12 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · June 5, 2014
Union Carbide Corporation v. Nix (2014)
The court affirmed the compensatory verdict for Nix against Union Carbide, reversed the punitive damages award and remanded for a new trial on punitive damages only, vacated the attorney's fees award, and affirmed the special…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · November 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair, Inc. (2018)
…as successor-in-interest to Victor Gasket Manufacturing Company & Union Carbide Corporation, Defendants, represented by Clare Smith Rush, MARON MARVEL BRADLEY ANDERSON & TARDY, LLC & Marcy B. Croft, MARON MARVEL BRADLEY ANDERSON & TARDY, LLC. Detroit Diesel Corporation…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · October 15, 2019 · in the opinion
Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair (2019)
…of Mississippi law. The Lohrmann test is "a de minimis rule in that a plaintiff is required to prove more than a casual or minimal contact with the product," Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., 130 So…
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State law · Mississippi
Mississippi Mesothelioma Lawyer: Asbestos Claims, Deadlines & Compensation
…749 (Miss. 2005) — Frequency, regularity, and proximity test for asbestos exposure. Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., 130 So. 3d 66 (Miss. 2013) — Limits on using that test to overturn a design-defect verdict. Boyle v. United…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · February 11, 2021 · in the opinion
Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair Inc. (2021)
…Miss. 2005). This test is "a de minimis rule in that a plaintiff is required to prove more than a casual or minimal contact with the product." Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., 130 So. 3d 66…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · June 9, 2021 · in the opinion
Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair Inc. (2021)
…Miss. 2005). This test is "a de minimis rule in that a plaintiff is required to prove more than a casual or minimal contact with the product." Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., 130 So. 3d 66…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 17, 2020 · in the opinion
Bedford v. American Honda Motor Company (2020)
…and proximity" of asbestos exposure in order to determine if a plaintiff has established a prima facie causal connection in asbestos-related tort litigation. See Smith v. Union Carbide Corp., 130 So.3d 66, 70 (Miss…
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · March 18, 2004 · in the opinion
Owens Corning v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (2004)
…tobacco producers must compensate the insurers for the costs of smokers' health care." International Bhd. Local 734, 196 F.3d at 820. \[7\] See Service Employees Int'l Union Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.…
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Exposure sites · Mississippi
Mississippi Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage
… No. We reconstruct product handling from the worksite, the trust documentation for each manufacturer present, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. Most families do not arrive with product names. The conversation starts with what you…
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Court case · Mississippi Court of Appeals · October 22, 2013 · in the opinion
City of Jackson v. Sandifer (2013)
…many fire stations and at the fires he and Sandifer fought together. Bass recalled the firefighter union's concern about asbestos in the City's fire stations during the 1980s, resulting in an asbestos-abatement program…
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · February 15, 2018 · in the opinion
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Oakes EX rel. Hagan (2018)
…holding. "To further \[the Federal Employers' Liability Act's\] humanitarian purposes, Congress did away with several common-law tort defenses that had effectively barred recovery by injured workers." \[Consolidated Rail Corporation v.\] Gottshall, 512 U.S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · March 13, 2023 · in the opinion
Simpson v. American International Industries (2023)
…871 (5th Cir. 1991) (citing Tri-Cities Newspapers, Inc. v. Tri-Cities Printing Pressmen & Assts.' Local 349, Int'l Printing Pressman & Assts.' Union of N. Am., 427 F.2d 325, 327 (5th Cir. 1970)). "To that…