6 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · September 22, 1987
In re Asbestos Litigation (1987)
Asbestos manufacturers defending personal injury suits in the federal district court in New Jersey challenged a New Jersey Supreme Court rule. Under Beshada and later cases, asbestos defendants could not use the "state-of-the-art" defense, which…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · January 10, 1985
White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
…barred. The court answered yes. Washington's statutes do not say when a claim accrues, so the general discovery rule applies. A survivor takes the decedent's rights, including the benefit of the discovery rule. Whether…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · February 27, 1986
Kisor v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…in the 1940s and 1950s, and argued that it could not be liable for a danger it did not know about. The jury returned a general verdict for Owens-Illinois. The Ninth Circuit, applying Washington law…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · April 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Kinseth v. WEIL-McLAIN Company (2017)
…Hellman, P.L.C., Waterloo, for plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Richard E. Mull, Assistant Attorney General, for intervenor. Heard by Mullins, P.J., and Bower and McDonald, JJ. BOWER, Judge…
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Court case · New York Court of Appeals · October 29, 1981 · in the opinion
Matter of Steinhardt v. JohnsManville Corp. (1981)
…such claims are diligently and expeditiously pursued. An exception to the general period of limitation rule is required when the pathological effect of an injury occurs without perceptible trauma, and the victim is blamelessly ignorant of…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 3, 1982 · in the opinion
Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1982)
…Pa.R.App.P. 301(a). Appellants acknowledge the general rule that an issue not argued below may not be argued on appeal, but nevertheless assert that their argument is not waived. They say: [\293] The…