Union Carbide Corporation has requested a US$322 million asbestos
verdict be vacated and Smith County, Miss., Judge Eddie Bowen
recuse himself from the case, LegalNewsline.com reports.
The Company recently found that Judge Bowen’s father filed two
asbestos lawsuits in state courts…
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