50 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 3, 2014
Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2014)
…as applied, and rendered judgment dismissing the Emmites' wrongful death suit against Union Carbide. The Chapter 90 safety valve requires that pulmonary function testing be relevant to the physician's diagnosis of functional pulmonary impairment, so…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · March 2, 2021
Neely EX rel. Estate OF Goehring v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021)
The court of appeals affirmed the trial court's no-evidence summary judgment for Union Carbide, so the Goehring children's wrongful death claim failed. Under Flores and Bostic, a plaintiff must offer reliable, defendant-specific…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 25, 2009
Ross v. Union Carbide Corporation (2009)
The en banc court affirmed summary judgment for Union Carbide, holding that the 1993 release signed by Homer and Marjorie Ross barred the survivors' exemplary-damages and loss-of-consortium claims, and it overruled Perez v…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 6, 2010
Darden v. Union Carbide Corporation (2010)
…was limited to product liability claims, or that it was void as covering work-related injuries. Employer and Contractor Liability, and Workers' Compensation; Punitive Damages; Wrongful Death and Survival; Settlements and Releases employee of Union Carbide
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 30, 2011
Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2011)
The court of appeals affirmed the MDL pretrial court's order denying Union Carbide's motion and renewed motion to dismiss, ruling for the Emmites, though it found Dr. Prince's reports did not meet the…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 18, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2012)
…court affirmed the MDL pretrial court's order denying Union Carbide's motion and renewed motion to dismiss, so the Emmites' wrongful death claims could go forward; Union Carbide lost. A physician report under Texas Civil…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 19, 2019
Union Carbide Corporation v. Torres (2019)
The court affirmed the judgment for Oscar and Dora Torres against Union Carbide Corporation, but reversed the judgment against Garlock's successor GST Settlement Facility and rendered a take-nothing judgment for Garlock. A premises owner…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · October 1, 2009
Union Carbide Corporation v. Smith (2009)
…judgment for Oliver and Peggy Smith and rendered a take-nothing judgment for Union Carbide and Hexion, holding there was no evidence of Union Carbide's control and that the workers' compensation exclusive remedy barred the…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 28, 2012
Union Carbide Corp. v. Synatzske (2012)
The en banc court affirmed the MDL pretrial court's order denying Union Carbide's motion and renewed motion to dismiss, so the Emmites' asbestosis wrongful-death claims could go forward. Under Chapter 90's safety…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · September 29, 2016
In re Reed (2016)
Barbara Reed was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2016 and had her right lung removed. She said she was exposed to asbestos from 1971 to 1976 while working in the Plastics Mold Cleaning and Bakelight Departments at the Square D plant in Cedar Rapids,…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · June 8, 2007 · in the opinion
Borg-Warner Corporation v. Flores (2007)
…Eastman Chemical Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Owens Illinois, Inc., and Union Carbide Corporation submitted amicus briefs. \[11\] We note initially that Borg-Warner did not challenge, either before trial or…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 11, 2014 · in the opinion
Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014)
…Baker Botts LLP, Sharla J. Frost, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Union Carbide Corporation. Karen K. Maston, Johnson Spalding Doyle West & Trent, Houston, TX, for Other interested party Amtek, Inc.…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 31, 1990
Celotex Corp. v. Tate (1990)
…and mixed sacks of raw chrysotile asbestos, and was also exposed while working as an electrician. Union Carbide settled during trial for $900,000. A jury then returned actual and punitive damages against George Rowley, Inc…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · July 6, 2001 · in the opinion
Broyles v. US Gypsum Co. (2001)
…a claim handling corporation created by several former asbestos-producing companies. CCR's settlement on behalf of United States Gypsum (USG), Union Carbide and Armstrong World Industries (Armstrong) provided that the settling defendants would pay the…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · February 27, 2006 · in the opinion
In re Fluor Enterprises, Inc. (2006)
…multi-district litigation appointed the 11th District Court in Harris County to act as the MDL pretrial court for consolidated pretrial proceedings in asbestos cases filed after September 1, 2003. See Union Carbide v. Adams, No…
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Exposure sites · Texas
Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage
…insulator from 1936 to 1969; Texas City on Galveston Bay, with Amoco, Monsanto, and Union Carbide; Freeport and Brazoria County, anchored by Dow Chemical and BASF; and Corpus Christi's Coastal Bend, with its refineries and…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 3, 2020 · in the opinion
Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company v. Adkins (2020)
…ADMIN. 13.9(b). In 2003, the MDL Panel named the 11th District Court of Harris County as a pretrial court for asbestos litigation cases. See Union Carbide v. Adams, 166 S.W.3d 1, 1…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · December 5, 2008 · in the opinion
N RE General Electric Company (2008)
…Maine, and transferred to MDL 875 for pretrial proceedings, Richards will not be deprived of all remedies for purposes of forum non conveniens analysis. See In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · September 14, 2016 · in the opinion
Cooper Industries, LLC v. Precision Castparts Corp. (2016)
…is not the environment for purposes of CERCLA"). A New York court has found similarly. See, e.g., Ruffing v. Union Carbide Corp., 746 N.Y.S.2d 798, 809 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2002) ("Thus…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · February 27, 2024 · in the opinion
Burford v. Howmet Aerospace, Inc. (2024)
…asbestos in the ambient air to which everyone is exposed. \[6\] Alcoa relies on the plurality opinion in Neely v. Union Carbide Corp. and cites a statement from the opinion as a statement by this court…