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  1. Court case · Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court · November 9, 1993

    Fisk v. Wcab (general Elec.) (1993)

    …Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, which had required benefits to be calculated on the decedent's 1980 wage (date of last exposure) and had reversed the referee's 20% penalty against General Electric; the claimant widow…

  2. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 9, 1999

    Harder v. ACandS (1999)

    The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of summary judgment to General Electric, holding Iowa's statute of repose barred the Harders' claims against GE, and remanded for further proceedings. Under Iowa law, asbestos…

  3. Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998

    Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)

    The federal district court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, holding that Iowa's fifteen-year statute of repose did not bar the Harders' claims against GE over asbestos insulation blankets. Under Iowa Code…

  4. 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,…

  5. 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…

  6. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · March 23, 1993

    Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993)

    …suppliers under comparative fault, and otherwise affirmed the judgment for the plaintiff estate. Punitive damages are not available in a general maritime law unseaworthiness action for the wrongful death of a seaman. Indemnity and contribution among…

  7. Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 3, 1998 · in the opinion

    Scheiding v. General Motors Corp. (1998)

    …230, 67 S.Ct. 1146, 91 L.Ed. 1447.) Accordingly, "\[p\]reemption fundamentally is a question of congressional intent." (English v. General Electric Co. (1990) 496 U.S. 72, 78-79, 110 S.Ct. 2270, 110…

  8. 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…

  9. Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · August 28, 1996 · in the opinion

    Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996)

    …Fibreboard, Foster Wheeler, GAF Corporation, Garlock, General Electric, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning and Westinghouse were cross-claim defendants. Crane Packing was found not liable and is not involved in this appeal. \[6\] See part III, section…

  10. 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)…

  11. Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 12, 1998 · in the opinion

    Arena v. Owens Corning Corp. (1998)

    …reach the consumer in the same condition as it left the manufacturer\]; and Artiglio v. General Electric Co. (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 830, 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 817 \[silcone supplier not liable to user of…

  12. Court case · Washington Supreme Court · August 31, 1995 · in the opinion

    Brewer v. Fibreboard Corp. (1995)

    …Bartells Company; G.K. Technologies, Inc., successor in interest to General Cable Company; General Electric Company; Okonite Company; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Ericcsson North America, Inc., successor in interest to Anaconda Wire & Cable Company, and successor in…

  13. Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · April 24, 1997 · in the opinion

    Conway v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 1997)

    …Fed.Cir.1985); In re Upjohn Co. Antibiotic Cleocin Products Liability Litigation, 664 F.2d 114, 118 (6th Cir.1981); General Electric Co. v. Byrne, 611 F.2d 670, 673 (7th Cir.1979). Judge Weiner's…

  14. Court case · Connecticut Appellate Court · March 19, 1996

    Green v. General Dynamics Corp. (1996)

    …and remanded with direction to deny her claim, so General Dynamics/Electric Boat and its insurers won. Under the statutes then in force, dependent's death benefits for an occupational disease are based on average weekly…

  15. 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

  16. Court case · Connecticut Supreme Court · October 30, 1997

    Estate OF Frederick v. General Dynamics Corp. (1997)

    …decedent's estate and dependent widow, ruling against Electric Boat/General Dynamics and its insurer. A surviving dependent spouse and the estate of an employee who died of an occupational disease are entitled to benefits under §…

  17. Court case · Connecticut Supreme Court · October 30, 1997 · in the opinion

    Green v. General Dynamics Corp. (1997)

    245 Conn. 66 (1998) CELESTINA GREEN v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION, ET AL. (SC 15649) Argued October 30, 1997. Officially released June 9, 1998. Supreme Court of Connecticut. Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon…

  18. 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…

  19. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 30, 1999 · in the opinion

    White v. CBS Corp. (1999)

    …annexation" means a joinder or uniting of a chattel with realty for a specific purpose—here use of the turbines to generate electricity—coupled with the owner's intent to enhance the freehold by the improvement…

  20. Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · April 3, 1997 · in the opinion

    Anchor Packing Co. v. Grimshaw (1997)

    …3\] (Emphasis added). In addition, the legislative history of C.J. § 11-108 indicates that the General Assembly intended that the cap apply broadly, as opposed to only malpractice claims. In January 1986, Senate Bill No…