9 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · May 8, 2024 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2024)
…226 (noting land can have multiple possessors). We are not persuaded by Alcoa's claim that failing to modify its general duty of care as a land possessor will lead to a drastic spike in lawsuits…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · December 17, 2014
Crawford v. Alcoa (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2014)
…the substances to Crawford's specific lung diseases. Her doctor filed three affidavits that discussed contaminants in general terms and did not tie them to her specific disease. The District Court dismissed the case with prejudice…
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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 · Tennessee Supreme Court · September 9, 2008 · in the opinion
Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company (2008)
By requiring judges to determine general foreseeability, the majority's opinion forces trial judges to base their decision-making on a razor thin distinction and encourages judges to make factual determinations relevant to breach of duty…
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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 · September 25, 2009 · in the opinion
In re Wilhite (2009)
…at most, that the plaintiffs are suing the same defendant for injuries caused by asbestos exposure at the same general location during the same period of time, but the documents do not show that these injuries…
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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 · Iowa Court of Appeals · March 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2021)
…immunizes defendants against liability for exposure to asbestos or silica products that were "made or sold by a third party." It contains no general grant of immunity for "premises owners" or "asbestos product suppliers." That aside…
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Court case · Arizona Court of Appeals · September 20, 2016 · in the opinion
Quiroz v. Alcoa Inc. (2016)
…that "\[a\]n actor ordinarily has a duty to exercise reasonable care when the actor's conduct creates a risk of physical harm," and imposes a general duty of reasonable care on all persons. Restatement (Third) …