825 results for “General Electric”, page 17 of 42
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 3, 2023
Walker v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023)
…After a seven-day trial, the jury awarded about $36.76 million in total damages, most of it general damages. The trial court held Level 3 liable for 11/21 virile shares, a judgment of $19…
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Court case · Oregon Court of Appeals · December 8, 2021
Hoff v. Certainteed Corp. (2021)
…several companies, including Kaiser Gypsum, saying he was exposed to asbestos in drywall joint compound. Hoff worked for general contractor R.A. Gray Company, where he framed and finished buildings while drywall was sanded nearby, and…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 27, 2020
Luca v. Whittaker, Clark and Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…s proof; it must show its product could not have contributed to the illness. Conflicting expert reports on general and specific causation raise fact issues that cannot be resolved on motion papers. Causation; Product Identification; Expert…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Arizona · July 26, 2020
Hatten v. Grobet USA (2020)
…Circuit's test, which asks whether there is any possibility a state court would find a claim against Posner's. Although the complaint was general, Grobet had not shown that no such possibility existed. On the…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · May 26, 2021
Pistone v. American Biltrite, Inc. (2021)
…plaintiffs' claims against them continue. In toxic tort cases an expert opinion must show exposure, general causation and specific causation, and conflicting expert opinions on these points raise a credibility question for the jury rather than…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · May 21, 2024
Seen v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2024)
…suffering award that deviates materially from reasonable compensation under CPLR 5501(c) must be reduced or retried, and under General Obligations Law § 15-108 settlement amounts paid by settling defendants are deducted from the total award…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 10, 2020
Richards v. American Biltrite (Matter of Eighth Jud. Dis. Asbestos, 2020)
…could not have contributed to the plaintiff's disease. Even if it did, competing expert affidavits on general and specific causation raise fact issues for trial. Causation; Product Identification; Expert Testimony Worksites: grocery stores in Buffalo…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
…a jury found Ethyl, International Paper and Owens-Illinois liable. It awarded $7.5 million in general damages plus $250,661.45 in medical expenses. Judgment against Ethyl was $2,583,553.82, its share after…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 24, 2020
Schrader v. Ameron International Corporation (2020)
…Schrader prevailed on that point. A trial court abuses its discretion when it denies a jury's specific request to view a duly admitted exhibit based only on a general preference and speculation about prolonged deliberations…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 10, 2021
Berger v. Aerco Intl., Inc. (2021)
…assume liabilities for claims based on earlier events. The court applied the general rule that a company buying another's assets is not liable for the seller's torts, and found the plaintiffs did not show…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 27, 2024
Johnson v. Johnson & Johnson (2024)
…product has a "strict 5 level safety process," is "clinically proven," and has "purity of its ingredients" goes beyond general praise and can plausibly be an express warranty of specified characteristics. consumer user of talc powder
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · October 25, 2022
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
…Dr. Holstein, was qualified to testify on general and specific causation. It had noted that a tissue digestion study by Dr. Gordon weighed against the reliability of his analyses but did not change his methodology or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia · May 23, 2022
Mullinex v. John Crane, Inc. (2022)
…government contractor defense (Boyle and Sawyer), the contractor must show the government knew of the asbestos hazard presented by the contractor's specific product, not merely of asbestos hazards in general. Government Contractor Defense and Removal
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 16, 2021
Witte v. Algoma Hardwoods, Inc. (2021)
…from its president saying it was incorporated and based in California and had no New York facilities. The court found no general jurisdiction because Cobb was not incorporated or headquartered in New York. On specific jurisdiction…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 1, 2023
Haeck v. 3M Company (2023)
…removal. The court agreed. Under Ninth Circuit precedent (Self v. General Motors), a case becomes removable only through a voluntary act by the plaintiff. Because the summary judgment for Allied Fluid was involuntary from Plaintiffs' perspective…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 23, 2021
Davis v. CompuDyne (In re Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation, 2021)
…2020. CompuDyne moved for summary judgment, arguing that plaintiffs could not prove general or specific causation. It relied on reports from an industrial hygienist and a pulmonary doctor. The court held those reports were inadmissible hearsay…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · April 9, 2020
Nemeth v. Brenntag N. Am. (2020)
…can support specific causation. Where the trial court effectively apportioned 0% to settling defendants who were left off the verdict sheet, General Obligations Law § 15-108 offsets are computed by the aggregate method. Causation; Product Identification…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · January 31, 2024
Pelton v. John Crane, Inc. (2024)
…may seek punitive damages. Under maritime law, a plaintiff may show substantial-factor causation through admissible general expert testimony plus circumstantial evidence of substantial exposure over a substantial period, without expert testimony specific to the defendant…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Utah · January 13, 2022
Sylvester v. Blue Bird Corporation (2022)
…asbestos parts to Ford, Chrysler and General Motors was not enough, and the court excluded a 1995 deposition from a General Motors employee because the plaintiffs had not disclosed it during discovery. The court granted both…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 20, 2020
English v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2020)
…the New York court to dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court found it could not exercise general jurisdiction because Shulton was not incorporated or headquartered in New York. It found specific jurisdiction…