21 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 21, 2004
Jessop v. Acf Industries, LLC (2004)
…Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Topeka shops and rail yard; Topeka, Kansas rail yard of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Topeka electrician Topeka, Kansas rail yard of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Topeka sixteen year career
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 21, 2007 · in the opinion
Frastaci v. Vapor Corporation (2007)
…supra, 272 U.S. at p. 611 . . . .) This effect on interstate commerce would be both "direct and substantial." (English v. General Electric Co. \[,supra,\] 496 U.S. \[at p.\] 85 . . . .) As Law explains, the imposition of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · February 14, 2007 · in the opinion
Fleischman v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2007)
…Ctr., Inc., Ky., 807 S.W.2d 476 (1991)." Gafford v. General Electric Co., 997 F.2d 150, 165 (6th Cir. 1993). DISCUSSION As mentioned supra, the Defendant asserts that the 1986 release signed by Mr…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · October 12, 2007 · in the opinion
Donoughe v. Lincoln Elec. Co. (2007)
…485 A.2d 408, 423 n. 5 (1984), abrogated on unrelated grounds as recognized by Moroney v. General Motors Corp., 850 A.2d 629, 634-35 (Pa.Super.2004)). However, as this Court noted in Dambacher…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · June 1, 2009 · in the opinion
CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley (2009)
…absent evidence that the fear was genuine and serious. Both courts affirmed decisions to reject genuine-and-serious instructions and to rely instead on general pain-and-suffering instructions to charge the jury. In so doing…
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Court case · Alabama Supreme Court · December 20, 2002
General Motors Corp. v. Kilgore (2002)
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the trial court's denial of summary judgment and rendered judgment for General Motors, holding the Kilgores' claims preempted by the Federal Locomotive Inspection Act; two justices dissented. The Federal Locomotive…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 10, 2007
Caradonna v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2007)
Joseph Caradonna worked for the Long Island Railroad from 1949 to 1977 as a mechanic's helper, welder, train car inspector, coach cleaner and assistant foreman. He claimed he was exposed to asbestos from brake shoes, gaskets and other materials. He…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · March 12, 2009
Ratliff v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. (2009)
…In 1986 he took a voluntary separation program, accepted $35,000 and signed a general release of all claims arising from his employment. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in April 2005 and died in July 2005…
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · March 17, 2005
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Gregory (2005)
…Court reversed. It held that joinder under Rule 20 requires a distinct litigable event linking the plaintiffs, and that asbestos cases are not exempt. The plaintiffs had alleged only general negligence, different jobs, places, substances and…
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Court case · North Carolina Court of Appeals · March 7, 2006 · in the opinion
Williams v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2006)
…range of facts that may be inquired into \[on cross-examination\] is virtually unlimited except by the general requirement of relevancy and the trial judge's discretionary power to keep the examination within reasonable bounds." State…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · June 23, 2006 · in the opinion
Barone v. Gatx Corp. (2006)
…of asbestos dust. On February 27, 2003, appellee filed a claim for employer intentional tort and wrongful death against appellant, GATX Corporation ("GATX"), General American Transportation Corporation, the Gage Company, I.U. North America, Inc., Garlock…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · September 18, 2003 · in the opinion
Anderson v. AC & S., Inc. (2003)
…the suit, but subsequent to the injuries, the plaintiff executed a general release freeing the railroad from liability for the injuries sustained in the accident in exchange for two hundred and fifty dollars. Callen, 332 U…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 29, 2007 · in the opinion
Aguirre v. Long Island Railroad Co. (2007)
…motion, the LIRR primarily argues that the plaintiffs failed at trial to proffer legally sufficient evidence to support their claims of general and specific causation with respect to their alleged exposure to asbestos and unidentified dusts…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 9, 2009 · in the opinion
Ransford v. Griffin Wheel Company, Inc. (2009)
…law damage suits by former railroad workers against a locomotive manufacturer for personal injury allegedly caused by exposure to asbestos in the manufacturer's products. (Scheiding v. General Motors Corp. (2000) 22 Cal.4th 471, 474…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · March 10, 2003 · in the opinion
Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers (2003)
…B. Salmons argued the cause pro hac vice for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Olson, Assistant Attorney General McCallum, Deputy Solicitor General Clement, Anthony J…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · December 4, 2003 · in the opinion
Adams v. Consolidated Rail Corp. (2003)
…clear that the trial court has acted under some misapprehension of the law or the evidence. Syl. pt. 1, Matheny v. Fairmont General Hospital, 212 W.Va. 740, 575 S.E.2d 350 (2002); Lamphere v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 3, 2009 · in the opinion
Kurns v. AW Chesterton (2009)
…612. The Supreme Court struck down the state law, reasoning that: \[T\]he power delegated to the \[Interstate Commerce\] Commission by the Boiler Inspection Act as amended is a general one. It extends to the design…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 20, 2008 · in the opinion
Thibodeaux v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2008)
…trial, district court entered a judgment on the jury verdict for the vessel owner, but granted the widow's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and awarded general and special damages. The vessel owner appealed…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · March 19, 2009 · in the opinion
Riedel v. Consolidated Rail Corporation (2009)
…make it into the final draft. The court stated that "while the General Assembly may well have intended all asbestos-related cancer claims to be subject to the new legislation, that intent is not clearly expressed…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 16, 2007 · in the opinion
Aguirre v. Long IS. Rail RD. Co. (2007)
…motion, the LIRR primarily argues that the plaintiffs failed at trial to proffer legally sufficient evidence to support their claims of general and specific causation with respect to their alleged exposure to asbestos and unidentified dusts…