20 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 25, 2010
Miranda v. Abex Corp. (2010)
Four plaintiffs, Ernesto Miranda, Antonio DiBenedetto, Lutz Sommer and Gordon Cheney, sued Abex Corporation and other companies in New York County. They alleged they had mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, and two of the four had died. Miranda and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · May 5, 2016
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
Charles Arbogast, Jr., and his wife Barbara sued twenty-seven companies, alleging that as manufacturers or distributors of various products they exposed him to asbestos and caused his mesothelioma. The complaint raised strict liability, negligence,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 20, 2012 · in the opinion
Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
…and Doyle, P. J., concur. \[1\] We note that this Court granted General Electric Company's motion to withdraw its appeal from Case No. A11A2025. \[2\] OCGA § 51-12-33 (d) provides as follows: (d) (1…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · July 13, 2016 · in the opinion
Winhauer v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
…Defendant, represented by Neal C. Glenn, Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli & Hanna LLP & Daniel Partick Daly, Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli & Hanna LLP. General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by Beth E. Valocchi, Swartz Campbell LLC. Honeywell International Inc…
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Court case · Georgia Supreme Court · September 9, 2013 · in the opinion
Georgia-Pacific, LLC v. Fields (2013)
…GENERAL CABLE INDUSTRIES, INC., individually and as a successor in interest to BICC CABLES CORP." For the purposes of this opinion, we assume that "Phelps Dodge" is incorporated in references to BICC CABLES CORP., or GENERAL…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · July 3, 2019 · in the opinion
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2019)
…Sheppard was an electrician who performed work at LRHS in 1970-71, before Busch worked at LRHS. Sheppard did not know Busch personally and testified only as a "general product identification witness."\[15\] In a vein…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 13, 2012 · in the opinion
Sadowski v. AO Smith Water Prods. (2012)
…any trades being around while you were doing renovation work? A: Yes. Q: Do you recall what type of trades? A: Here again, electricians, plumbers, sheet metal workers, sheetrock installers. Q: During the time period that…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 22, 2017 · in the opinion
Kelly v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
…asbestos fibers — were inhaled and became embedded in the lungs of the plaintiffs without their knowledge or consent. This, like the electric shock suffered by the plaintiff in Clark \[v. Choctawhatchee, 107 So.2d 609 (Fla…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 27, 2009 · in the opinion
Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2009)
…her work history sheets, from speaking to Joan and her attorney, and from his general knowledge of the work practices of using joint compound in installing drywall—which included sanding, which creates dust, and sweeping the…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
…at issue, and circumstantial evidence that a manufacturer bought the supplier's asbestos can create a fact question on exposure. A raw-asbestos supplier also owes the general duty of reasonable care. Causation; Product Identification; Expert…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016 · in the opinion
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
…56\] In Poche, the court began with the general premise that "\[a\] case that is initially nonremovable may become removable through the voluntary dismissal of nondiverse defendants."\[57\] All but one of the defendants—Eagle, Inc.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 17, 2017 · in the opinion
Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
…702(c) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, nor do they satisfy the Daubert factors, including "testability," "peer review," and "general acceptance" within the "relevant scientific community," Bresler, 855 F.3d at 195. On the contrary…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · July 6, 2018 · in the opinion
Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc. v. Rossello (2018)
…defendants; January 4, 2016 was the deadline for the plaintiff to name his "most likely to use" general product identification fact witnesses from the original fact witness list who have been previously deposed; January 18, 2016…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · April 29, 2024 · in the opinion
In re Bestwall, LLC (2024)
…Bankruptcy Procedure 2004—the "basic discovery device in bankruptcy cases." 9 Collier on Bankruptcy ¶ 2004.01\[1\]. As a general rule, discovery orders aren't final and appealable; they are part of resolving a larger dispute…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · September 26, 2018 · in the opinion
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018)
…support a jury conclusion that W&G was the primary insulation contractor working at LRHS. This is not a case in which evidence was presented showing the general presence of asbestos-containing products at LRHS. Accordingly…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 13, 2014 · in the opinion
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
…to the trial court, Dr. Mark's testimony simply "does not carry the day" because it is of a general nature, and because plaintiffs did not have any evidence of specific causation, the court could not…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 22, 2017 · in the opinion
Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
…Ltd.; BayerCropscience Inc.; Beazer East, Inc; Bird Incorporated; OneBeacon American Insurance Company; Houston General Insurance Company; The Stonewall Insurance Company; First State Insurance Company; American Insurance Company; Home Insurance Company; United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · August 10, 2018 · in the opinion
Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018)
…support a jury conclusion that W&G was the primary insulation contractor working at LRHS. This is not a case in which evidence was presented showing the general presence of asbestos-containing products at LRHS. Accordingly…