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HOUSTON – An appeal that apparently warranted three separate opinions concluded with justices affirming a summary judgment win for Union Carbide in an asbestos lawsuit.
The suit was brought by the adult children of Janet Goehring and alleges asbestos fibers in products sold by Union Carbide were a substantial factor in causing her fatal mesothelioma.
Court records show a trial court granted Union Carbide’s motion for summary judgment, which argued the plaintiffs could produce no evidence that the company’s product was a substantial factor in causing Goehring’s mesothelioma.
The plaintiffs appealed the ruling, and on March 2 the 14th Court of Appeals affirmed.