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22 Mar 2010, 9:39 am by etoupin
Union officials are planning to hold a meeting to address the worker’s concerns. [read post]
7 May 2009, 2:02 pm
Juanita Rodarmel contracted mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos when she laundered the clothing of her first husband, Leslie Corry, a worker at the former Union Asbestos & Rubber Company. [read post]
14 Dec 2006, 9:31 am
His diagnosis was linked, at least in part, to an open-fiber asbestos product manufactured by Union Carbide according to a California jury who awarded $18.5 million in damages. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 4:19 am by Sean Wajert
Also at trial, the parties offered contrasting evidence as to whether Union Carbide adequately informed intermediary manufacturers about the dangers of asbestos. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 7:44 am
In the lawsuit, Smith's wife argued that her husband was exposed to asbestos that was in drilling additives made by Union Carbide. [read post]
30 Mar 2022, 2:55 pm by Simmons Hanly Conroy
  Globally, nearly 70 countries have made the pledge to ban asbestos entirely, including the entire European Union, Canada and a majority of industrialized nations. [read post]
21 May 2010, 5:26 pm
Aubin’s family owned a construction company and used joint compounds made with asbestos fibers sold by chemical company Union Carbide and other companies like it. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 1:35 pm by Robert Elliott, J.D.
The asbestos lobby has long worked to stave off a global ban on asbestos. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 3:14 pm
According to Brown's lawsuit, he acquired the condition as a result of inhaling asbestos dust while mixing drilling mud sold by Chevron Phillips Chemical and manufactured by Union Carbide Corporation, which was tainted with asbestos used as a thickening agent. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 6:00 am by etoupin
Asbestos was used fervently through most of the twentieth century in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and throughout the European Union. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 10:21 am by Jon Gelman
"The day after health inspectors advised the city to stop office renovations because of the discovery of hazardous asbestos, municipal officials ordered public works department employees back inside to clean up the area, union officials said on Monday." [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 11:43 pm by Curt Cutting
A jury in Los Angeles has awarded $18 million in punitive damages in an asbestos personal injury case against Dow Chemical subsidiary Union Carbide, according to this press release from the plaintiff's lawyers. [read post]
1 May 2009, 10:23 am
" I am pleased that Lord Glennie this week rejected an attempt by Axa Insurance, Norwich Union Insurance (Aviva), Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance and Zurich Insurance to prevent the Scottish Government bringing this legislation into force. [read post]
23 May 2010, 6:11 am by Dr. Shezad Malik
Jurors found that chemical giant Union Carbide was negligent for selling asbestos fibers to other companies, which had used the fibers to make joint compounds used by construction companies -- such as the one William Aubin's family owned. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 11:44 am by afinan
Holding that the Third District Court of Appeal had erred in applying the Restatement (Third) of Torts’ risk-utility test, instead of the Restatement (Second) of Torts’ consumer expectations test, to a product liability design defect claim, the Florida Supreme Court reinstated a jury verdict in the amount of $6,624,150 against Union Carbide, the supplier of asbestos used in joint compounds and ceiling texture sprays used by a construction worker who developed… [read post]
19 May 2011, 9:45 am by Walter Olson
Bowen neglected to notify defense lawyers that his parents had been involved in similar asbestos litigation and had settled a case against Union Carbide. [read post]
22 May 2008, 8:30 am
The Canadian Press has reported that the guards' union maintains that it wasn't informed about the asbestos until it requested a meeting with jail officials on May 14. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 10:57 am by mesonet
While Australia, the European Union, New Zealand, and the United States shut down mines and developed tighter and tighter regulations concerning the mineral’s use, Asbestos, Quebec kept right on with their mining operation. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 11:00 am by mesonet
On Aug. 27, Addison County Supervisory Union (ACSU) officials in Vermont announced an elementary school will open on Sept. 14, almost two weeks later than the originally scheduled Sept. 2 opening. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 12:52 pm by Louthian Law Firm
Or that dozens of countries — including Japan, Argentina and all European Union nations — have banned it entirely, and others, like the U.S., have severely curbed its use? [read post]