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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 · Indiana Supreme Court · March 2, 2016
Myers v. Crouse-Hinds Division OF Cooper Industries, Inc. (2016)
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the denial of summary judgment to General Electric and Owens-Illinois in the Geyman case and reversed summary judgment for Crouse-Hinds and the other defendants in the Myers case, so…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 28, 2003
Kemp v. Armstrong World Industries (2003)
…tort law to apply must show with factual support that significant exposures before September 1988 later caused the disease. A history of heavy smoking and general medical opinions are not enough. Causation worker in chemical plants
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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…