29 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · January 15, 2010
Union Carbide Corporation v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2010)
…Appeal denied Union Carbide's petition for writ of mandate, leaving in place the trial court's ruling that John Washington's Texas deposition could be used in the California wrongful death action; Union Carbide lost…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · February 16, 2016 · in the opinion
Walashek v. Air Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
…Union Carbide Corporation, 231 Cal. App. 4th 962 (2014), Union Carbide argued that the testimony of plaintiff's expert that "\[a\]ll of the asbestos together contributes to cause mesothelioma," cannot be squared with Rutherford's…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · February 12, 2013
Nelson v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. (2013)
…Laval, Crane, Nash, Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide, dismissing the widow's negligence, strict liability and conspiracy claims for lack of evidence that her husband was exposed to asbestos from their products. Under California law, a…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 18, 2021 · in the opinion
Phipps v. Copeland Corporation LLC (2021)
…Asbestos Cases (2020) 44 Cal.App.5th 475, 488; see Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 975 (Izell) \["As our Supreme Court explained in Rutherford, \\[t\]he substantial factor standard is…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · March 28, 2016 · in the opinion
Walashek v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
…P\]roof that raises mere speculation, suspicion, surmise, guess or conjecture is not enough to sustain \[the plaintiff's\] burden' of persuasion." Izell v. Union Carbide Corp., 231 Cal. App. 4th 962, 969 (2014) (quoting Ulwelling…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Benavidez v. Fluor Corp. (2021)
…causation.'" (Petitpas v. Ford Motor Co. (2017) 13 Cal.App.5th 261, 289; see Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 969; McGonnell v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (2002) 98 Cal.App.4th…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · July 21, 2014 · in the opinion
Willis v. Buffalo Pumps Inc. (2014)
…by virtue of their employment, deemed to be sophisticated users."); Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp., 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 29-30, 117 Cal.Rptr.3d 791 (2010) (rejecting argument that defendant "was entitled to rely…
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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 · August 2, 2012 · in the opinion
Rollin v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (2012)
…applies only if a manufacturer provided adequate warnings to the intermediary. \[Citations.\]" (Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 29.) No California court has applied the sophisticated intermediary doctrine to absolve a…
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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…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 30, 2019 · in the opinion
Lopez v. the Hillshire Brands Company (2019)
…sources of plaintiff's injury." (Id. at pp. 1416-1417.) We review a jury's causation finding for substantial evidence. (Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 969; Jones v. John Crane…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 29, 2013 · in the opinion
Pfeifer v. John Crane, Inc. (2013)
…the jury reasonably allocated a 70 percent share of comparative fault to JCI. (Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 33 \[117 Cal.Rptr.3d 791\] (Stewart) \[despite plaintiff's admission that…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 24, 2013 · in the opinion
Keeney v. AW Chesterton Company (2013)
…It is the appellant's affirmative burden to demonstrate otherwise. \[Citation.\]" (Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 23, 33 (Stewart).) It is undisputed that Keeney served in the Navy for over 20…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2009
Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2009)
…and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: his home and side construction jobs; engine rooms on ships union cement mason on residential and commercial construction projects 1946-1966; side construction jobs hanging drywall; home remodeling…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · January 12, 2012 · in the opinion
O'neil v. Crane Co. (2012)
…such an expanded duty could also undermine consumer safety by inundating users with excessive warnings. "To warn of all potential dangers would warn of nothing." (Andre v. Union Tank Car Co., Inc. (1985) 213 N.J…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 18, 2016 · in the opinion
Marquez v. Pac Operating Limited Partnership (2016)
…PAC was not a party to that stipulation. The witness was Richard Gooch, Director of Special Properties for the real estate department of Union Pacific Railroad (U.Pac.R.R.) in 1981, who worked for SPLC…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 26, 2003 · in the opinion
Taylor v. John Crane, Inc. (2003)
…1962 to 1971 and again from 1973 to 1976. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for approximately six months in the period between his Navy enlistments. He was in the naval reserve from 1976 through…
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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…