71 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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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 · 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 · 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 · Mississippi Supreme Court · June 5, 2014
Union Carbide Corporation v. Nix (2014)
The court affirmed the compensatory verdict for Nix against Union Carbide, reversed the punitive damages award and remanded for a new trial on punitive damages only, vacated the attorney's fees award, and affirmed the special…
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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 · 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 · Florida District Court of Appeal · September 6, 2006
Fernandez v. Union Carbide Corp. (2006)
The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the final judgment entered on a jury verdict for Union Carbide Corporation, rejecting the plaintiff's challenges to the trial court's evidentiary rulings. A trial court acts within…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · April 18, 2006
Conwed Corp. v. Union Carbide Corp. (2006)
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's subrogation judgment for Conwed against Union Carbide in most respects, rejecting Union Carbide's collateral estoppel and damages challenges but correcting a double reduction and remanding to enter…
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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 · Louisiana Supreme Court · January 12, 2021
Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2021)
…25% on CAPCO, none on Union Carbide or Montello), and so favored the defendants Union Carbide and Montello over the plaintiffs. A jury verdict must be read as a whole, and answers to interrogatories are not…
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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…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · March 21, 2019
Billok v. Union Carbide Corp. (2019)
The Appellate Division reversed the judgment entered on a jury verdict for Union Carbide and remitted for a new trial, because deposition testimony from other lawsuits was wrongly admitted; plaintiff Billok prevailed on the appeal. Under…
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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 · Oregon Court of Appeals · December 29, 2010
Griffin v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2010)
The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Union Carbide and remanded, ruling for plaintiff Craig Steadman's estate against Union Carbide. A plaintiff opposing summary judgment in an asbestos case need…