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  1. Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 6, 2019

    Rothlein v. Imerys Talc America (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)

    …of the remaining claims against Imerys, so the plaintiffs kept those claims. General jurisdiction over a corporation exists only where it is incorporated or has its principal place of business. A corporation that buys another's…

  2. 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

  3. Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · February 25, 2019 · in the opinion

    Smith v. Avon Products, Inc. (2019)

    … 12-15) Thus, none of these Defendants are subject to general jurisdiction in Alabama. \[4\] Plaintiff also takes issue with Downey's reliance on a summary of sales records he was given prior to his deposition…

  4. Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · September 11, 2019 · in the opinion

    Huff v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (2019)

    …307, 310 (1999): The general rule of corporate-successor liability is that when a company sells its assets to another company, the acquiring company is not liable for the debts and liabilities of the selling company…

  5. 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…

  6. Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · March 30, 2020 · in the opinion

    Kirkwood v. Brenntag North America, Inc. (2020)

    …avoid jurisdiction." In re Nazi Era Cases, 153 F. App'x at 823. While product line successor liability\[2\] is an exception to the general rule of successor non-liability, "no court, appears to have addressed ..…

  7. 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…

  8. Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 3, 2018 · in the opinion

    Cohen v. Imerys Talc America (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)

    …451 NE2d 195 \[1983\]). There are four exceptions to New York's general rule on successor liability, as the successor may be "held liable for the torts of its predecessor if (1) it expressly or impliedly…

  9. Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 3, 2021 · in the opinion

    Milan-Leal v. Brenntag N. AM. (2021)

    …exposure to a toxin; (2) that the toxin is capable of causing the particular illness, or "general causation"; and (3) that plaintiff was exposed to sufficient levels of the toxin to cause the illness, or "specific…

  10. Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of New York · July 13, 2020 · in the opinion

    Castro v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2020)

    …38-39 (2d Cir. 1997) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). "Where a party only raises general objections, a district court need only satisfy itself there is no clear error on the face of the record…

  11. Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of New York · April 29, 2020 · in the opinion

    Castro v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2020)

    …38-39 (2d Cir. 1997) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). "Where a party only raises general objections, a district court need only satisfy itself there is no clear error on the face of the record…

  12. 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…

  13. Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · June 7, 2018 · in the opinion

    Bell v. American International Industries (2018)

    …DENIED. \[1\] Neither party has addressed whether res judicata might apply in this case. "\[A\]s a general matter, a district court should not sua sponte consider an affirmative defense that the defendant has the burden…

  14. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 1, 2023 · in the opinion

    Chenet v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (2023)

    …misplaced. Unlike in Thomas, the trial court judge made only a general statement regarding potential appellate court reversal —the trial court commented that this court had reversed his prior decisions in other unrelated cases. Likewise, the…

  15. Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York · July 31, 2019 · in the opinion

    LaFLAIR v. Johnson & Johnson (2019)

    …thus requiring the Court to interpret each allegation as against Kolmar individually. While these "general allegation\[s\] would arguably be insufficient under federal pleading standards, the question at this stage is whether Plaintiff\['s\] pleadings are…