The Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.), affirmed the
order of the multi-district litigation (MDL) pretrial court, which
denied Union Carbide Corporation’s motion and renewed motion to
dismiss the asbestos claims made by the estate of Joseph Emmite,…
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