33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · 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 · 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, 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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · July 21, 1992 · in the opinion
Kreppein v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
…might reasonably be drawn.'" Michelman v. Clark-Schwebel Fiber Glass Corp., 534 F.2d 1036, 1042 (2d Cir.) (quoting Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., 370 U.S. 690, 696, 82 S.Ct. 1404…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · June 15, 1998 · in the opinion
Consorti v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (In Re Joint Eastern and Southern Dist. Asbestos, 1998)
…Inc., 209 A.D.2d 1015, 619 N.Y.S.2d 440 (4th Dep't1994); Lightfoot v. Union Carbide Corp., 901 F.Supp. 166, 169 (S.D.N.Y.1995)). Because Gasperini directs federal district courts…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 16, 2006 · in the opinion
8th Jud Dist Asbestos Litig (2006)
…Similarly, there is no private right of action under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (42 USC § 9601) (see Ruffing v Union Carbide Corp., 1 AD3d 339, 341 \[2003\], appeal…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · May 18, 2000 · in the opinion
Hamilton v. Garlock, Inc. (2000)
…keeping with the Second Circuit's more recent pronouncements on the subject. Lightfoot v. Union Carbide Corp., 110 F.3d 898 (2d Cir.1997). D. The Evidence Was Sufficient For The Jury To Find That Atlas…
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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…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 30, 2013
Brown v. Bell & Gosset Co. (2013)
…Union Carbide building, New York Times building, CBS building, Columbia College, New York insulator / apprentice mechanic Northport Powerhouse Northport 1967; apprentice mechanic insulating equipment and boilers Consolidated Edison's Astoria Powerhouse New York 1958; insulator Union…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 11, 2013
Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2013)
…Union Carbide building, New York Times building, CBS building, Lincoln Center, Columbia College, Rochdale Village Housing Project, New York City insulator Con Edison Ravenswood Powerhouse, Unit 3 1964-1965; insulator, Asbestos Workers Union member Union Carbide…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of New York · August 15, 2012 · in the opinion
Garner v. Ngc Bodily Injury Trust (2012)
…Inc., 860 F.2d 1434, 1439 (7th Cir. 1988) (CERCLA accrual date does not apply to workplace asbestos exposure); Ruffing v. Union Carbide Corp., 746 N.Y.S.2d 350, 362 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2002…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 6, 2013 · in the opinion
Peraica v. Crane Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2013)
…relevant federal case law interpreting New York law in "failure to warn" cases, endorsed the proposition that "New York Law presumes users will heed warnings provided with a product ..." (Union Carbide Corp. v Affiliated FM Ins…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · November 13, 2003
Matter of Conway v. Cbi Services, Inc. (2003)
The Appellate Division affirmed the Workers' Compensation Board's decision holding CBI Services and its carrier National Union liable on the widow's death benefits claim, rejecting their due process, evidence and settlement-consent arguments. Where…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 9, 2013
Lindsay v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2013)
…inferred. Deposition testimony that he disturbed insulation on the defendant's boiler raises a fact issue, and credibility is for the trier of fact. Product Identification; Trial Procedure and Discovery union electrician early 1960s to 1978
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · March 28, 2022
Pritt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
…fireman and later machinist's mate in the forward engine room USS Purdy 1961 to about 1964; sailor standing watch while electricians worked on the docked ship Brooklyn Naval Shipyard Brooklyn; union electrician Indianapolis 1972-1980
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 13, 2007
Briggs v. General Electric Co. (2007)
…Mr. Briggs was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1995. He was a union electrician who worked at many construction sites from about 1952 to 1993. He alleged that in the early 1950s, while working as an apprentice…