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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 23, 2007
General Elec. Co. v. Cain (2007)
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that General Electric was not entitled to summary judgment on its exclusive-remedy defense and that nine of the sixteen premises owners in the Rehm case were, with seven owners' claims…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · February 25, 2005
Rehm v. Navistar International (2005)
James Rehm, a millwright employed by Rapid Installation from about 1975 to 1982, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2001 and died in 2002. He, and later his wife as executrix and his children, sued sixteen companies that owned the facilities where…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York · May 1, 2000 · in the opinion
Falise v. American Tobacco Co. (2000)
…from asbestos workers who were likely to be fatally affected by the combined inhalation of the two. A. Asbestos Uses and Production Asbestos is a general term referring to two main varieties of natural, fibrous minerals…
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · March 18, 2004 · in the opinion
Owens Corning v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (2004)
…case law above, substituting the foreseeability test, in place of finding the existence of a direct injury, is error. As a general rule, proximate cause requires that both be present " Id. at 236. We agree. ¶18…
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Court case · Minnesota Court of Appeals · April 6, 1999 · in the opinion
Tester v. American Standard, Inc. (1999)
…604.02, subd. 3 (1998), provides an exception to this general rule and allows an at-fault plaintiff to recover from a less-at-fault defendant in products liability cases. Section 604.02, subdivision 3, provides…
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Court case · Minnesota Court of Appeals · August 8, 2006 · in the opinion
Duffy v. American Standard, Inc. (2006)
…who is now deceased, made several general statements indicating that Hormel and Scheid employees "worked together," no testimony was elicited to indicate any specific tasks that the two sets of employees performed together. Duffy testified that…