408 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 21
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 1, 2021
Lege v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021)
… about four months; insulator Cabot Corporation carbon black plant Centerville late 1978 or early 1979; helper and insulator Texaco plant late 1971 or early 1972 onward; insulator Union Carbide, DuPont and another Texaco plant 1975-1978
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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 · 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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 1, 2014
Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)
…Union Carbide Taft facility; Dow Chemical Plaquemine plant; Ethyl Corporation Baton Rouge plant; Union Carbide's Taft facility, Taft; Ethyl's Baton Rouge facility, Baton Rouge; Dow Chemical's Plaquemine facility, Plaquemine pipe insulator Union Carbide…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · December 7, 2017
Queen v. CBS Corporation (2017)
The court granted Union Carbide Corporation's unopposed motion for summary judgment and dismissed the executor's claims against it with prejudice, because there was no evidence Queen was exposed to a Union Carbide product. Under…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 25, 1982
Froud v. Celotex Corporation (1982)
Three asbestos workers, James Froud, John Friday and Wyatt Williamson, died after allegedly developing disease from prolonged exposure to asbestos products made and sold by the defendants. Froud and Friday had peritoneal mesothelioma; Williamson had…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 5, 2024
Speck v. CBS Corporation (2024)
The court granted summary judgment to General Dynamics, Gould, Plenco, Union Carbide, Ericsson and RSCC Wire & Cable, and to Eaton on the fraud claims. It denied summary judgment to Bath Iron Works and Metalclad, rejected their…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · March 21, 1994
Ingram v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. (1994)
…Liability, and Workers' Compensation; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring Worksites: K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant; K-25 Plant, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge employee of Union Carbide K-25 Plant, Oak Ridge Oak Ridge 1973-1979
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Court case · Utah Court of Appeals · April 4, 2013
Riggs v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2013)
…the Liability Reform Act applied rather than the Comparative Negligence Act, and Union Carbide's JNOV motion and Georgia-Pacific's directed verdict motion were properly denied, so the jury's verdict for the plaintiff stood.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 15, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
The court denied Union Carbide's motion to exclude plaintiffs' pathology expert Dr. Hammar and for summary judgment on causation, so plaintiffs' claims against Union Carbide continued. A genuine issue of fact on exposure defeats summary…
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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…