19 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · December 30, 2016
Shaw v. Andritz Inc. (2016)
…law governs. Maritime Law and Navy Ships; Choice of Law Worksites: Electric Boat shipyard (General Dynamics); General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard, Groton sheet metal worker General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard Groton 1952-1954 and 1957-1967
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2016 · in the opinion
Stein v. Pfizer Inc. (2016)
…Glass Company; General Refractories Company; Koppers Company, Inc.; Universal Refractories Company; A.W. Chesterton Company; CBS Corporation; J.H. France Refractories Company; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; MCIC, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; General Electric Company;…
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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 · 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 · U.S. Supreme Court · June 25, 1997 · in the opinion
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor (1997)
"But the settlement does more than simply provide a general recovery fund," the Court of Appeals immediately added; "\[r\]ather, it makes important judgments on how recovery is to be allocated among different kinds of plaintiffs…
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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 · 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. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · February 26, 2008 · in the opinion
In re Quigley Co., Inc. (2008)
…held a pre-petition claim subject to the automatic stay. The Court began by acknowledging the general proposition that "a claim implies the existence of an obligation created by State law." Id. (quoting Vanston Committee v…
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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 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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 11, 2000 · in the opinion
In re Patenaude (2000)
…the instant case, where the possibility exists that even individual settlement negotiations will be more efficient if facilitated by a judge who is intimately familiar with the general issues and many of the parties, and where…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Peralta v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…to form CAMC. CAMC moved to dismiss for lack of general or specific personal jurisdiction. This Court held that general jurisdiction could not be exercised over CAMC because it was not incorporated nor had its principal…