19 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 · 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 · September 13, 2021 · in the opinion
Vanni v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2021)
…to support the verdict. We review the sufficiency of the evidence under the substantial evidence standard of review. (Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 969.) Under that standard, we consider all…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2021 · in the opinion
Pizarro v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (2021)
…California, "\[p\]unitive damages can be awarded only where the jury finds oppression, fraud, or malice by clear and convincing evidence." Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp., 190 Cal.App. 4th 23, 34 (2010) (internal citations omitted)…
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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 · July 15, 2015 · in the opinion
Soto v. BorgWarner Morse Tec Inc. (2015)
…the record contains evidence sufficient to support the judgment. It is the appellant's affirmative burden to demonstrate otherwise." (Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 33 \[117 Cal.Rptr.3d 791…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 29, 2011
Adams v. Ford Motor Company (2011)
Richard Adams, a self-described shade tree mechanic, died of mesothelioma. His wife and three children sued many defendants, including Ford Motor Company. They alleged he was exposed to asbestos dust while replacing brake pads on his vehicles, five…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 23, 2018 · in the opinion
Williams v. the Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack OF California (2018)
…1300-1301; see also Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 34-35.) Although appellants undoubtedly are correct that the evidence presented here bears a number of similarities to that in Pfeifer…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 15, 2016 · in the opinion
DePREE v. BASF Catalysts LLC (2016)
…suppliers, jury could not infer without speculating that plaintiff was exposed to Union Carbide's joint compound as opposed to joint compound from other manufacturers, despite proof that Union Carbide joint compound was present at plant\]…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 24, 2015 · in the opinion
Quiroz v. BNSF Railway Company (2015)
…4th at p. 1084; see also Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 968-969 (Izell)\["\In the context of a cause of action for asbestos-related latent injuries, the plaintiff must…
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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 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 · California Court of Appeal · February 8, 2016 · in the opinion
Lepore v. Kelsey-Hayes Co. (2016)
…claim cannot be established, by presenting evidence that the plaintiff \does not possess and cannot reasonably obtain, needed evidence.'" (Kahn v. East Side Union High School Dist. (2003) 31 Cal.4th 990, 1003; and see Aguilar…
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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…
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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…