138 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 7
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 29, 2007
Bakkie v. Union Carbide Corporation (2007)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the jury's liability findings against Union Carbide and the denial of its JNOV motion, but reversed the $14.1 million future noneconomic damages award as excessive and ordered a new…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 11, 2019
Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
The appeals court affirmed the jury's finding that Union Carbide and Montello were not at fault and the trial court's evidence and instruction rulings, but raised the survival-action general damages against RMC Holdings…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · September 30, 2019
Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
John Dugger, Sr. owned and ran an auto repair shop, Personal Auto, from 1980 to 1984 and worked as a mechanic at H&S Bakery in the early 1980s. He worked with Bendix brakes, some of which contained asbestos. He later developed mesothelioma and died.…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 22, 2011
Bozeman v. Union Carbide Corporation (2011)
Jerry Bozeman worked as a Shreveport firefighter from 1965 to 1998, mostly at Fire Station No. 8, built in the 1920s. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2004 and died in 2005. His sons sued the City as his employer, along with several…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · September 30, 2019
Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
John Dugger, Jr., for himself and as personal representative of the estate of John Dugger, Sr., sued Honeywell International, successor to Bendix, along with other family members. They claimed Mr. Dugger developed pleural mesothelioma, which caused…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 28, 2015
Marteney v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the denial of Union Carbide's and Elementis's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, leaving the strict-liability judgment for Marie Marteney in place. Under Rutherford, a plaintiff shows causation…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 17, 2024
Silviano v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2024)
The court granted the plaintiff's motion for a joint trial of the Last action with the Joyce action over the opposition of defendants Union Carbide, Mario & DiBono Plastering and Tishman Realty. Under the case management…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · August 23, 2018
Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2018)
…Union Carbide for lack of personal jurisdiction, ruling against the Waites. In the Eleventh Circuit, specific jurisdiction requires that the defendant's forum contacts be a but-for cause of the claimed tort, and a corporation…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · March 29, 2010
Asbury v. AW Chesterton Company (2010)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens, so the Asburys' case stays in Rhode Island. It ruled out Rhode Island law, tentatively found Iowa had the most significant relationship, and…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 30, 2015
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2015)
Roy Knight and his wife Milva sued Scapa Dryer Fabrics and Union Carbide after Roy was diagnosed in 2009 with malignant mesothelioma. They said he was exposed to airborne asbestos while working as an independent sheet…
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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 · Georgia Supreme Court · July 5, 2016
Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2016)
Roy Knight, a sheet-metal worker, developed mesothelioma almost forty years after working as an independent contractor at Scapa Dryer Fabrics' Waycross, Georgia plant between 1967 and 1973. He and his wife sued Scapa, claiming it negligently exposed…
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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 · 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 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · May 31, 2016
Neumann v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2016)
Doris Jane Neumann sued several makers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in Illinois state court; the case was heard in federal court in Chicago. She alleged she developed malignant mesothelioma from asbestos fibers her son Greg…
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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, Western District of Washington · May 17, 2017
Hodjera v. BASF Catalysts LLC (2017)
Matthew Hodjera and his wife Sylvia sued a number of companies in King County, Washington, state court. They alleged that his mesothelioma, diagnosed in May 2016, was caused by asbestos-containing products the companies made, sold or distributed.…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · February 2, 2009
Wangen v. Gardner Denver, Inc. (2009)
William Wangen, a lifelong Washington resident, and his wife Mary Jo sued more than three dozen defendants in California. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007. He alleged asbestos exposure on the USS Wiltsie in the Navy from 1950 to 1954,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 17, 2017
Hodjera v. BASF Catalysts LLC (2017)
Matthew Hodjera and his wife Sylvia sued many companies in Washington state court, saying his mesothelioma, diagnosed in May 2016, was caused by asbestos-containing products. The complaint said he was exposed in Toronto, Ontario, between 1986 and…