178 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 9
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 25, 2009
Ross v. Union Carbide Corporation (2009)
The en banc court affirmed summary judgment for Union Carbide, holding that the 1993 release signed by Homer and Marjorie Ross barred the survivors' exemplary-damages and loss-of-consortium claims, and it overruled Perez v…
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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 · 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 · California Court of Appeal · July 11, 2017
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2017)
The Court of Appeal affirmed judgment for Union Carbide, upholding summary adjudication that Janet Stewart's loss of consortium claim was barred by res judicata and the setoff of her husband's asbestos trust settlements against…
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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 · 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 · 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, District of Maryland · February 24, 2015 · in the opinion
Sroka v. Union Carbide Corp. (2015)
…Union Carbide Corporation; John Crane-Houdaille, Inc.; Owens-Illinois Glass Company; E.L. Stebbing & Co., Inc.; Hampshire Industries, Inc.; Universal Refractories Company; J.H. France Refractories Company; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; MCIC, Inc.; CBS Corporation…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 15, 2023
Stauder v. Shell Oil Company (2023)
…Stauder sister $2.75 million in wrongful death damages against Union Carbide and the award of judicial interest running from the original 2016 petition, rejecting Union Carbide's challenges. An appellate court may disturb a general…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · September 28, 2020
Gibbs v. 84 Lumber Company (2020)
The court granted Union Carbide Corporation's motion for summary judgment on the Gibbses' design-defect and failure-to-warn claims. Under South Carolina law as applied by the court, a raw-material supplier of asbestos…
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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 · 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 · Utah Supreme Court · January 30, 2015
Riggs v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2015)
The Utah Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denial of Georgia-Pacific's and Union Carbide's motion to dismiss, holding the heirs' wrongful death suit was not barred by the decedent's earlier personal…
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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 Supreme Court · September 9, 2013
Georgia-Pacific, LLC v. Fields (2013)
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, which had affirmed partial summary judgment for the Fieldses barring Georgia-Pacific and Union Carbide from asserting nonparty fault, holding the defendants could rely on the Fieldses…