118 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 6
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 3, 2014
Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2014)
…as applied, and rendered judgment dismissing the Emmites' wrongful death suit against Union Carbide. The Chapter 90 safety valve requires that pulmonary function testing be relevant to the physician's diagnosis of functional pulmonary impairment, so…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 30, 2011
Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2011)
The court of appeals affirmed the MDL pretrial court's order denying Union Carbide's motion and renewed motion to dismiss, ruling for the Emmites, though it found Dr. Prince's reports did not meet the…
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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, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 11, 2015
Smith v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015)
The court denied plaintiff Miriam Smith's motion in limine to exclude Union Carbide's expert, industrial hygienist William Dyson, so he may testify about Mr. Smith's estimated asbestos dose. Dose reconstruction methodology was sufficiently…
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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 · 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, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
Julius David Bourke sued Exxon Mobil, Georgia-Pacific, Union Carbide, Taylor-Seidenbach and Eagle in a New Orleans state court. He alleged asbestos exposure causing malignant mesothelioma. He said he was exposed as a child through…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · May 17, 2017
Fowler v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. (2017)
The Appellate Division reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Union Carbide, finding enough evidence for a jury to infer Edenfield was exposed to Union Carbide's asbestos, and ruled for the plaintiff widow. In…
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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 · 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 · New York Supreme Court · March 28, 2017
Klock v. Albany Intl. Corp. (2017)
Two men, William McIntosh and Leonard Gaumes, both developed mesothelioma. Both had worked at the Gouverneur Talc mine in overlapping years. McIntosh died in November 2015, and his estate, represented by Christine Klock, sued. Gaumes and his wife…
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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…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 25, 2009
Campbell v. American Standard, Inc. (2009)
Forbes Campbell was diagnosed in Canada in October 2006 with malignant pleural mesothelioma and moved to California. In January 2007 he sued about 50 defendants in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that asbestos-containing products they made or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 31, 2023
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
Frank Ragusa, Jr. sued several companies after developing mesothelioma. He worked as a crane operator for B&G Crane Services from 1989 to 2017 at plants and refineries owned by the defendants. He alleged exposure to asbestos from friction materials…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · February 2, 2016
Weis v. Dsm Copolymer, Inc. (2016)
The wife and children of Joseph Weis sued DSM Copolymer and other companies in Louisiana state court. They alleged he developed asbestos-related mesothelioma and died in 2014 after being exposed while working as a maintenance worker at DSM's Baton…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 10, 2020 · in the opinion
CBS Corporation v. Ulbricht (2020)
…INC., formally known as and as successor in interest to BECHTEL CORPORATION, BECHTEL, INC. BECHTEL McCONE COMPANY, BECHTEL GROUP, INC.; SULZER PUMPS (US), INC., formally known as SULZER BINGHAM PUMPS, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; WARREN PUMPS…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · January 24, 2023 · in the opinion
Buckholtz v. American Optical Corporation (2023)
…BUCKHOLTZ as Personal Representative for the Estate of DENNIS G. WOODRUFF, Respondent, v. AMERICAN OPTICAL CORPORATION; CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; NORTH COAST ELECTRIC COMPANY; PFIZER, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · January 24, 2022 · in the opinion
Hickson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
… SEQUOIA VENTURES, LLC, f/k/a and as successor-in-interest to BECHTEL CORPORATION, BECHTEL, INC., BECHTEL McCONE COMPANY, BECHTEL GROUP, INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, individually and as successor-in-interest to WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES…