Union Carbide ruled liable in suit: Ruling prevents another hearing in asbestos case

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: November 28, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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In the courthouse battle over asbestos liability, Union Carbide lost another skirmish.

Barbour and Taylor Circuit Judge Alan Moats ruled this week that the company, wholly owned by Dow, is liable for exposing more than 100 of its West Virginia workers to potentially dangerous amounts of asbestos. The ruling blocked Union Carbide from defending itself at a significant asbestos trial slated to begin in downtown Charleston next week.

Moats canceled the trial Tuesday after American Electric Power and the two other defendants in the trial settled with more than 100 people. Both ...

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