17 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · July 15, 2014
Estate OF Gregovich v. Auer Steel & Heating Supply (2014)
George Gregovich alleged that asbestos from products made or supplied by sixteen defendants caused his mesothelioma. He died about eighteen months after filing suit, and his estate and a guardian of his person and estate continued the case. The…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 12, 2018 · in the opinion
Pistone v. American Biltrite, Inc. (2018)
…to AZROCK INDUSTRIES, INC.; FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION; GARDNER INDUSTRIES, INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. ind. and as sue. to (F/K/A ALLIED SIGNAL) AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BENDIX CORPORATION…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 20, 2017 · in the opinion
Altman v. Ford Motor Co. (In re New York City Asbetos Litigation, 2017)
…The 13 defendants remaining in his action are: American Biltrite, Inc., Burnham, CBS Corp., Conwed Corp., Domco Products Texas, Inc., General Electric Company, Genuine Parts Company, Georgia-Pacific, Grinnell, Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., Mannington Mills, Inc.…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 17, 2016 · in the opinion
Cicio v. American Biltrite (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2016)
…and insulation. In the 1970s, Keeny worked for PSI, a division of Warner Electric, as a senior applications engineer and regional sales manager, where he inspected brakes and clutches at various commercial and industrial worksites, including…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 14, 2019
Linsky v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…cross-claims, finding fact issues on general and specific causation. A defendant cannot win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiff's proof and must show its product did not contribute to the illness. Conflicting…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 14, 2019
Margolis v. Amchem Prods., Inc. (2019)
…plaintiffs' complaint and all cross-claims, because fact issues remained on general and specific causation. A defendant cannot win summary judgment merely by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof, and must make a prima…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 3, 2019
Surace v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…and all cross-claims, finding fact issues on general and specific causation. A defendant cannot win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiffs' proof. Conflicting expert reports on general and specific causation, applying Parker and…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 25, 2020
Lamenta v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…the plaintiffs' claims and all crossclaims against it, because the plaintiffs did not raise a fact issue on general or specific causation. In a toxic tort case, expert opinion must show both that the toxin can…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 19, 2019
Marzigliano v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Marzigliano plaintiffs' complaint and all cross-claims, finding fact issues on general and specific causation. A defendant cannot win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiff's proof; it must make a prima facie showing…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 31, 2019
Dembski v. Aurora Pump Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…for lack of personal jurisdiction, and severed and dismissed them. General jurisdiction over a corporation requires that it be at home in New York (place of incorporation or principal place of business), and specific jurisdiction under…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 26, 2019
Decanio v. Kohler Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…use or misuse, so that question was for a jury. Product Identification; Failure to Warn; Design Defect Worksites: New York general construction laborer, Local 3A, clean-up crew removing boiler parts New York 1958 to 1966
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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 · February 25, 2019
Gallagher v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…the plaintiffs' claims against it go forward. A defendant cannot get summary judgment by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof. Where the parties' experts conflict on general and specific causation, issues of fact remain…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 29, 2019
Mantovi v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…types or to exposure levels in other studies. The court found the plaintiffs had not raised a triable issue on general or specific causation and granted the motion. It dismissed the claims and cross-claims against…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 1, 2019
Carlstrand v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…dismiss plaintiffs' complaint and all cross-claims, finding fact issues on general and specific causation. A defendant cannot win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiff's proof, and conflicting expert reports on whether chrysotile…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · March 5, 2015 · in the opinion
Jones v. 84 Lumber Company (2015)
…which was to standardize and simplify the proof of laws of foreign states." Id. In 1940, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted a revised form of the Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, P.L. 1940…