17 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · December 5, 2008
N RE General Electric Company (2008)
The Texas Supreme Court held the trial court abused its discretion in denying General Electric, Warren Pumps and Ingersoll-Rand's forum non conveniens motions, and conditionally granted mandamus directing dismissal, against plaintiff Richards. Under Tex…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 8, 2014
Krauss v. Trane US Inc. (2014)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's summary judgment for General Electric, Georgia-Pacific, CBS/Westinghouse, Goulds Pumps, Zurn Industries and Trane (American Standard), and the executrix lost. A plaintiff must produce evidence that the…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 25, 2010
Miranda v. Abex Corp. (2010)
Four plaintiffs, Ernesto Miranda, Antonio DiBenedetto, Lutz Sommer and Gordon Cheney, sued Abex Corporation and other companies in New York County. They alleged they had mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, and two of the four had died. Miranda and…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 1, 1998
Sporio v. Wcab (Songer Const.) (1998)
Lawrence Sporio worked as a bricklayer for about twenty-five years. In 1983 he filed workers' compensation claims against several employers. A referee found he had been exposed to silica, asbestos and other dusts and had mixed dust pneumoconiosis,…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 26, 2013
Baiocco v. AC & S., Inc. (2013)
…s Mate and fire control mechanic United States Navy and shipyards 1950s-1980s; signalman Boston & Maine Railroad 1950s-1980s; Pipe Coverer United States Navy 1950s-1980s; winder General Electric Schenectady 1950s-1980s; bricklayer factories, churches, schools…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2016 · in the opinion
Stein v. Pfizer Inc. (2016)
…Glass Company; General Refractories Company; Koppers Company, Inc.; Universal Refractories Company; A.W. Chesterton Company; CBS Corporation; J.H. France Refractories Company; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; MCIC, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; General Electric Company;…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 2, 1994
Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (1994)
…Service Refinery approximately 35 years; electrician Cities Service Refinery 22 years; various crafts Cities Service Refinery 18 years; pipe fitter Cities Service Refinery 35 years; general craft foreman Cities Service Refinery 32 years; laborer Cities Service…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1953-1957; boilermaker, truck mechanic, and general helper Thatcher Glass Elmira 1957-1996; fireman USS Des Moines 1957-1961; boiler maintenance mechanic Happauge School District 1976-1982; welder USS Mindoro 1948-1952…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 27, 2020 · in the opinion
Piepke v. Insulation Distributors (In re Eight Judicial District Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…Individually as the Surviving Spouse of HEINRICH O. PIEPKE, Plaintiff, v. CBS CORPORATION F/K/A VIACOM INC., Successor by merger to CBS CORPORATION F/K/A/ WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, etal. Defendants. Docket No. Index No…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 9, 2014
Houston v. AO Smith Corp. (2014)
The court granted general contractor Morse Diesel's motion for summary judgment and dismissed all claims and cross-claims against it; the action continued against the remaining defendants. A general contractor is not liable under Labor…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · June 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Smith v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (1985)
…the Smiths' theory, a separate three-year period beginning with award would govern limitations "as to such employee." We do not believe the General Assembly intended so great a fragmentation of third-party actions, particularly when …
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · July 7, 1993 · in the opinion
Behrendt v. GAF Corp. (1993)
…fishing, woodworking. Mr. Behrendt's pain symptoms eventually led to a diagnosis of mesothelioma in December 1990. He was taken to the Emergency Room at Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg, on December 23, 1990 with a…
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Court case · Indiana Court of Appeals · January 10, 2002 · in the opinion
Harris v. AC & S., Inc. (2002)
…1995), trans. denied. In general, product liability actions must be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues or within ten years after the delivery of the product to the initial user or consumer…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Aquitato v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…Mass toxic tort cases, including asbestos cases, may be consolidated if they meet the requirements of the general rule governing consolidation of cases (In re Asbestos Litigation, 173 F.R.D.81, 38 Fed.R.Serv…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · February 13, 1986 · in the opinion
Zupan v. Industrial Com. (1986)
…term \Occupational Disease' means a disease arising out of and in the course of employment. Ordinary diseases of life to which the general public is exposed outside of the employment shall not be compensable \ \ \." (Ill. Rev…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court · April 5, 2006 · in the opinion
Young v. Wcab (zinc Corp. OF America) (2006)
…last place of employment. Polk, 640 A.2d at 506. The Polk court concluded that the general premise stated in Marcucci still applied, to wit, "that a specific \hit,' or fixed injury, has no place in…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 16, 2014 · in the opinion
Houston v. Beazer E., Inc. (2014)
…continuity of management, personnel, physical location, assets and general business operation." Fitzgerald v Fahnestock & Co., 286 AD2d 573, 574-575 (1st Dept 2001). Courts will also "look to whether the acquiring corporation was seeking to obtain…