9 results for “General Electric”
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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. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
…a jury found Ethyl, International Paper and Owens-Illinois liable. It awarded $7.5 million in general damages plus $250,661.45 in medical expenses. Judgment against Ethyl was $2,583,553.82, its share after…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 14, 1998 · in the opinion
In re Ethyl Corp. (1998)
…184, 133 L.Ed.2d 122 (1995); see also Friendly, Federal Jurisdiction: A General View 120 (1973) (condemning "blackmail settlements"), quoted in In re Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc., 51 F.3d at 1298. On the other…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 1, 2014 · in the opinion
Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)
…at 3. "In general, a premises owner has a duty of exercising reasonable care for the safety of persons on its premises and a duty of not exposing such persons to unreasonable risks of injury or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 7, 2004 · in the opinion
Hernandez v. Todd Shipyards Corporation (2004)
…77 L.Ed.2d 420 (1983), will not provide a basis for removal. As a general rule, absent diversity jurisdiction, a case will not be removable if the complaint does not affirmatively allege a federal claim…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · August 9, 2007 · in the opinion
Herring v. Texaco, Inc. (2007)
…bar date order has preclusive effect, it would call into question the "right to maintain the action," which implicates an exception to the general rule that this court will decline to review arguments abandoned below. Id…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 11, 2015 · in the opinion
Smith v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015)
…509 U.S. at 596. As a general rule, questions relating to the basis and sources of an expert's opinion rather than its admissibility should be left for the jury's consideration. United States v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · June 22, 2007 · in the opinion
Ballenger v. Agco Corporation (2007)
…S. 423 (1999), It is the general rule that an action may be removed from state court to federal court only if a federal district court would have original jurisdiction over the claim in suit. To…