27 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 17, 2024 · in the opinion
Ramirez v. Avon Products, Inc. (2024)
…This consideration is addressed in Cholipski, which discussed Laue and our supreme court's later decision in Cook v. General Electric Company, 146 Ill 2d 548 (1992), which made clear that while contribution claims must be…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 6, 2019
Rothlein v. Imerys Talc America (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…of the remaining claims against Imerys, so the plaintiffs kept those claims. General jurisdiction over a corporation exists only where it is incorporated or has its principal place of business. A corporation that buys another's…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 31, 2018
Crozier v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…complaint and cross-claims for lack of personal jurisdiction, and denied jurisdictional discovery. New York courts lacked general jurisdiction over corporations not incorporated or headquartered in New York, and lacked specific jurisdiction under CPLR 302(a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 2, 2018
Matter of Crozier v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…Avon's powder. They moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or on forum non conveniens grounds. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It found…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 27, 2018
Brewer v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…jurisdiction and on forum non conveniens grounds, arguing that everything happened in Minnesota. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It did find specific jurisdiction under New…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 22, 2019
Young v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiff's proof; conflicting expert affidavits on general and specific causation raise issues of fact for trial, and plaintiffs need only show facts from which liability may reasonably…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 7, 2018
Holleman v. Cosmetics Specialties (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…between that business and the claim. General jurisdiction was lacking because the defendant was not at home in New York. Personal Jurisdiction Worksites: Childhood home child at home Childhood home mid-1940s; Avon representative 1979-1995…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 21, 2019
Hernandez v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…plaintiff's proof; it must make a prima facie showing that its product could not have contributed to the illness, and conflicting expert evidence on general and specific causation raises fact issues. Causation; Product Identification; Expert…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · February 26, 2019
Shanahan v. Kolmar Laboratories, Inc. (2019)
…non-diverse defendant in state court; under New York's lenient pleading standard, general allegations of manufacture and a disputed contract-specifications defense did not meet that burden. Venue, Removal and Transfer; Trial Procedure and Discovery
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 8, 2019
Young v. Avon Prods. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…asbestos case by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof, and conflicting expert evidence on general and specific causation raises fact issues for trial. New York does not recognize an independent cause of action for…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · February 25, 2019 · in the opinion
Smith v. Avon Products, Inc. (2019)
… 12-15) Thus, none of these Defendants are subject to general jurisdiction in Alabama. \[4\] Plaintiff also takes issue with Downey's reliance on a summary of sales records he was given prior to his deposition…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · September 11, 2019 · in the opinion
Huff v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (2019)
…307, 310 (1999): The general rule of corporate-successor liability is that when a company sells its assets to another company, the acquiring company is not liable for the debts and liabilities of the selling company…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 29, 2020 · in the opinion
Bader v. Avon Products, Inc. (2020)
…italics added.) Finally, while Avon accurately cites cases reciting the general rule that the merits of a dispute are not at issue at the jurisdictional stage, but proof of jurisdictional facts may at times overlap with…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · April 28, 2021 · in the opinion
Lanzo v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (2021)
…Ibid. It held that, because the defendants had general knowledge of the rollover problem, they "had notice of potential relevance to this and other litigation involving their product." Ibid. Because the evidence of destruction of raw…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · March 30, 2020 · in the opinion
Kirkwood v. Brenntag North America, Inc. (2020)
…avoid jurisdiction." In re Nazi Era Cases, 153 F. App'x at 823. While product line successor liability\[2\] is an exception to the general rule of successor non-liability, "no court, appears to have addressed ..…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 5, 2020 · in the opinion
English v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…2). The July 12, 2019 Decision and Order stated that there is no general jurisdiction because the defendants are not incorporated, nor maintain their principal places of business in the State of New York. It was…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 23, 2023 · in the opinion
Ramirez v. Avon Prods. (Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2023)
…§ 2025.620, italics added.) While discovery in general aids both plaintiffs and defendants equally, the tools of discovery are intended to benefit the party utilizing those tools. The purpose of a deposition is not to aid…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 12, 2020 · in the opinion
Curtin v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (2020)
…General personal jurisdiction exists if the defendant maintains "continuous and systematic" contacts with the forum state. Helicopteros Nacionales de Columbia v. Hall, 466 U.S. 408, 416 (1984). With a corporate defendant, general jurisdiction typically exists…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · October 24, 2019 · in the opinion
Williams v. Avon Products, Inc. (2019)
…limiting products liability actions against nonmanufacturing sellers. Section 82.003 established a general rule that a nonmanufacturing seller is not liable for harm caused by a defective product. This limitation was enacted to protect "innocent sellers…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 3, 2018 · in the opinion
Cohen v. Imerys Talc America (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…451 NE2d 195 \[1983\]). There are four exceptions to New York's general rule on successor liability, as the successor may be "held liable for the torts of its predecessor if (1) it expressly or impliedly…