116 results for “Ford Motor Company”, page 1 of 6
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 7, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2019)
The court denied Ford's and Cummins's motions to exclude or limit the expert testimony of Dr. Staggs, Dr. Finkelstein and Christopher Depasquale, so the plaintiffs' experts may testify. An expert's specific-causation opinion…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 7, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2019)
The court denied Cummins Inc.'s and Ford Motor Company's joint motion for summary judgment, so the plaintiffs (Michel's survivors) keep their claims against both defendants. Plaintiffs must show exposure to asbestos from the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 5, 2017
Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2017)
…of Appeal affirmed the judgment for Exxon Mobil, Ford and Rossmoor, rejecting plaintiffs' challenges to the summary adjudication for Exxon, the nonsuit for Rossmoor, the jury instructions on Ford, and the defense verdict for Exxon. An…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 28, 2018
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2018)
Victor Michel, a Louisiana citizen, sued many companies in state court in 2017 after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. He had worked from 1965 to 2005 as a parts delivery driver, truck mechanic, generator service technician and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Utah · February 28, 2014
Anderson v. Ford Motor Company (2014)
Joseph Anderson Jr. sued in state court, and the case was removed to federal court in Utah. He alleged asbestos-caused mesothelioma and died of it in 2008. His wife Arva Anderson, as executor, took over as plaintiff. After the case returned from the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · November 22, 2016
Rost v. Ford Motor Co. (2016)
…affirmed the judgment for the Rost estates against Ford Motor Company, holding that the causation testimony was proper and that, although consolidation with two other cases was error, Ford showed no prejudice. An expert may tell…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 13, 2015
Juni v. Ford Motor Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2015)
The court granted Ford Motor Company's post-trial motion, set aside the jury verdict for plaintiffs Arthur and Mary Juni in its entirety, and directed judgment for Ford. Under the Court of Appeals' decisions in…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · September 7, 2017
Heaton v. Ford Motor Co. (2017)
Paul Heaton, as executor of the estate of Robert Brawley, sued several companies, including McCord Corporation, alleging that Brawley's mesothelioma and death resulted from asbestos exposure. Against McCord, he claimed Brawley was exposed while repairing…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · July 23, 2018
Ratcliff v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (2018)
The magistrate judge recommended granting Ford Motor Company's and Hennessy Industries' renewed motions and dismissing the fraud count (Count 8) against them, leaving the plaintiff's other claims in place. A fraud claim must plead…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · March 27, 2014
Hayes v. Asbestos, Corp., Ltd. (2014)
…Ford Motor Company's Rule 12(b)(6) motion, holding that the Louisiana Products Liability Act was the plaintiffs' exclusive remedy against Ford and dismissing the non-LPLA claims and the punitive damages claim against Ford…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · February 28, 2017
Mtr OF Nyc Asbestos Litig. (2017)
The Appellate Division affirmed the judgment for Ford Motor Company, upholding the trial court's order setting aside the jury's verdict for plaintiff Mary Juni, and dismissed the appeal from the order as subsumed in…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 8, 2016
Lepore v. Kelsey-Hayes Co. (2016)
The Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment for Ford, Navistar and Kelsey-Hayes, finding triable issues on whether Lepore was exposed to asbestos from their products, and affirmed summary judgment for Gibbs International. A plaintiff in…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 3, 2013
Barawa v. Acker Drill Co. (2013)
The court denied Ford Motor Company's motion for summary judgment except for the unopposed loss of consortium claim, which was dismissed; plaintiffs largely prevailed. Plaintiff's testimony of exposure over twenty-plus years to new…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · August 10, 2018 · in the opinion
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2018)
(Ford MTE Castleman at 6.) However, the court notes that pursuant to Rule 703, an expert may disclose otherwise inadmissible underlying facts or data "if their probative value in helping the jury evaluate the opinion substantially…
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Court case · Delaware Supreme Court · July 22, 2019
Richards v. Copes-Vulcan, Inc. (2019)
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for Copes-Vulcan, Ford and Goodyear and the denial of the Richards' request to supplement their expert report or for reargument. Under Ohio law, Ohio Rev. Code § 2307.96…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · September 17, 2018 · in the opinion
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018)
…the brands of brakes he worked on at Dexter, Mr. Jack testified that "\[s\]ome of them \[were\] Ford." (Id. at 131:17-20.) When Plaintiffs' counsel asked Mr. Jack if he used the arc grinder …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 28, 2019 · in the opinion
Jack v. Dco, LLC (2019)
…those he encountered at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard." (Resp. DCo at 11; Resp. Ford at 12.) In particular, Plaintiffs emphasize that Mr. Jack testified in his deposition that, while he was working at the Shipyard…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 31, 2017 · in the opinion
Charlevoix v. Caterpillar (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
Charlevoix performed clutch and gasket work on Ford vehicles owned by family and friends. (D.I. 216, Ex. 3 at 152:16-19) However, Mr. Milligan could not recall the manufacturer of any clutches or gaskets…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · May 28, 2015
Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015)
Douglas Hayes sued several companies, including CNH America (sued as Case New Holland), claiming that asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. He died after filing, and his sons continued the case as a wrongful death and survival…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 8, 2012
Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012)
Twenty-two plaintiffs, all represented by the same lawyers, sued more than eighty defendants in New York County for asbestos-related injuries or deaths. Seven had lung cancer, fourteen had pleural mesothelioma, and Glenda Vega had peritoneal…