28 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · March 21, 2019
Billok v. Union Carbide Corp. (2019)
The Appellate Division reversed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Union Carbide and remitted for a new trial, because deposition testimony from other lawsuits was wrongly admitted; plaintiff Billok prevailed on the appeal. Under…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 22, 2013
Macek v. CBS Corporation (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment in its entirety, so the plaintiffs' claims against it go forward. Conflicting testimony about whether the joint compound contained the defendant's Calidria asbestos, and…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 13, 2014
Armanious v. 3M Co. (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment, so the plaintiff estate's claims against it continue, because a jury could infer that Mr. Nilsson was exposed to its Calidria asbestos through National…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 10, 2013
Vega v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's complaint and cross-claims, leaving Glenda Vega's claims against it for trial. Whether a raw asbestos supplier's warnings to…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 17, 2013
Logan v. AP Moller-Maersk, Inc. (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide's cross-motion for summary judgment in its entirety, so plaintiffs John and Gail Logan prevailed, and denied Georgia Pacific's motion as moot because plaintiffs had settled with it. In…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 8, 2012
Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012)
Twenty-two plaintiffs, all represented by the same lawyers, sued more than eighty defendants in New York County for asbestos-related injuries or deaths. Seven had lung cancer, fourteen had pleural mesothelioma, and Glenda Vega had peritoneal…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 14, 2020
Montell v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…and cross-claims against it, and denied the plaintiffs' cross-motion for jurisdictional discovery. A New York court lacks general jurisdiction over a corporation not incorporated or headquartered in New York, and lacks specific jurisdiction under…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 28, 2017
Klock v. Albany Intl. Corp. (2017)
Two men, William McIntosh and Leonard Gaumes, both developed mesothelioma. Both had worked at the Gouverneur Talc mine in overlapping years. McIntosh died in November 2015, and his estate, represented by Christine Klock, sued. Gaumes and his wife…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…auto repair and laundering a husband's work clothes. Defendants including Foster Wheeler, Union Carbide and Cleaver-Brooks opposed. The judge applied the standard that joint trials need a plain identity of issues, looking at worksites…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 20, 2017
Altman v. Ford Motor Co. (In re New York City Asbetos Litigation, 2017)
…1950s-1980s; helper in boiler and furnace removal and installation stepfather's boiler and furnace business 1950s; worker at a construction products company 1970s; handyman 1970s and 1980s; union carpenter various construction sites 1960s to 1980s
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 8, 2010
Horn v. A.W. Chesterson Co. (In re Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2010)
Ten asbestos cases, brought by plaintiffs represented by the same law firm, were assigned to one New York County judge for trial. Eight of the plaintiffs, alleging mesothelioma, asked the court to consolidate their cases into three groups for joint…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 27, 2023
Servedio v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2023)
…1950s to 1970s; plumber 1961 to 1990; plumber 1968 to 1986; union carpenter 1958 to 1995; union carpenter 1956 to 1990; union carpenter 1953 to 1995; 1955 to the mid 1970's; 1957 to 1979; 1955…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 10, 2022 · in the opinion
Katechis v. Allied Bldg. Prods. Corp. (2022)
…INC., BIRD INCORPORATED, BURNHAM CORPORATION, CERTAIN-TEED CORPORATION, CRANE CO., DAP, INC., DOMCO PRODUCTS TEXAS, INC., KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC., KAMCO SUPPLY CORP., KOHLER CO., METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY (THE), UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 15, 2022 · in the opinion
Katechis v. Allied Bldg. Prods. Corp. (2022)
…INC., BIRD INCORPORATED, BURNHAM CORPORATION, CERTAIN-TEED CORPORATION, CRANE CO., DAP, INC., DOMCO PRODUCTS TEXAS, INC., KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC., KAMCO SUPPLY CORP., KOHLER CO., METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY (THE), UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Backer v. Abb, Inc. (2021)
…SARCO, INC., TACO, INC., TISHMAN CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, TISHMAN INTERIORS CORPORATION, TISHMAN LIQUIDATING CORPORATION, TISHMAN REALTY & CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., TISHMAN SPEYER PROPERTIES, INC., UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, WARD LEONARD ELECTRIC CO., WARREN PUMPS LLC, WEIL McLAIN, WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 24, 2019 · in the opinion
Godfrey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…New York. Plaintiffs have failed to produce evidence in this case to prove that Kaiser Gypsum and Union Carbide Company executed a contract in New York to supply Calidria to Kaiser Gypsum's manufacturing plant, which…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · July 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Konstantin v. Tishman Liquidating Corp. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2014)
…that users will heed warnings provided with a product" (id.). In the context of the issue that was before us in Union Carbide, that decision's citation of Santoro and recitation of the Santoro holding was…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 13, 2018
Nauheimer v. Union Carbide Corp. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
Randi Nauheimer, suing individually and as executor of the estate of her husband Robert Nauheimer, brought an asbestos action against Union Carbide Corp. and other defendants in New York County. Plaintiffs moved to try that case…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 16, 2017
Cunningham v. Aerco Intl. (2017)
Eleven plaintiffs, or their estates, in New York City asbestos litigation had sued many defendants. Eight alleged mesothelioma and three alleged lung cancer. Their lawyers asked the court to try the cases together in two large groups, or…