5 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 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 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 · 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…