18 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 22, 1999
Miller v. Foster Wheeler Co. (1999)
Creighton Miller, as administrator of the estates of seamen William Blecker and Willie Holmes, sued a large group of manufacturers and shipping companies. Blecker was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 1989 and died in October 1992. Holmes was…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · March 21, 1996 · in the opinion
Holbrook v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1996)
…BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Foster-Wheeler Energy Corporation; The General Electric Co.; Keene Corporation, Independently and as Successor in Interest to Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Company, Baldwin-Hill Company and Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc.; Owens…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · June 14, 1990
Fagiola v. National Gypsum Co. AC & S., Inc. (1990)
…not warrant reversal. Product Identification; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Electric Boat shipyard (General Dynamics); General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard, Groton quality assurance engineer General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard Groton late 1950's and 1960's
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · December 12, 1990 · in the opinion
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Edwards (1990)
… 15-1-35, citing the general rule that the statute began to run from the date of publication of the allegedly libelous statement to a third person. Staheli argued that the statute did not begin to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · December 11, 1990 · in the opinion
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1990)
…Code sections 22-3-7-2 through XX-X-X-XX as the IWODA despite the fact that the Indiana General Assembly repealed the Act's short title in 1988. \[5\] The employer's exemption from…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · January 22, 1997 · in the opinion
Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997)
…pains. In that case, the patient died after the hospital failed to provide an operable electrocardiogram machine. The plaintiff's expert witness in Bashline offered an opinion that if the hospital employed certain methods and treatment…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 23, 1991
Slaughter v. Southern Talc Co. (1991)
…Waco plant employee General Tire plant Waco; plant employee General Tire plant Waco; plant employee General Tire plant Waco; plant employee General Tire plant Waco; plant employee General Tire plant Waco; plant employee General Tire plant…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · January 21, 1994 · in the opinion
Tabolt v. Flintkote Co. (In re New York Asbestos Litigation, 1994)
…at 982 F.2d 721 (2d Cir.1992), and the publication of numerous stories in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal — any well-informed citizen could possess general knowledge about Johns Manville, c.f.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · November 22, 1994 · in the opinion
Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
…that the defendants' products were located at shipyards where the Parks was overhauled, and were used by shipyard workers on ships in general, does not support a reasonable inference that the plaintiff was exposed to asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 23, 1999 · in the opinion
Lambert v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (1999)
…we must address two issues. First, we must assess the general features of the type of incident involved to determine whether the incident had "a potentially disruptive impact on maritime commerce." Id. (quoting Sisson v. Ruby…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · April 28, 1997 · in the opinion
Mavroudis v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (1997)
…evidence or the supposed inadequacies therein, with the single exception of one general objection based on hearsay contained in the declarations of counsel [\693] provided for use at the reasonableness hearing. Even that objection is not…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994 · in the opinion
Keystone Steel and Wire Co. v. Costa (1994)
…689, 485 N.E.2d 500.) In general, a new trial on the question of damages only is appropriately granted where (1) the jury's verdict on the question of liability is amply supported by the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · June 30, 1992 · in the opinion
O'banion v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992)
…Moore, 648 P.2d 21, 23-24 (Okla.1982); Kirkland v. General Motors Corp., 521 P.2d 1353, 1362-63 (Okla.1974) (adopting the Restatement (Second) of Torts, § 402A in products liability actions). \[6\] The court…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 27, 1995 · in the opinion
Hefner v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1995)
…suit was filed. While the county where the injury occurred generally has a strong interest in the outcome of litigation, this general rule does not necessarily apply to cases involving complex products liability issues. (See Mowen…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · August 28, 1995 · in the opinion
Consorti v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1995)
…s fees to fight asbestos litigation cases." The district court ruled that any well-informed citizen could possess general knowledge about Johns-Manville and that the report from the juror was not prejudicial to the defendants…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 11, 1998 · in the opinion
McCauley v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
…wages. \[4\] In Simmons, the supreme court noted a limited exception to the general rule that a plaintiff does not have a viable cause of action for asymptomatic pleural thickening. This exception recognizes that a plaintiff…
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Court case · Minnesota Court of Appeals · April 6, 1999 · in the opinion
Tester v. American Standard, Inc. (1999)
…604.02, subd. 3 (1998), provides an exception to this general rule and allows an at-fault plaintiff to recover from a less-at-fault defendant in products liability cases. Section 604.02, subdivision 3, provides…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · August 8, 1991 · in the opinion
Kulzer v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (1991)
…On appeal from the judgment subsequently entered, OCF offers four general challenges: (1) the district court erred in denying its initial motion for a directed verdict and later motion to dismiss the complaint; (2) the district…