10 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · July 11, 2017
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2017)
The Court of Appeal affirmed judgment for Union Carbide, upholding summary adjudication that Janet Stewart's loss of consortium claim was barred by res judicata and the setoff of her husband's asbestos trust settlements against…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 11, 2019 · in the opinion
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
…Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP & Thomas Alan Steig, Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by Florence Anne McClain, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Foster Wheeler LLC, Defendant, represented by Charles S…
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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 · 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 · March 24, 2016 · in the opinion
The Marley-Wylain Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2016)
…2956.) California allows punitive damages. (Civ. Code, § 3294; Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 982.) Michigan does not.\[7\] (Casey v. Auto Owners Ins. Co. (Mich.Ct.App. 2006) 273 Mich…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 23, 1994 · in the opinion
Smith v. ACandS, Inc. (1994)
…Smith said he worked near insulation contractors, including "Armstrong." Smith did not explain whether he meant ACandS (Armstrong Contracting and Supply Corporation) or the distinct entity of Armstrong Cork Company. This ambiguous and bare testimony cannot…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 3, 1998 · in the opinion
Scheiding v. General Motors Corp. (1998)
…for his asbestos injuries and for his wife's loss of consortium. Billy Umphriss was employed as an engine supplyman and fireman for the Union Pacific Railroad from 1941 through 1942 and from 1950 through 1961…
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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…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 27, 2019 · in the opinion
Schildknegt v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
BRIGITTE SCHILDKNEGT, Individually and as successor in interest to NICOLAAS SCHILDKNEGT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION, etal., Defendants and Respondents. No. B255135. Filed June 27, 2019. Court of Appeals of California, Second…