18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · December 21, 2006
Gilcrease v. Garlock, Inc. (2006)
…award even if the credits offset it. Punitive Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Asbestos Trust Claims in Court; Venue, Removal and Transfer; Wrongful Death and Survival; Settlements and Releases union pipefitter and plumber 1957 onward
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · November 5, 2003
In re Sears, Roebuck and Co. (2003)
…s dusty clothes, as a plumbing apprentice in the family business from 1971 to 1978, and as a union plumber afterward. He identified only Homart boilers and water heaters as Sears-related products. The plaintiffs sent…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 10, 2008
Ford Motor Company v. Miller (2008)
…Medical Monitoring Worksites: Ford River Rouge complex; Ford Rouge facility, Detroit; Roland's home union laborer repairing, tearing out, and rebuilding blast furnaces Ford Rouge facility Detroit 1954-1965; step-daughter who washed Roland's work…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas · March 31, 2025 · in the opinion
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. (2025)
…the general rule that "\[i\]nsurance policies are written contracts, and, as with other contracts, \[courts\] interpret and enforce them according to settled rules of construction." Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 29, 2008 · in the opinion
Satterfield v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (2008)
…citing Thomas M. Cooley, LL.D., A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union 176 (1868); 1 George D. Braden et al., The Constitution of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · March 31, 2021 · in the opinion
LaFRENTZ v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (2021)
…R. Evid. 611(a); see also Cranberg v. Consumers Union of US., Inc., 756 F.2d 382, 391 (5th Cir. 1985) (trial judge's "duty extends far beyond ruling on objections and preserving decorum in the…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 23, 2019 · in the opinion
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Dickson (2019)
…deposition testimony. Holstein testified the term "bystander exposure" was relevant to Billy's case because Billy was an engineer at Bell and, because of union rules, he was not allowed to touch any tools. As a…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 26, 2010 · in the opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (2010)
…in fact, including the requirement that the defendant's conduct or product be a substantial factor in bringing about the plaintiff's injuries.'" Flores, 232 S.W.3d at 770 (quoting Union Pump Co. v. Allbritton…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · May 25, 2022 · in the opinion
EL Paso Energy Est Company v. Chevron USA Inc. (2022)
…controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified." (Dkt. 24-3 at p. 10). "Person" means "any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, group, union, association, trust, court, agency…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · February 8, 1993 · in the opinion
Boyett v. Keene Corp. (1993)
…for the same injury and one of the joint tortfeasors has paid more than his fair share of the common liability." Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of America, 451 U.S. 77, 87-88…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 28, 2012 · in the opinion
Hearn v. Snapka (2012)
…Furthermore, even before Borg-Warner, the Texas Supreme Court held that causation requires proof that a "defendant's conduct or product be a substantial factor in bringing about the plaintiff's injuries." Union Pump Co. v…