28 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 · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · April 27, 2020
In re Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Products (2020)
The court granted in part and denied in part Johnson & Johnson's motions to exclude plaintiffs' experts Saed, Longo and the general-causation experts, and denied plaintiffs' motions to exclude defense experts Diette, Saenz and Neel…
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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 · December 18, 2018
Germain v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…The court found the defendants had made an initial showing, but the plaintiffs' experts raised fact issues on general and specific causation. It noted that conflicting expert evidence and credibility questions must be resolved by a…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida · July 10, 2018
Stevenson v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (2018)
…in part that the Florida federal court lacked personal jurisdiction over it. The plaintiff conceded there was no general jurisdiction and argued for specific jurisdiction. She relied on the predecessor's Florida business registration and registered…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · July 25, 2021 · in the opinion
In re Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Products Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation (2021)
In general, however, a party must show more than a "remote prospect, an inchoate possibility, or a likely chance of litigation." Id. at 183 (citations and quotation marks omitted). "\[A\] party must show that there existed…
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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 · 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. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · March 31, 2023 · in the opinion
In re Ltl Management, LLC (2023)
…would respect the separateness of legal entities (and their respective assets and liabilities). "\[T\]he general expectation of state law and of the Bankruptcy Code ... is that courts respect entity separateness absent compelling circumstances calling equity ..…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 22, 2020 · in the opinion
Gibbons v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer (Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2020)
…and loss of consortium based on asbestos exposure. Appellants sought general and punitive damages against two groups of defendants: those that allegedly exposed Mrs. Gibbons and her family to asbestos through construction work\[2\] and the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · January 30, 2023 · in the opinion
In re Ltl Management, LLC (2023)
…would respect the separateness of legal entities (and their respective assets and liabilities). "\[T\]he general expectation of state law and of the Bankruptcy Code ... is that courts respect entity separateness absent compelling circumstances calling equity ..…
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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…