42 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · July 8, 1988 · in the opinion
Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988)
…any site or area where a hazardous substance has been deposited, stored, disposed of, or otherwise come to be located." State v. General Electric Co., 592 F.Supp. 291, 295 (N.D. NY 1984) (citation omitted)…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 31, 1990 · in the opinion
Celotex Corp. v. Tate (1990)
…into a hopper, scooped it from the hopper onto a scale, and carried it to the mixer. Tate also worked as an electrician at the plant, and the evidence reflected that, in this capacity, he was…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 16, 1991 · in the opinion
Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (1991)
…1969). Quantifying probability, it means a more than fifty percent chance. See Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Underwriters v. Gary Douglas Electric, 48 Ohio App.2d 319, 357 N.E.2d 388, 392 (1974). Dr. J.D. Britton…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · January 30, 1986 · in the opinion
Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1986)
…a given industry. They are often set forth in some type of code, such as a building code or electrical code, or they may be adopted by the trade organization of a given industry. State of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia · July 19, 1984 · in the opinion
Joyce v. AC & s., Inc. (1984)
…asbestos insulation materials. Plaintiff, an industrial electrician who had worked with asbestos insulation from 1948 to 1972, claimed that inhalation of asbestos fibers and dust during that period had caused him to develop mesothelioma, a cancerous…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
…appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio law.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
…granted Ethyl Corporation's motion for remittitur, cutting the verdict to $3,250,661.45 ($3,000,000 general damages plus medical expenses) unless Plaintiffs elect a new trial, and denied Ethyl's new-trial and…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 14, 2020
Adams v. Ethyl Corporation (2020)
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment for the Gaddy children against Ethyl Corporation, including the reduction of general damages to $3,000,000, and rejected both Ethyl's challenges and the plaintiffs' challenge to the jury…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · July 2, 1990
White v. Celotex Corp. (1990)
…The Ninth Circuit affirmed. It held that the defendants' general sale of asbestos insulation during those years was not evidence that they supplied the asbestos Edward encountered. It also found market share liability unsuited to asbestos…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 30, 2002
Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (2002)
…Garlock 80 percent at fault and the settling employer 20 percent, and awarded $2,500,000 in general damages plus $596,769.62 in special damages. On appeal Garlock argued that the court shifted the burden…
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Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion
DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)
…the court concluded that because the tolling provisions of the general limitations statute were in existence prior to the enactment of the wrongful death statute the legislature "could not possibly have had in mind that the…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · May 28, 1992 · in the opinion
Cole v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
…the Tab?, 48 Fordham L.Rev. 657, 684 n. 152 (1980) (quoting Elliott, The New Comprehensive General Liability Policy, in Liability Insurance Disputes 12-3, 12-5 (S. Schreiber ed. 1968)); See also Nothstein, Toxic Torts…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1982 · in the opinion
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…Borel, we conclude that Borel, while conclusive as to the general matter of a duty to warn on the part of manufacturers of asbestos-containing insulation products, is ultimately ambiguous as to certain key issues. As…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Inc., Rapid American, Uni-Royal, Carolina Asbestos Co., J. Franklin Burke General Asbestos Co., Ruberoid Company, Keaseey Mattison Co., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co. Argued December 17, 1985. Filed June 10, 1986. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [\60…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · September 18, 1989 · in the opinion
IN the Matter of Estate OF Foster (1989)
…Innes deposition testimony as a whole, therefore, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing it as general background to the early production levels of the Owens-Illinois product. Affirmed. WINSOR, J., and DEIERLEIN…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · August 19, 1986 · in the opinion
Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1986)
…the cause in fact of his injuries does not undermine the principle that a defendant should only be held responsible for the damage it caused. As long as a plaintiff can prove general causation, i.e.…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 13, 1982 · in the opinion
Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1982)
…to his health. We thus regard Wisconsin Natural Gas to be an exceptional application of the more general rule that the cause of action accrues when the asbestos-caused disease becomes diagnosable — e.g., provable by…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981 · in the opinion
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
…to be persuaded that the choice of law made in Flatt is correct. That is, under any standard, federal law applies. Aerojet-General Corporation v. Askew, 511 F.2d 710 [\1361] (5th Cir. 1975); Willis v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio · November 17, 1988 · in the opinion
Adkins v. GAF Corp. (1988)
…sold by ACL is processed raw asbestos fiber. Asbestos exposure causes asbestosis. This fact was general knowledge in the asbestos industry in the State of Ohio at least after 1945. Not every exposure to asbestos, however…
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Court case · Michigan Supreme Court · December 29, 1986 · in the opinion
Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)
…The general position is that "\[t\]he only practical time when the cause of action can be deemed to have accrued is the time when the plaintiff knows or should have known that he had asbestosis…