57 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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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 · 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 · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 21, 2004
Jessop v. Acf Industries, LLC (2004)
Janet Jessop, a Kansas resident, sued several companies in Philadelphia, as administrator of her late husband's estate and in her own right. She alleged Harold Jessop died of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during sixteen years as an electrician…
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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 · Illinois Appellate Court · August 20, 2010 · in the opinion
Laverty v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2010)
…INC., PECORA CORPORATION, RAILROAD FRICTION PRODUCTS CORPORATION, RAPID-AMERICAN CORPORATION, RILEY STOKER CORPORATION, ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., RPM, INC., SPRINKMANN SONS CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS, SPRINKMANN SONS CORPORATION, T.H. AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION, L.L.C., UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · December 19, 2016 · in the opinion
Vesper v. 3M Company (2016)
…PC. IMO INDUSTRIES INC., Defendant, represented by BENJAMIN BUCCA, JR. & JOSEPH IRA FONTAK, LEADER & BERKON LLP. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Defendant, represented by ANTHONY JAMES CARUSO, CARUSO SMITH EDELL PICINI, RICHARD DOMINICK PICINI, CARUSO SMITH EDELL PICINI…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · January 4, 1993
Denton v. Southern Ry. Co. (1993)
…cancer-monitoring costs, with federal law governing the measure of damages. Causation; Successor Liability; Compensatory Damages; FELA Railroad Claims; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery pipefitter 1937-1953; employee of Union Carbide
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · November 19, 2015 · in the opinion
Estate OF Brust v. Acf Industries, LLC (2015)
…Westinghouse Air Brake Company; TRINITY INDUSTRIES, individually and as successor to The Pullman Transportation Company and The Pullman Company; UNION CARBIDE CORP.; WABTEC CORPORATION, individually and as successor in interest to Westinghouse Air Brake Co. (WABCO)…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · July 1, 2015 · in the opinion
Payne v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2015)
…with the alternative of granting a partial new trial. See Lightfoot v. Union Carbide Corp., 110 F.3d 898, 914-15 (2d Cir.1997) (holding that when a trial court determines that the amount of damages…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · November 3, 2023 · in the opinion
Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2023)
…and specific causation Next the majority holds that Blickenstaff has conflated general and specific causation. The distinction between general and specific causation is a legal distinction. See Butler v. Union Carbide Corp., 310 Ga. App. 21…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 24, 2015 · in the opinion
Quiroz v. BNSF Railway Company (2015)
…4th at p. 1084; see also Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 962, 968-969 (Izell)\["\In the context of a cause of action for asbestos-related latent injuries, the plaintiff must…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maine · September 16, 2020 · in the opinion
Coffin v. Ametek, Inc. (2020)
…any individualized analysis of his level of asbestos exposure"). \[7\] Some courts have also rejected a distinction between the "each and every" exposure and "cumulative" exposure theories. See Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp., 266 F. Supp…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Idaho · October 1, 2018
Stephens v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (2018)
The court denied Union Pacific's motion for judgment on the pleadings because it had waived its preemption defense, but granted Union Pacific summary judgment because the Stephenses lacked evidence of exposure and causation, and denied…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · August 28, 2019
Stephens v. Union Pacific R. Co. (2019)
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Union Pacific Railroad and against William and Norma Stephens, because Stephens did not show that exposure attributable to Union Pacific was a substantial factor in causing his mesothelioma. Under…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska · October 22, 2020
Butler v. Union Pacific R. Co. (2020)
The district court denied Union Pacific's motion for summary judgment, holding that Butler's 2011 asbestosis release did not bar his FELA claim for colorectal cancer, so Butler prevailed on the motion. Under FELA § 5…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · February 22, 2021
Jack v. Dco, LLC (2021)
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Union Pacific Railroad and judgment as a matter of law for Ford and DCo, so the Jacks lost on all claims. Under Washington law, a take-home exposure claim…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 31, 2013
Bailen v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2013)
The court denied Union Pacific Railroad Company's motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds, so plaintiffs Eddie Bailen and Rena Ash-Bailen keep their case in New York. A defendant seeking forum non conveniens…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · September 30, 2018
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018)
…leaving in place its earlier summary judgment for Union Pacific Railroad on both the take-home and bystander exposure claims. A motion for reconsideration requires manifest error or new facts or authority that could not earlier…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · May 27, 2014
Leonard v. Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (2014)
The court granted Union Pacific Railroad Company's re-urged motion to dismiss, ruling that Union Pacific owed Royce Leonard no legal duty, so the Leonards' claims against it were dismissed. Under Louisiana law, a railroad…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · September 17, 2018 · in the opinion
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018)
…studies linking secondary asbestos exposure with the onset of asbestos disease. (See Castleman Dep. at 19:19-21.) Additionally, Union Pacific urges the court to follow Hoyt v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Co., C12-1648TSZ, 2013 WL 3270371…