19 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 8, 2017 · in the opinion
Trumbull v. American Biltrite (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2017)
…Dept. 1982\] \[4-7% sales in New York generating between $40,000-$113,000\]; Allen v. Canadian General Electric Co., 65 AD2d 39 \[3d Dept 1978\]\[1% sales in New York, generating nine million dollars\]). Here…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1953-1957; boilermaker, truck mechanic, and general helper Thatcher Glass Elmira 1957-1996; fireman USS Des Moines 1957-1961; boiler maintenance mechanic Happauge School District 1976-1982; welder USS Mindoro 1948-1952…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 11, 2019
Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
…were not at fault and the trial court's evidence and instruction rulings, but raised the survival-action general damages against RMC Holdings, increasing the total award from $1,265,000 to $1,498,333.34…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · May 8, 2017
Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017)
…52 and topic 40 (pre-1972 only) and denying the general dust and post-employment topics. Rule 30(b)(6) topics must be relevant and proportional; general 'dust' topics were cumulative of the asbestos-specific topics…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 12, 2010
McGUFFIE v. Mead Corp. (2010)
…for its subsidiary's acts absent alter-ego control or proof that it assumed a duty of workplace safety, and general safety oversight and correspondence do not show such an assumption. Premises Owner Liability; Successor Liability…
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Court case · North Carolina Court of Appeals · December 3, 2013 · in the opinion
Wise v. Alcoa, Inc. (2013)
The General Statutes provide that "the full Commission shall review the award, and, if good ground be shown therefor, reconsider the evidence, receive further evidence, rehear the parties or their representatives, and, if proper, amend the…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 11, 2014 · in the opinion
Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014)
If the plaintiff proves general causation with reliable scientific evidence that approximately 400 milligrams of the medication can cause death in children, the plaintiff will be able to prove specific causation in at least two ways…
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Court case · Arizona Supreme Court · May 11, 2018 · in the opinion
Quiroz v. Alcoa Inc. (2018)
First, whether it falls under the general auspices of "negligence" or "liability," both the Family and the dissent are in fact using cases and Restatement sections premised on foreseeability to create a new duty. Second, by…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 26, 2010 · in the opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (2010)
Maddox's opinion is insufficient as to specific causation. Id. at 839. Here, appellees endeavor to rely on material practice simulation studies performed by their general causation expert, William Longo, Ph.D., a material scientist. Dr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · December 27, 2012
Bouchard v. CBS Corporation (2012)
…the agreement did not assume tort liability for asbestos exposure. Washington's general rule is that an asset purchaser is not liable for the seller's liabilities unless an exception applies. Take-Home Exposure; Successor Liability…
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Court case · Arkansas Supreme Court · December 15, 2016 · in the opinion
Hendrix v. Alcoa, Inc. (2016)
…section 35 of Act 796, the legislature expressly provided as follows: The Seventy-Ninth General Assembly realizes that the Arkansas Workers' Compensation statutes must be revised and amended from time to time. Unfortunately many of the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2018 · in the opinion
Trapp v. CertainTEED Corporation (2018)
…at p. 1143.) The Supreme Court explained: "By making exceptions to Civil Code section 1714's general duty of ordinary care only when foreseeability and policy considerations justify a categorical no-duty rule, we preserve the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 25, 2018 · in the opinion
Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018)
…and a retired Assistant Surgeon General of the United States to show Avondale knew no more than the government did about the dangers of asbestos at the time Avondale used asbestos-containing materials in its shipbuilding…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · July 18, 2011 · in the opinion
Yankee v. APV North America, Inc. (2011)
…We hold that the general rule that there is no duty under common law products liability or negligence principles to warn of the dangers of exposure to asbestos in other manufacturers' products applies with regard to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · February 21, 2014 · in the opinion
McGUFFIE v. Mead Corporation (2014)
…. ." Generally, "the affairs of CAPCO will be under the general management of the board of directors of six individuals, of whom three will always be designated by Asarco\[, despite its minority stock position\]."\[24\] The CAPCO…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…asbestos-containing packing and/or gaskets were offered until the mid-1980s." (Doc. 314-7, at 2.) \[7\] As a general proposition, when asked whether the actual pumps at Alabama River Pulp contained asbestos, Morgan responded…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · May 20, 2010 · in the opinion
Sunbeam Corporation v. Dortch (2010)
…B.R. 268 (Bankr. D. N.J. 1984) address claims that fall within exceptions to the general rule of concurrent state court jurisdiction. Those exceptions do not apply here. In the third, In re Comer, 723…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · January 18, 2018 · in the opinion
New Hampshire Insurance Company v. Pennington (2018)
…the purpose of adding Noranda as a party defendant. Discussion I. Personal Jurisdiction Defendant Pennington first argues that this Court has neither general nor specific jurisdiction over her. "When personal jurisdiction is challenged by a defendant…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 23, 2014 · in the opinion
Humphries v. OneBEACON America Insurance Company (2014)
…1969)). "That nexus is established by the federal officer's direct and detailed control over the defendant. If a corporation only establishes that the acts occurred under the general auspices of federal direction, however, then it…