10 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 8, 1998 · in the opinion
Ford Motor v. Wood (1998)
…a duty to warn of dangers inherent in maintaining and repairing the manufacturer's products, do not persuade us to the contrary. Bich v. General Electric Co., 27 Wash.App. 25, 614 P.2d 1323 (1980)…
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Court case · New York Court of Appeals · February 11, 1997
Maltese v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 1997)
…or obvious risk so great that harm is highly probable, with conscious indifference to the outcome. General awareness that high, prolonged asbestos exposure could cause injury did not meet that standard. Failure to Warn; Punitive Damages…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · November 15, 1994 · in the opinion
Becker v. Baron Bros. (1994)
…Moreover, after studying the air in the service stations of several General Motors dealerships, he determined that the level of fibers in the air was under the threshold limit value for chrysotile established by the Conference…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · September 30, 1996
Blase v. Allied Signal Inc. (1996)
Mildred Blase sued several companies after the death of her husband, Harold Blase, an auto mechanic at Bell of Pennsylvania. She claimed that working with the defendants' products, which allegedly contained asbestos, caused his lung cancer and…
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Court case · North Dakota Supreme Court · December 22, 1999
Black v. Abex Corp. (1999)
…Court affirmed summary judgment for Allied-Signal, Borg-Warner, Chrysler and General Motors, dismissing Rochelle Black's market share and alternative liability claims. Even assuming market share liability were recognized, a plaintiff must present admissible evidence…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Globally asbestos-free automobiles
…products and engine gaskets. According to the author, General Motors used asbestos gaskets in new engines in Brazil, although it had used safer substitutes in vehicles sold in North America since around 1993. A Brazilian government…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Mortality studies of machining fluid exposure in the automobile industry. III: A case-control study of larynx cancer
…This is the first study, however, to distinguish straight mineral oils from other types of MF. Based on these findings, a general reduction in concentrations of straight mineral oil particulate in occupational environments would be prudent.
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Court case · Oregon Court of Appeals · June 21, 1995 · in the opinion
Estate of Strametz v. Spectrum Motor., Inc. (1995)
…intact. The dissent does not claim that the amendments changed the last injurious exposure rule enunciated in Meyer and Fossum. Instead, it attempts to assess the legislature's general intent. 135 Or.App. at 84. A…
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Court case · Oregon Supreme Court · July 3, 1997 · in the opinion
Beneficiaries of Estate of Strametz v. Spectrum (1997)
…Special Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondents on review Spectrum Motorwerks, Inc., and SAIF Corporation. With him on the briefs were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, and Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General. Before…
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Court case · Indiana Court of Appeals · March 10, 1999 · in the opinion
Sorenson v. Allied Products Corp. (1999)
…the purchase of White Farm's assets. 3) There has been no sufficient exception shown to overcome the general rule that a purchaser of assets is not liable for prior actions of a selling corporation. 4)…