17 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998
Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)
The federal district court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, holding that Iowa's fifteen-year statute of repose did not bar the Harders' claims against GE over asbestos insulation blankets. Under Iowa Code…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 26, 2023
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023)
…shares of fault of those released parties if their fault is proven at trial. The plaintiffs said the releases covered only asbestosis, were too general, and were inadmissible. The court found the releases authenticated and admissible…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 27, 2010 · in the opinion
Saller v. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (2010)
…omitted.) Here, the jury's findings on negligent failure to warn therefore do not preclude a finding that the trial court erred in failing to instruct on strict liability. (See Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. v. Superior…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · May 24, 2010
Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
The court denied all four Daubert motions, allowing plaintiffs' causation experts (Brody, limited to general causation, and Legier), defense industrial hygienist Dyson's dose reconstruction testimony, and defendants' causation experts to testify. Expert testimony is admissible…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 30, 2002
Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (2002)
…Garlock 80 percent at fault and the settling employer 20 percent, and awarded $2,500,000 in general damages plus $596,769.62 in special damages. On appeal Garlock argued that the court shifted the burden…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware · May 20, 2013 · in the opinion
In re Specialty Products Holding Corp. (2013)
…Tr. 1/11/13 at 91:16-21 (Vasquez). Dr. Vasquez also considered whether Debtors' experience is in line with general trends in asbestos litigation. Tr. 1/11/13 at 91:22-92:13 (Vasquez). That…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 9, 2008
Barnes v. AO Smith Water Products Co. (2008)
…the Montross, Perdicaro, Enea and Iqbal cases separate, over the defendants' general opposition. Under CPLR 602(a), actions with common questions of law or fact may be tried jointly. The Malcolm factors guide the choice, and…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · December 26, 2001 · in the opinion
Burns v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2001)
… John Crane, Inc.; DAP, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; GAF Corporation; General Refractories Company; Harbison-Walker Refractories Company; Harcros Chemicals, Inc., as Successor-in-Interest to Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company; Kaiser Refractories, A Division of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · June 27, 1996 · in the opinion
Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc. (1996)
…requirements of predominance and superiority. In In re General Motors Corp. Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation, 55 F.3d 768 (3d Cir.) \[Hereinafter GM Trucks\], cert. denied sub nom. General Motors Corp. v…
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Court case · Missouri Court of Appeals · June 19, 2012 · in the opinion
Wagner v. Bondex International, Inc. (2012)
…fiber that began or caused the process that resulted in mesothelioma, but that asbestos fiber in general is the only known cause of the disease. Dr. Maddox also testified that mesothelioma results from an individual's…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994 · in the opinion
Keystone Steel and Wire Co. v. Costa (1994)
…689, 485 N.E.2d 500.) In general, a new trial on the question of damages only is appropriately granted where (1) the jury's verdict on the question of liability is amply supported by the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2009 · in the opinion
Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2009)
…to chrysotile." \[3\] Although Silvestro again worked in construction after his career as boiler repairman, the evidence showed that use of asbestos in construction materials (and in general) was being curtailed by the 1970's, and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 5, 2009 · in the opinion
Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
…address the standards pertaining to relation back, and then proceed to apply those standards to the case before us. Relation Back in General Relation back is governed by Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c) which provides…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 21, 2006 · in the opinion
Gilcrease v. Garlock, Inc. (2006)
…We do not address whether reversible error occurred from an improper final argument. Citing the general rule that recovery of actual damages are a prerequisite to the receipt of exemplary damages,\[8\] Garlock next maintains that…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994 · in the opinion
Costa v. Dresser Industries, Inc. (1994)
…246 N.E.2d 269.) The general rule as to statements made by counsel in opening statement that certain evidence will be introduced is that such statements are not improper if made in good faith and…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 22, 2008 · in the opinion
Behshid v. Bondex International, Inc. (2008)
…in sanding the tiles. Also, there was no evidence of a general nature. There was no evidence as to what type of tiles would have been used in Iran 35 years ago. There was no evidence…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · March 29, 2010 · in the opinion
Asbury v. AW Chesterton Company (2010)
…Forum Non Conveniens 1 Standard of Review The doctrine of forum non conveniens allows "a court \[to\] resist imposition upon its jurisdiction even when jurisdiction is authorized by the letter of a general venue statute." Kedy…