7 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 14, 2019 · in the opinion
Malek v. Chevron U.S.A. (In re Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2019)
…4th 1193, 1203.) The general rule is that persons are "obligated to exercise due care in \[their\] own actions so as to not to create an unreasonable risk of injury to others." (Lugtu v. California Highway…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 7, 2021 · in the opinion
Irani v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2021)
…refinery, including Standard Oil of New Jersey's employee Paul Kuhl, who became general manager of the refinery. Soler testified as the person most qualified for the Chevron defendants in Sabetian v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 20, 2021 · in the opinion
Khosravan v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2021)
…391, 397; accord, Sabetian, supra, 57 Cal.App.5th at p. 1070.) "In general, each person has a duty to act with reasonable care under the circumstances." (Regents, supra, 4 Cal.5th at p. 619; accord…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 4, 2016
South v. Texaco (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2016)
…understood his 1997 release covered a future mesothelioma claim, and ordered plaintiff's counsel to disclose the settlement amount. Under the Jones Act and general maritime law, the party relying on a seaman's release bears…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · January 23, 2013 · in the opinion
Garrie v. Aiu Insurance Company (2013)
…clear that mandatary authority to compromise a claim must be given expressly. Counsel for Cities Service apparently had the general authority to negotiate settlement terms, we have been given no evidence that counsel had express authority…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 6, 2021 · in the opinion
Khosravan v. Chevron Corporation (2021)
… 2778, subds. 3 & 4.) "\[Civil Code\] section 2778, unchanged since 1872, sets forth general rules for the interpretation of indemnity contracts, \unless a contrary intention appears.' If not forbidden by other, more specific, statutes, the obligations…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · August 29, 2017 · in the opinion
South v. Chevron Corp. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2017)
…276 \[2011\] \[internal quotation marks omitted\]). Because the subject release is governed by the law applicable to Jones Act claims and general maritime law, the responsibility is Texaco's to establish the enforceability of the release…