133 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 · 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 · Florida District Court of Appeal · August 22, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Aubin (2012)
The appeals court reversed the denial of Union Carbide's directed verdict on Aubin's design defect claim, affirmed denial of a directed verdict on the warning defect claim, and remanded for a new trial on…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · June 20, 2012
Union Carbide Corporation v. Aubin (2012)
The appeals court reversed the denial of Union Carbide's directed verdict on Aubin's design defect claim, affirmed the denial of a directed verdict on his warning defect claim, and remanded for a new trial…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 16, 2010
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2010)
…Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Larry and Janet Stewart against Union Carbide, including the $6 million punitive damages award, rejecting all of Union Carbide's challenges. A raw asbestos supplier that gave no warning…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2014
Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, upholding the liability finding, the fault allocation, the remitted $6 million compensatory award and the $18 million punitive award. A plaintiff…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 23, 2020
Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2020)
…which had denied the Bagwells a new trial, and remanded for a new trial; the Bagwells prevailed over Union Carbide, Montello, Chevron and RMC. Jury answers that are inconsistent with each other or with the directed…
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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 · Georgia Court of Appeals · June 15, 2011
Butler v. Union Carbide Corporation (2011)
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's exclusion of Dr. Maddox's specific causation testimony and its grant of summary judgment to Union Carbide, so Mrs. Butler lost. A trial court does not…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 4, 2008
Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2008)
The Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment granted to Union Carbide and remanded for trial, ruling for David Taylor and his wife. A plaintiff may use circumstantial evidence to show exposure to a defendant's…
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Court case · Florida Supreme Court · October 29, 2015
Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015)
…Court quashed the Third District's reversal and ordered the jury verdict and judgment for William Aubin against Union Carbide reinstated. Florida keeps the consumer expectations test from the Second Restatement for strict liability design defect…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2014
Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Bobbie and Helen Izell against Union Carbide, including the remitted $6 million compensatory award and the $18 million punitive award; one justice dissented in part on the punitive…
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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, 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 · June 18, 2013
Strickland v. Union Carbide Corp. (2013)
The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Strickland's widow and children against Union Carbide, holding substantial evidence supported the jury's finding that exposure to Calidria contributed to his risk of peritoneal mesothelioma. Under…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · February 22, 2016
Bartolone v. Union Carbide Corp. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2016)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion for summary judgment in its entirety, so plaintiff's estate's claims against Union Carbide go forward to trial. A defendant cannot obtain summary judgment by pointing to gaps…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 22, 2017
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
The court granted five unopposed partial summary judgment motions for Union Carbide and Georgia-Pacific, ending the kidney cancer, breach of warranty, fraud, conspiracy, market share liability, aiding and abetting and punitive damages claims; strict liability…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 17, 2017
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
The court excluded the plaintiffs' experts' specific causation and "each and every exposure" opinions and granted summary judgment to Union Carbide and Georgia-Pacific on the Rockmans' remaining strict liability, negligence and loss of consortium claims…