226 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 12
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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 · California Court of Appeal · January 15, 2010
Union Carbide Corporation v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2010)
…Appeal denied Union Carbide's petition for writ of mandate, leaving in place the trial court's ruling that John Washington's Texas deposition could be used in the California wrongful death action; Union Carbide lost…
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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, 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, 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 · 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 · 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. District Court, District of Maryland · July 25, 2016 · in the opinion
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
…ECF No. 502-7.) Moreover, both Arbogast and his coworker, Burnham, testified they could not identify the manufacturer of the material to which they referred as "Bakelite." (Def. Union Carbide Mot. Summ. J., Ex. C, Arbogast…
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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 · 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 Court of Appeals · March 22, 2010
Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010)
…Garlock, CBS/Westinghouse, General Electric and Union Carbide (no proof of exposure to their asbestos products), against the estate's executor. To survive summary judgment, a plaintiff must present evidence that the defendant's asbestos-containing…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · November 20, 2019
Mosher v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The magistrate judge recommended granting Air & Liquid Systems Corporation's (successor to Buffalo Pumps) motion for summary judgment against plaintiffs Kent and Cathy Mosher because the evidence did not show its pump was a substantial factor…
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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 Louisiana · March 30, 2023
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
Frank Ragusa, Jr. sued numerous companies in Louisiana state court in 2021 over asbestos exposure, alleging negligence and intentional torts; Avondale removed the case to federal court. Ragusa has mesothelioma. The opinion mentions his exposure to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · December 21, 2011
Carey v. JP Bushnell Packing Supply Company (2011)
John Forrest Carey and his wife Marjorie sued J.P. Bushnell Packing Supply Company, Mine Safety Appliances Company (MSA), Oakfabco and Union Carbide in St. Louis city court over asbestos exposure. Mr. Carey has mesothelioma. They…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · March 6, 2014
Smith v. AW Chesterton Company (2014)
Kenneth Smith, Jr. and Diane Smith sued many companies in Cook County, Illinois, state court. They claimed Kenneth developed an asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma, from his work in the Navy from 1964 to 1968. For purposes of this…
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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…