22 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · January 31, 1986 · in the opinion
Knauer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…federal judiciary an equal power, and certainly no such judicial power could reasonably be inferred from the grant of authority to the Supreme Court to prescribe general rules of practice and procedure. When matters of state…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · March 6, 1981 · in the opinion
Locke v. Johns-Manville (1981)
…the defendants in the November 1978 order appealed from. The record shows that since approximately 1948 plaintiff had been employed as an industrial electrician by various contractors at sites in Virginia, New York and North Carolina…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · March 15, 1989 · in the opinion
In re Johns-Manville Corp. (1989)
…Thus, pursuant to ¶ 10.1(B) of the Plan and the general power of this Court, the Court retains jurisdiction to determine the instant dispute. The Plan also provides in ¶ 10.1(G) that the Court…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court · March 8, 1985 · in the opinion
Devlin v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
… 26, provides that the general rules against claim splitting are rendered inapplicable when: (b) The court in the first action has expressly reserved the plaintiff's right to maintain the second action or; (f) it is…
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Company document · WARD Documents · 1981
Johns-Manville, Health and Safety Facts: Questions and Answers Concerning Asbestos (1981)
…Facts: Questions and Answers Concerning Asbestos," from Johns-Manville Corporation at Ken-Caryl Ranch, Denver, "A Subsidiary of Manville Corporation." It answers questions on asbestos in general, specific products (asbestos-cement pipe and sheet, friction materials…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 8, 1987
Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1987)
…contribution and indemnity are not barred by New York's General Obligations Law. Maritime Law and Navy Ships Worksites: engine rooms of some 13 vessels marine engineer engine rooms of some 13 vessels more than 35…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · May 7, 1986
Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…§ 1-50(6), barred the claim because his last exposure was in 1961. The Fourth Circuit agreed that the statute applies to wrongful death actions in general. It held, however, that the statute did not apply…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · October 3, 1989
Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1989)
…on the high seas, admiralty law rather than state law applies to the related third-party contribution and indemnity claims, so New York General Obligations Law § 15-108 does not bar contribution. Fault, Apportionment and Settlement…
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Company document · JM Litigation Chronology · March 5, 1981
Johns-Manville Audit Committee Minutes on the Auditors' Qualified Report (1981)
…significant weakness in the company's internal controls and that they had the full cooperation of its staff, the general auditor reported, and the committee approved the non-audit services Coopers & Lybrand could provide in 1981.…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · January 23, 1984 · in the opinion
In re Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…at 356 (citations omitted). Thus, the fixation of the point from which to date a statute of limitations includes an assessment of the general need for repose against the need for redress of injury. In contrast…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 24, 1983 · in the opinion
Wedgeworth v. Fibreboard Corp. (1983)
…forum. Defendants have not shown that any hardship complained of is the result of proceeding to trial now. Nor is there a showing that the difficulties inherent in the general situation, including potential judicial inefficiency, constitute…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Inc., Rapid American, Uni-Royal, Carolina Asbestos Co., J. Franklin Burke General Asbestos Co., Ruberoid Company, Keaseey Mattison Co., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co. Argued December 17, 1985. Filed June 10, 1986. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [\60…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 30, 1984 · in the opinion
In re Davis (1984)
…672 F.2d 564 (5th Cir.1982). In general, the petitioner seeking such an order must show that no other adequate means exists to attain the requested relief and that his right to issuance of the…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · July 31, 1986 · in the opinion
Fischer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…after which defendant Bell withdrew its appeal. In addition to its general argument that the case before us is one of great public importance, Johns-Manville's petition urges that the Appellate Division's determination runs…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984 · in the opinion
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…June 27, 1978 is broad in its scope and is to be liberally construed,\[3\] but is not without its limitations. In its general provision it states: Courts of record, within their respective jurisdictions, shall have…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 2, 1982 · in the opinion
Baptist v. Workers'comp. Appeals BD. (1982)
…examination, and his exclusive reliance on the Selikoff study. The latter study concluded that among 17,800 members of the general public 17.5 cases of death from pancreatic cancer could be expected. Among asbestos workers…
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Court case · New York Court of Appeals · October 29, 1981 · in the opinion
Matter of Steinhardt v. JohnsManville Corp. (1981)
…such claims are diligently and expeditiously pursued. An exception to the general period of limitation rule is required when the pathological effect of an injury occurs without perceptible trauma, and the victim is blamelessly ignorant of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 11, 1986 · in the opinion
Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Applicable Law. We begin with the proposition that in a tort action, as a general rule, proof that a [\1457] specific defendant caused the plaintiff's harm is a prerequisite to that defendant's liability to…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · October 5, 1981 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981)
…admiralty jurisdiction and rejected claims under the Extension of Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 740, or the general maritime law, 28 U.S.C. § 1333, because the alleged injuries bore no reasonable relationship to traditional…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · June 7, 1984 · in the opinion
Bauer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…the plaintiff has cited a number of cases stating the general rule regarding retroactive application of statutes of limitation: statutes of limitation are ordinarily considered procedural and are retroactively applied to actions pending on or brought…