14 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 4, 2019 · in the opinion
Linsowe v. Hennessy Indus. (In re Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2019)
General Motors (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 1179, 1183.) We begin our independent review of the special verdict with the award of $532,685.37 in economic and noneconomic damages to Sharron Linsowe. The damages award…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · December 4, 2012 · in the opinion
Melford v. Abex Corporation (2012)
…as the doctrine; namely "wasted resources because of piecemeal litigation, the possibility of conflicting judgments, and a general concern that the courts may unduly interfere with each other's affairs." TPM Holdings, Inc. v. Intra-Gold…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · July 31, 2002
In re Federal-Mogul Global, Inc. (2002)
Tens of thousands of people sued in state courts across the country, claiming that asbestos in friction products such as brake pads gave them or their relatives mesothelioma, lung, laryngeal or esophageal cancer, or asbestosis. They sued makers and…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 23, 2018
Chen v. Volkswagen Group of America (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…asked to dismiss the case because Texas was a more convenient forum. The court held that it lacked general jurisdiction over Volkswagen and Nissan. It found long-arm jurisdiction proper because Chen's testimony and the…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 26, 2019
Gayoso v. Nissan North America (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…assert it with specificity in its answer, and general denials do not preserve it. Where the parties' experts rely on conflicting studies, issues of fact on general and specific causation preclude summary judgment. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 20, 2019
Temperino v. Amchem Prods. (2019)
…cigarettes a day for about 37 years. Honda moved for summary judgment, arguing plaintiff could not prove general or specific causation. Several other defendants asked the court to bar plaintiff's medical experts and, if successful…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 1, 2022 · in the opinion
Carroll v. Akebono Brake Corporation (2022)
…and that it should be construed, not as a grant of power to make broad and general rules, but as a limitation upon the courts requiring that the customary rules having to do with the minutiæ…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2012 · in the opinion
Shields v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012)
…53 Cal.4th 335, also supports this argument. B. Tellez-Cordova In Tellez-Cordova, the court conducted an analysis of a ruling sustaining a general demurrer involving a similar issue. (Tellez-Cordova, supra, 129 Cal.App…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 18, 2015 · in the opinion
Greenberg v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2015)
…8 Cal.3d at p. 126; accord, Horn v. General Motors Corp., supra, 17 Cal.3d at p. 366.) O'Neil In O'Neil, our Supreme Court examined the extent to which a manufacturer may be…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 18, 2015 · in the opinion
Sherman v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2015)
…did so. Thus, the complaint's general allegations cannot reasonably be regarded as a binding admission that the linings released [\1152] asbestos fibers regardless of whether they were being abraded by the machine. Accordingly, Hennessy has…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 22, 2012 · in the opinion
Barker v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012)
…A Manufacturer Owes No General Duty to Warn of Defects in Another Manufacturer's Product. A manufacturer's duty to warn does not extend to hazards arising solely from other products. The decedent in O'Neil…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Steiner v. Volkswagen Group OF America, Inc. (2013)
…fn. 22. As defendants point out, Ledesma referred to the scope of expert cross-examination in general, as set forth in section 721, subdivision (a), and did not address the limits of permissible cross-examination regarding…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 4, 2012 · in the opinion
Bettencourt v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012)
…plaintiffs' injuries. I. Standard of Review A motion for judgment on the pleadings is analogous to a general demurrer. (Ludgate, supra, 82 Cal.App.4th at p. 602.) Like a general demurrer, it tests the sufficiency…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 9, 2016 · in the opinion
Rondon v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2016)
…not seen any reliable information to the effect that non-asbestos brake linings for drum brakes were commercially available for general or ordinary use prior to 1980 on automobiles or trucks." As part of his opinion…