from 1950 to 1954,…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 5, 2017 · in the opinion
Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2017)
… Metropolitan Life Insurance; William B. March; and Union Carbide Corporation. In addition, in responses to requests for admissions that were read to the jury, plaintiffs admitted that Marline was exposed to asbestos-containing products manufactured or…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 25, 2021 · in the opinion
Putt v. Ford Motor Co. (In re Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2021)
… Industrial Holdings Corporation; Ingersoll-Rand Company; John Crane Inc.; Kelly Moore Paint Company, Inc.; The Pep Boys, Manny, Moe & Jack of California; Pneumo Abex LLC; Soco West, Inc.; and Union Carbide Corporation. \[2\] For the first…
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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…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 2, 2017 · in the opinion
Johnson v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. (2017)
…evidence of exposure in asbestos personal injury cases. Particularly instructive is Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962 \[180 Cal.Rptr.3d 382\] (Izell). The plaintiff ran a construction company from 1964…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 29, 2011
Adams v. Ford Motor Company (2011)
Richard Adams, a self-described shade tree mechanic, died of mesothelioma. His wife and three children sued many defendants, including Ford Motor Company. They alleged he was exposed to asbestos dust while replacing brake pads on his vehicles, five…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · March 3, 2016 · in the opinion
Davis v. Honeywell International Inc. (2016)
…v. East Bay Union of Machinists (1964) 227 Cal.App.2d 675, 719 \["Error cannot be predicated on the trial court's refusal to give a requested instruction if the subject matter is substantially covered by…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · June 24, 2024 · in the opinion
Marcus v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2024)
…basis. b. Non-Pecuniary Damages Defendants Air & Liquid, BW/IP, Inc. ("BW/IP"), Cleaver Brooks, Inc. ("Cleaver Brooks"), Eaton Corporation ("Eaton"), Foster Wheeler, Gardner Denver Inc. ("Gardner Denver"), Greene, Tweed & Co., Inc. ("GT & Co."), J.R…