in All Cases which have been Consolidated into this Proceeding by Order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation v. Union Carbide Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1987-01-14

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MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge: * This appeal raises the question of whether thousands of claims by citizens of India and the Government of India arising out of the most devastating industrial disaster in history — the deaths of over 2,000 persons and injuries of over 200,000 caused by lethal gas known as methyl isocyanate which was released from a chemical plant operated by Union Carbide India Limited (…

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