# Howard v. Union Carbide Corp.

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · October 19, 2010 · 50 So. 3d 1251

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9783511

## Case

- **Full name:** Donna HOWARD, Individually and on Behalf of Her Two Minor Children, Chad Howard and Kendra Howard, Clarence Johnson, Joyce Johnson, Orville Johnson and Helen Johnson v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** October 19, 2010
- **Citations:** 50 So. 3d 1251; 2010 La. LEXIS 2253; 2010 WL 4074952
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Johnson
- **Judges:** Johnson, Knoll, Victory
- **Cited by:** 47 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that trial court’s awards of $1,500 to $3,500 to plaintiffs exposed to a chemical leak were a clear abuse of discretion given that the "damages proven, such as eye, nose, and throat irritations, are not unlike the symptoms suffered by persons afflicted with common seas…

## Opinion text

JOHNSON, Justice,
dissents.
| , Finding no manifest error, I would affirm the decision of the court of appeal.

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