211 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 11
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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 · 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 · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 20, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of partial summary judgment to the Fieldses on the defendants' nonparty-fault defense and affirmed the denial of Union Carbide's summary judgment motion, so the Fieldses won…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 8, 2013 · in the opinion
Francis v. Union Carbide Corporation (2013)
RENDON JOSEPH FRANCIS, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, ET AL. No. 2012-CA-1397. May 8, 2013. Court of Appeals of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit. Mickey P. Landry, Frank J. Swarr, David R. Cannella, Philip C. Hoffman, LANDRY…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · September 30, 2019
Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
…John Dugger, Sr., along with his spouse and surviving children, sued Honeywell International, successor to Bendix Corporation. They alleged that Mr. Dugger developed mesothelioma from asbestos in Bendix brakes. Honeywell planned to call three experts, Dr…
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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 · Delaware Superior Court · April 24, 2019
Rowland v. Union Carbide Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The Delaware Superior Court granted Union Carbide's motion for summary judgment against Jane and Douglas Rowland because they could not show that the joint compound they used contained Union Carbide's asbestos. A plaintiff must…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · December 17, 2007
Slaughter v. Union Carbide Corp. (2007)
Ronald and Edna Slaughter sued 39 manufacturers and distributors of asbestos-containing products in Los Angeles County. Edna had been diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006 and died in December of that year. They alleged she was exposed while they…
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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, District of Colorado · March 19, 2019
Mestas v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
Richard Mestas, Sr. and Lori Ann Muse sued more than two dozen companies in Colorado state court. Mestas has mesothelioma, and Muse seeks damages for loss of consortium. They allege that his father carried asbestos home on his clothing from 1953 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · September 16, 2014
Sherin v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion in limine and its summary judgment motion on product identification, exposure and causation, but granted summary judgment to Union Carbide on the duty-to-warn claim and on the…
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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 · Rhode Island Superior Court · October 11, 2024
Day v. 3M Company Inc. (2024)
The court denied Union Carbide's and Graybar's motions to exclude Dr. Kradin and Dr. Ellenbecker, except that Dr. Ellenbecker may not testify on the design adequacy of the warnings, so the plaintiffs largely prevailed…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · February 12, 2025
Alford v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc. (2025)
The court granted Union Carbide's partial summary judgment motion on the failure-to-properly-package claim, denied it as moot on the conceded take-home and lost-earnings claims, and denied it on the Super…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · January 7, 2014
Anderson v. Bondex International, Inc. (2014)
…order denying Barbara Anderson leave to amend her complaint, so Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide prevailed because the amended claims did not relate back and were time-barred. An amended complaint relates back under Fed. R…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 21, 2010
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2010)
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Superior Court's order affirming summary judgment for Union Carbide, Certainteed and Allied Signal, disapproved Quate v. American Standard, and sent the cases back so Summers and Nybeck could proceed…
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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…