164 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 9
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · January 10, 2018
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2018)
The estate, widow and children of Joseph Morris sued Foster Wheeler and many other companies in Baltimore City Circuit Court. They said Morris died of mesothelioma, diagnosed in December 2014, after asbestos exposure while working as a riveter…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · April 20, 2016
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2016)
The estate, widow and children of Joseph Morris sued Foster Wheeler and other defendants in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Morris was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2014 and died in March 2015. The plaintiffs alleged he was exposed to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · April 29, 2019
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
Janya Sawyer, representing the estate of Joseph Morris, and Morris's surviving children sued Foster Wheeler and other defendants. Morris was diagnosed with asbestos-related mesothelioma in December 2014 and died in March 2015. The plaintiffs alleged…
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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 · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 25, 2021
Union Carbide Corp. v. Brannan (2021)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's denial of Union Carbide's motion to dismiss, so Louise Brannan's personal injury claims for her late husband's estate could proceed in the second…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · July 27, 2016
Font v. Union Carbide Corp. (2016)
On remand from the Florida Supreme Court, the Third District reversed the judgment for Union Carbide after a jury verdict and remanded Count II (strict liability) for a new trial, because the trial court refused Font…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 22, 2013
Macek v. CBS Corporation (2013)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment in its entirety, so the plaintiffs' claims against it go forward. Conflicting testimony about whether the joint compound contained the defendant's Calidria asbestos, and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · June 12, 2023
Finello v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2023)
…denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment, so the Broderick estates' claims against it go forward. Under Pennsylvania's frequency, regularity and proximity test, evidence of exposure to Kentile tiles that contained Union Carbide…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · January 6, 2014
Kestenbaum v. Durez Corp. (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment, leaving the plaintiff's claims against it in place. Summary judgment is not available where the evidence leaves a triable question of fact; testimony that…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · July 11, 2016
Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2016)
…while barring untimely expert analysis), and denied Plaintiffs' motion to reconsider the dismissal of Union Carbide for lack of personal jurisdiction. Where the medical community accepts that asbestos causes mesothelioma, the court need not conduct an…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · January 19, 2017
Evans v. CBS Corp. (2017)
The district court adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation and granted the unopposed summary judgment motions of CBS, Crane, Union Carbide, Ingersoll Rand, FMC, McNally and Western Auto Supply against plaintiffs Icom and Johanna Evans. Under…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · July 6, 2018
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc. v. Rossello (2018)
…Workers' Compensation; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Trust Bank branch, 210 Guilford Avenue; Union Trust Bank branch, 210 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore; Rossello's home basement bank management trainee Union Trust Bank branch, 210 Guilford Avenue…
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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 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 29, 2012
Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2012)
…cleaned up joint compound during several home construction projects. The plaintiffs settled with Georgia-Pacific, Honeywell and Union Carbide. A jury awarded $15,000,000 against Ford, which the trial court reduced to $6,065,000…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · June 24, 2015
Taylor v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2015)
Roy L. Taylor and his wife Suzanne sued Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Imperial Industries and Premix-Marbletite in Florida state court in Miami-Dade County in August 2014. Mr. Taylor has pleural mesothelioma, and the state…
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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, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 5, 2009
Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
…futile; defendants Bondex, Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide prevailed. An amended pleading relates back under Rule 15(c)(1)(B) only if it arises from the conduct, transaction or occurrence set out in the original pleading…