16 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · April 23, 2013
Holland v. Union Carbide Corporation (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment based on the military contractor defense, so the plaintiff's claims against it continue. A defendant asserting the military contractor (government contractor) defense bears the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · November 12, 2010
Bush v. Eaton Corporation (2010)
Oretha Mae Bush sued Eaton Corporation, its plant supervisor James Kinsner, and several other companies in Kentucky state court. She alleged negligence and strict liability for exposing her to asbestos fibers and causing mesothelioma. She died…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · July 7, 2023
Williams v. Schneider Electric USA, Inc. (2023)
The Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for Square D and Union Carbide on the ground that they owed Vickie Williams no duty, vacated the order excluding the plaintiffs' expert's talc opinions, and affirmed the…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · October 15, 2021
Schneider Electric USA, Inc. v. Williams (2021)
…D Company), along with other makers and sellers of asbestos products, including Union Carbide. She alleged she was exposed directly while working at a Square D facility for a few months in 1978, and indirectly through…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · August 9, 2019
Schneider Electric USA, Inc. v. Williams (2019)
…and sued Schneider Electric USA, formerly Square D Company, and other asbestos product makers including Union Carbide. She alleged she was exposed to asbestos brought home on her father's clothing, since he worked for Square…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · July 30, 2019
Clouse v. Associated Drywall Suppliers, Inc. (2019)
Michael Clouse sued Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Circuit Court in July 2018. He alleged that their cosmetic talcum powder contained asbestos and caused his mesothelioma, which was diagnosed in…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · December 16, 2010 · in the opinion
Certainteed Corporation v. Dexter (2010)
…Corp.; Motion Industries, Inc.; Southern Manufacturing, Inc.; Triangle Insulation and Sheetmetal Co.; Union Carbide Corp.; and Westinghouse Electric Corp. \[2\] These additional defendants were: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Arkema, Inc.; CC Metals and Alloys, LLC…
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Exposure sites · Kentucky
Kentucky Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage
…and Union Carbide ran it for the government for its first three decades. Enrichment ended in 2013. The trusts list it under the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, the AEC project, Union Carbide Nuclear, Carbide & Carbon Chemical…
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State law · Kentucky
Kentucky Mesothelioma Lawyer: Asbestos Claims, Deadlines & Compensation
…disease. Shelton v. Kentucky Easter Seals Soc'y, Inc., 413 S.W.3d 901 (Ky. 2013) — open-and-obvious conditions and the owner's duty. Union Carbide Corp. v. Williams and Schneider Electric USA, Inc. v…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · March 6, 2009 · in the opinion
Cardinal Industrial Insulation Co., Inc. v. Norris (2009)
…breach of the duty, and a causal connection between the breach of the duty and an injury suffered by the plaintiff. Lewis v. B & R Corporation, 56 S.W.3d 432, 436-37 (Ky.App. 2001)…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 23, 2007 · in the opinion
General Elec. Co. v. Cain (2007)
…Employees performed capital projects, and the union had to approve the use of outside contractors. The size of a project was often what determined whether the company would use outside contractors rather than the type of…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · October 7, 2011 · in the opinion
Rehm v. Ford Motor Company (2011)
…on March 12, 1981, the starting date of employment which he listed on his application for union membership as a millwright in Local 2209. Rapid manufactured and installed conveyer systems for other companies. Before installing new…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · January 29, 2021 · in the opinion
Hayes v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2021)
…1999). Next, Cynthia notes that "not reasonably safe" is largely interchangeable with the phrase "unreasonably dangerous" in the context of negligence.\[1\] And, citing Nichols v. Union Underwear Co., Inc., 602 S.W.2d 429, 433…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · April 23, 1998 · in the opinion
Strickland v. Owens Corning (1998)
…Joann STRICKLAND, Executrix of the Estate of John Hagan, Plaintiff-Appellee, Travelers Insurance Company, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OWENS CORNING, formerly known as Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Defendant- Appellant, W.R. Grace and Company, etal., Defendants…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · April 2, 2021 · in the opinion
Papineau v. Brake Supply Company, Inc. (2021)
…separate issues in a single lawsuit or the repetitive trial of the same issue in severed claims is not to be the usual course."); Gen. Elec. Credit Union v. Nat'l Fire Ins. of Hartford, No…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · February 14, 2014 · in the opinion
McGuire v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2014)
…product that is unreasonably dangerous in the market, it has violated its duty under a negligence standard and may be found strictly liable. See Nichols v. Union Underwear Co., 602 S.W.2d 429, 433 (Ky.