22 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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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 · California Court of Appeal · October 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Lyons v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (2017)
…1078 \[109 Cal.Rptr.3d 371\], the plaintiffs alleged that the decedent had been exposed to asbestos by Bechtel Construction at two Pacific Gas and Electric sites constructed by Bechtel, "Contra Costa Buildings 6 and 7…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · January 29, 2021 · in the opinion
Hayes v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2021)
…its corporate state of mind for purposes of punitive damages. But, apart from citing caselaw delineating the general standard for admitting or excluding evidence, its argument was premised upon little more; namely: (1) a broad reference…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 26, 2013
Bernard v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2013)
…a testing expert's opinion based on a self-modified TEM method for bulk talc samples that drops accepted fiber-count and fiber-identification criteria is inadmissible because it lacks general acceptance in the scientific community…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 15, 2019
Moldow v. AI Friedman, LP (2019)
…s proof; it must show its product could not have contributed to the disease. Conflicting expert affidavits on general and specific causation raise credibility issues that cannot be resolved on motion papers. Causation; Product Identification; Expert…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · August 6, 2019 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2019)
Those sources can be grouped into four general categories: (1) talc from Cashmere Bouquet containers purchased by law firms on the internet or at antique fairs; (2) talc from Cashmere Bouquet containers that had previously been…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · January 4, 2024 · in the opinion
Corin v. Arkema, Inc. (2024)
…MRW. January 4, 2024. United States District Court, C.D. California. CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL R. GARY KLAUSNER, District Judge. Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) Order Re: Plaintiff's Motion for Remand \[DE 26\] I. INTRODUCTION On October 31…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 23, 2018 · in the opinion
Cohen v. American Biltrite (2018)
…are susceptible of expert interpretation (States v Lourdes Hosp., 100 NY2d 208, 212-213 \[2003\]; Styles v General Motors Corp., 20 AD3d 338, 340 \[1st Dept 2005\]), rather than simply the jurors' own lay interpretation without…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 25, 2017 · in the opinion
Alfaro v. Imerys Talc America Inc. (2017)
…Fitzgerald's opinion was based on the excluded testing, and therefore was also inadmissible. However, the court found Fitzgerald could give the general opinion that the product was "friable. . . that when dispersed it can be inhaled…
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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 ..…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Niemeyer v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…ORDERED that the Defendant Colgate-Palmolive Company serve a copy of this Order with Notice of Entry on the Trial Support Clerk located in the General Clerk's Office (Room 119) and on the County Clerk…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 28, 2019 · in the opinion
Berg v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2019)
…even commonsensically logical) rationale by which he could determine what percentage of the cans of Mennen shave talc sold in the relevant period contained talc from lots contaminated with chrysotile and/or amphibole minerals in general…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 8, 2020 · in the opinion
Germain v. Whittaker Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…of this Order with Notice of Entry pursuant to NYSCEF e-filing protocol on the remaining parties, the General Clerk's Office and the County Clerk's Office, who are directed to mark their records accordingly…
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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. 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…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia · September 28, 2018 · in the opinion
Hanson v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2018)
…asbestos, causation is broken down into two types: general causation and specific causation. Id. at 540-41. ""General causation is whether a substance is capable of causing a particular injury or condition in the general population…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · August 29, 2019 · in the opinion
Fishbain v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2019)
…was exposed from 1964, when she was nine years old, through the late 1970s— caused her to develop mesothelioma.\[4\] In general terms, the complaint alleged WCD supplied asbestos-contaminated talc to Shulton, Shulton incorporated the…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 11, 2023 · in the opinion
Rasso v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2023)
…to causation, defendant Colgate claims that under Parker v Mobil Oil Corp., 7NY3d 434 (2006), plaintiff must establish general causation by providing evidence that asbestos as a component of talc causes mesothelioma. Plaintiff, in fact, offers…
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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…
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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…