18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 15, 2011
Butler v. Union Carbide Corporation (2011)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's exclusion of Dr. Maddox's specific causation testimony and its grant of summary judgment to Union Carbide, so Mrs. Butler lost. A trial court does not…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 20, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of partial summary judgment to the Fieldses on the defendants' nonparty-fault defense and affirmed the denial of Union Carbide's summary judgment motion, so the Fieldses won…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 25, 2021
Union Carbide Corp. v. Brannan (2021)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's denial of Union Carbide's motion to dismiss, so Louise Brannan's personal injury claims for her late husband's estate could proceed in the second…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · January 27, 2005
Flowers v. Union Carbide Corp. (2005)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Union Carbide, rejecting the Flowers family's claims of error on excluded evidence, the handling of the Georgia-Pacific stipulation, and the…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 30, 2015
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2015)
Roy Knight and his wife Milva sued Scapa Dryer Fabrics and Union Carbide after Roy was diagnosed in 2009 with malignant mesothelioma. They said he was exposed to airborne asbestos while working as an independent sheet…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 22, 2010
Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010)
…Garlock, CBS/Westinghouse, General Electric and Union Carbide (no proof of exposure to their asbestos products), against the estate's executor. To survive summary judgment, a plaintiff must present evidence that the defendant's asbestos-containing…
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · July 5, 2016
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2016)
Roy Knight, a sheet-metal worker, developed mesothelioma almost forty years after working as an independent contractor at Scapa Dryer Fabrics' Waycross, Georgia plant between 1967 and 1973. He and his wife sued Scapa, claiming it negligently exposed…
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · September 9, 2013
Georgia-Pacific, LLC v. Fields (2013)
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, which had affirmed partial summary judgment for the Fieldses barring Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide from asserting nonparty fault, holding the defendants could rely on the Fieldses…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 30, 2021 · in the opinion
Georgia Power Company v. Campbell (2021)
…326 Ga. App. 863, 868(1) (756 SE2d 682) (2014); see also Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 310 Ga. App. 21, 25(1) (712 SE2d 537) (2011). (a) Causation testimony. To establish proximate causation, Campbell must…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · November 3, 2023 · in the opinion
Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2023)
…and specific causation Next the majority holds that Blickenstaff has conflated general and specific causation. The distinction between general and specific causation is a legal distinction. See Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 310 Ga. App. 21…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia · September 28, 2018 · in the opinion
Hanson v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2018)
…cannot prove causation, required for each claim, as a matter of law. In an asbestos action, "causation is an essential element." Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 712 S.E.2d 537, 544 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011)…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · May 28, 2019 · in the opinion
McKENNEY'S Inc. v. Sinyard (2019)
…evidence. Sinyard's expert Dr. Abraham testified that a person can contract mesothelioma by inhaling asbestos fibers. While this is not a novel proposition, see Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 310 Ga. App. 21, 25 (1)…
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Exposure sites · Georgia
Georgia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage
…refractory, and gaskets. Read the trusts' lists for Georgia and the same places keep coming back: Savannah — Union Camp's paper mill and American Cyanamid's plant, the two worksites the most trusts recognize in Georgia…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 14, 2001 · in the opinion
Hoffman v. AC&S, Inc. (2001)
…J., concur. \[1\] Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lungs. \[2\] Hoffman's husband also filed a claim for loss of consortium. \[3\] See Wade v. First Union Nat. Bank, 231…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 10, 2022 · in the opinion
Sinyard v. Georgia Power Company (2022)
…more than 25 years. From 1975 to 1989, he was employed by the local pipefitters union and worked for various contractors as a pipefitter on projects at Georgia Power Company, Ford Motor Company, and Piedmont Hospital…
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State law · Georgia
Georgia Mesothelioma Lawyer: Asbestos Claims, Deadlines & Compensation
…across 224 communities, from 28 trusts. The worksites the most trusts recognize are American Cyanamid's plant and Union Camp's paper mill in Savannah (at least 13 trusts each, including Johns-Manville), the Brunswick Pulp…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia · December 27, 2013 · in the opinion
Cabasug v. Crane Company (2013)
…asbestos, Doc. No. 779-8, Viad Ex. E at 126-127; and (5) Cabasug was a member of the plumber and pipefitters' union, which provided publications including warnings regarding asbestos. Id. at 109; Doc. No. 779…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · November 22, 2006 · in the opinion
Putzel Elect. Contractors v. Jones (2006)
…Dr. Hendricks' notes of that date indicate that his findings "seem to be consistent with asbestosis" and that he "encouraged \[Jones\] to discuss with his union regarding benefits for his asbestos related lung disease." Dr. Hendricks…