109 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 6
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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 · 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 · 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, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 11, 2015
Smith v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015)
The court denied plaintiff Miriam Smith's motion in limine to exclude Union Carbide's expert, industrial hygienist William Dyson, so he may testify about Mr. Smith's estimated asbestos dose. Dose reconstruction methodology was sufficiently…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 1, 2021
Lege v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021)
… about four months; insulator Cabot Corporation carbon black plant Centerville late 1978 or early 1979; helper and insulator Texaco plant late 1971 or early 1972 onward; insulator Union Carbide, DuPont and another Texaco plant 1975-1978
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 1, 2014
Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)
…Union Carbide Taft facility; Dow Chemical Plaquemine plant; Ethyl Corporation Baton Rouge plant; Union Carbide's Taft facility, Taft; Ethyl's Baton Rouge facility, Baton Rouge; Dow Chemical's Plaquemine facility, Plaquemine pipe insulator Union Carbide…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
Julius David Bourke sued Exxon Mobil, Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Taylor-Seidenbach and Eagle in a New Orleans state court. He alleged asbestos exposure causing malignant mesothelioma. He said he was exposed as a child through…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 5, 2024
Speck v. CBS Corporation (2024)
The court granted summary judgment to General Dynamics, Gould, Plenco, Union Carbide, Ericsson and RSCC Wire & Cable, and to Eaton on the fraud claims. It denied summary judgment to Bath Iron Works and Metalclad, rejected their…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · May 17, 2017
Fowler v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. (2017)
The Appellate Division reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Union Carbide, finding enough evidence for a jury to infer Edenfield was exposed to Union Carbide's asbestos, and ruled for the plaintiff widow. In…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 24, 2017
Romano v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2017)
…Marrero; Union Carbide Taft facility; Union Carbide Corporation's Taft facility; Johns-Manville Corporation's plant, Marrero, Marrero stores department worker Union Carbide Corporation's Taft facility 1967-1968; nearby resident Johns-Manville Corporation's plant…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 20, 2006 · in the opinion
Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2006)
…Zachry contract with Union Carbide was a construction contract, the trial court's usurpation of the jury's role was wholly improper." Mr. Griffin testified about a "construction contract" between Zachry and Union Carbide dated June…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · January 6, 2014
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2014)
…children of William Cleve Davidson sued Georgia-Pacific, Beazer East, CertainTeed and Union Carbide in a wrongful death and survival action. Davidson had earlier sued for personal injury, alleging he was exposed to asbestos from the…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 22, 2017
Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
Ronald Smith sued many companies in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. One defendant, Taylor-Seidenbach, a local insulation contractor and supplier, was a Louisiana citizen like Smith.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 31, 2023
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
Frank Ragusa, Jr. sued several companies after developing mesothelioma. He worked as a crane operator for B&G Crane Services from 1989 to 2017 at plants and refineries owned by the defendants. He alleged exposure to asbestos from friction materials…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · February 2, 2016
Weis v. Dsm Copolymer, Inc. (2016)
The wife and children of Joseph Weis sued DSM Copolymer and other companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged he developed asbestos-related mesothelioma and died in 2014 after being exposed while working as a maintenance worker at DSM's Baton…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 10, 2020 · in the opinion
CBS Corporation v. Ulbricht (2020)
…INC., formally known as and as successor in interest to BECHTEL CORPORATION, BECHTEL, INC. BECHTEL McCONE COMPANY, BECHTEL GROUP, INC.; SULZER PUMPS (US), INC., formally known as SULZER BINGHAM PUMPS, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; WARREN PUMPS…
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Court case · Oregon Court of Appeals · April 10, 2013 · in the opinion
Greer v. Ace Hardware Corporation (2013)
…Deceased, Plaintiff- Appellant, v. ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION, an Illinois corporation, etal, and UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Defendants, and GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, a Georgia corporation; BACKSTROM BUILDERS CENTER, an Oregon corporation, as successor-in-interest to Backstrom Builders…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · January 24, 2022 · in the opinion
Hickson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
… SEQUOIA VENTURES, LLC, f/k/a and as successor-in-interest to BECHTEL CORPORATION, BECHTEL, INC., BECHTEL McCONE COMPANY, BECHTEL GROUP, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, individually and as successor-in-interest to WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES…