18 results for “General Electric”
-
Court case · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008
Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008)
Vernon Braaten worked as a pipefitter on Navy ships from 1967 until 2002 and was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2003. He sued makers of pumps and valves (Buffalo Pumps, IMO as successor to DeLaval, Crane and Yarway), claiming they failed to warn of…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 4, 2008 · in the opinion
Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2008)
…Inc., successor by merger to CBS Corporation, f/k/a/Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; C.H. Murphy/Clark-Ullman, Inc.; Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation; Fraser's Boiler Service, Inc.; General Electric Company; Georgia-Pacific Corporation…
-
Court case · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008 · in the opinion
Simonetta v. Viad Corporation (2008)
…TRUST; AQUA-CHEM, INC., individually and as successor to CLEAVER-BROOKS COMPANY; FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GENERAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., individually and as successor-in-interest to DE LAVAL TURBINE, INC…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 10, 2008 · in the opinion
Kimball v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2008)
…CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.; E.J. BARTELLS SETTLEMENT TRUST; FOSTER-WHEELER ENERGY CORP.; GARLOCK SEALING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a New York corporation; GOULDS PUMPS (IPG), INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., individually and as successor-in…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · March 7, 2005 · in the opinion
Brown v. Crown Cork & Seal Company (2005)
…UNIROYAL, INC..; E.J. BARTELLS SETTLEMENT TRUST; CERTAIN-TEED CORPORATION; FLINTKOTE CORPORATION; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; and ALLIED-SIGNAL, INC., Defendants. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., as successor-in-interest to ALLIED-SIGNAL, INC., Respondent. No…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 18, 2008 · in the opinion
Payne v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2008)
…Heating & Manufacturing Co.; Elliott Company; Fairbanks Morse Pump Corporation; Flowserve Corporation, Individually and as successor-in-interest to Pacific Pumps and Durco Pumps; General Electric Company; Goulds Pumps (IPG), Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand Company; J.T. Thorpe &…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 7, 2005
Clare v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2005)
The Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for Saberhagen Holdings and General Motors, holding that the estate's claims over Clifford Clare's mesothelioma death were time-barred, and the estate lost. Under Washington's discovery…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 13, 2007
Rochon v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2007)
…Rochon's employer and landowner duty theories, reversed the dismissal of her general negligence claim, and remanded for further proceedings. A defendant who takes affirmative action creating an unreasonable risk of harm has a duty to…
-
Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · January 2, 2008 · in the opinion
Weyerhaeuser Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company (2008)
…2008) WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, and OLD REPUBLIC…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · March 20, 2006
Moore v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (2006)
…a worksite, but a jury may not be left to speculate. A general expert opinion that parts from companies "like" the defendant likely contained asbestos, with no specific link to the defendant's products, does not…
-
Court case · Washington Supreme Court · June 4, 2009 · in the opinion
Lunsford v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2009)
…102 S.Ct. 2579, 73 L.Ed.2d 202 (1982)). \[12\] The express reservation test is similar to the rule of general retroactivity discussed by this court in pre-Robinson decisions. Haines, 87 Wash.2d at…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · October 16, 2006 · in the opinion
McPhee v. Ford Motor Company (2006)
…s mesothelioma: \[Ms. Leeper\]: Will you be offering any specific opinions at trial regarding the causal relationship between Ms. McPhee's alleged indirect exposure to General Motors or Ford asbestos-containing products and her alleged mesothelioma? . …
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · July 3, 2006 · in the opinion
Netversant Wireless Systems v. Dept. OF Labor & Industries (2006)
…and RCW 49.26 must provide the following: (1) Communication of hazards to employees. General industry requirements. .... (c) Duties of employers and building and facility owners. (i) Building and facility owners must determine the presence, location…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 25, 2002 · in the opinion
Campbell v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp. (2002)
…Under section 905(a), a general contractor such as Lockheed will be "deemed" the employer of a subcontractor's employee for the sake of a compensation claim, but "only if the subcontractor fails to secure the…
-
Court case · Washington Supreme Court · August 9, 2007 · in the opinion
Herring v. Texaco, Inc. (2007)
…bar date order has preclusive effect, it would call into question the "right to maintain the action," which implicates an exception to the general rule that this court will decline to review arguments abandoned below. Id…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · May 22, 2006 · in the opinion
Creech v. Agco Corporation (2006)
…Corporation when it bought the Kewanee boiler division assets from American Standard. The general rule in Washington is that a corporation purchasing the assets of another corporation does not, by reason of the purchase of assets…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 24, 2009 · in the opinion
Cashman v. Pacific Scientific Company (2009)
…was presumptively a part of furnace insulation during the 1960s and 1970s. He testified, "My experience and the general understanding is that while there may have been Marigold ceramics, other options available, as there are today…
-
Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 19, 2008 · in the opinion
Butler v. Amtico International Inc. (2008)
…5) how the plaintiff handled and used those products, (6) expert testimony on the effects of inhalation of asbestos on human health in general and the plaintiff in particular, (7) evidence of any other substances that…