14 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
Julius David Bourke sued Exxon Mobil, Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Taylor-Seidenbach and Eagle in a New Orleans state court. He alleged asbestos exposure causing malignant mesothelioma. He said he was exposed as a child through…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
The appeals court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed Union Carbide, and reversed the order striking part of Dr. Mark's testimony, so the plaintiffs (Harris Robertson's wife and children) won and the case…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 13, 2023
King v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2023)
The court granted Union Carbide's unopposed motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiff Glen King's claims against it, because he could not link any asbestos exposure to a Union Carbide product. Under Louisiana law…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 13, 2014
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
The court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide Corporation, reversed the trial court's order limiting Dr. Eugene Mark's causation testimony, and remanded for further proceedings. A plaintiff in…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 23, 2014
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
Harris Robertson died of mesothelioma in 2004. His wife and children sued several companies, including joint compound maker Georgia-Pacific, claiming he was exposed to asbestos while working as a sheetrock finisher. His brothers, who worked with…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
Harris Robertson, a drywall finisher and painter in residential construction from the early 1960s, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2004 and died that November. His wife and children sued several companies, including Sherwin-Williams, which…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 22, 2017
Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
Ronald Smith sued many companies in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. One defendant, Taylor-Seidenbach, a local insulation contractor and supplier, was a Louisiana citizen like Smith.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 15, 2018 · in the opinion
Leech v. 3M Company (2018)
…Lassus, Jr., Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale & Richard J. Garvey, Jr., Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by McGready Lewis Richeson, Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, Francis Xavier deBlanc, III, Pugh, Accardo…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 29, 2017 · in the opinion
Leech v. 3M Company (2017)
…Lassus, Jr., Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale & Richard J. Garvey, Jr., Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by McGready Lewis Richeson, Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, Francis Xavier deBlanc, III, Pugh, Accardo…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 29, 2018 · in the opinion
Leech v. 3M Company (2018)
…Elam, Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC, Margaret Adams Casey, Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC & Martin James Dempsey, Jr., Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by McGready Lewis Richeson, Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, Francis Xavier…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 23, 2018 · in the opinion
Leech v. 3M Company (2018)
…Lassus, Jr., Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale & Richard J. Garvey, Jr., Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale. Union Carbide Corporation, Defendant, represented by McGready Lewis Richeson, Pugh, Accardo, Haas, Radecker & Carey, Francis Xavier deBlanc, III, Pugh, Accardo…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996 · in the opinion
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
…an industrial hygienist employed by Union Carbide, was introduced in evidence. Peele said that in 1961, after receiving complaints from a Union Carbide safety engineer about working conditions of workers cutting Kaylo block insulation with a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 6, 2020 · in the opinion
Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc (2020)
…and Root\]. The conditions found on a construction site are not a basis for strict liability." R. Doc. 499-2 at 22 (citing Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., No. CIV.A. 13-6323, 2014 WL 4930457…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2018)
…09-4342, 2010 WL 4702369, at [\3] (E.D. La. Nov. 12, 2010); Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., No. 13-6323, 2014 WL 4930457, at [\4] (E.D. La. Oct. 1, 2014). Nicholls State argues that…