18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · California Court of Appeal · November 16, 2010
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2010)
…Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Larry and Janet Stewart against Union Carbide, including the $6 million punitive damages award, rejecting all of Union Carbide's challenges. A raw asbestos supplier that gave no warning…
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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…
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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…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 18, 2013
Strickland v. Union Carbide Corp. (2013)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Strickland's widow and children against Union Carbide, holding substantial evidence supported the jury's finding that exposure to Calidria contributed to his risk of peritoneal mesothelioma. Under…
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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…
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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 · December 17, 2007
Slaughter v. Union Carbide Corp. (2007)
Ronald and Edna Slaughter sued 39 manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in Los Angeles County. Edna had been diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006 and died in December of that year. They alleged she was exposed while they…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 24, 2020
Collantes v. Elementis Chemicals, Inc. (2020)
The Court of Appeal reversed the summary judgments for Union Carbide and Elementis, holding they had not shown that Collantes lacked sufficient evidence of exposure, and directed the trial court to deny their motions. A defendant…
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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 · 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 · September 8, 2011 · in the opinion
Saffold v. Bondex International, Inc. (2011)
…Pacific, Gold Bond, Union Carbide and Warner Bros. The only objections Bondex's counsel made to the verdict form concerned Warner Bros. and did not relate to the six manufacturers or other potential tortfeasors. C. Closing…
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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 · 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 Court of Appeal · March 18, 2016 · in the opinion
Untermann v. D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc. (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 · California Court of Appeal · July 27, 2016 · in the opinion
Gerlach v. Goodman Lumber Company (2016)
…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…