43 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · January 31, 2007
Graves v. Riverwood International Corp. (2007)
…trial, leaving the plaintiffs' verdict in place (general damages cut by the trial court from $4,500,000 to $3,000,000). A worker's tort claim against his employer vests when significant asbestos exposures occur…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · May 23, 2016 · in the opinion
Webb v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2016)
…suppliers "to develop expertise regarding a multitude of different end-products and to investigate the actual use of raw materials by manufacturers over whom the supplier has no control." (Ibid.) Artiglio v. General Electric Co., supra…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · March 6, 2009 · in the opinion
Cardinal Industrial Insulation Co., Inc. v. Norris (2009)
\[1\] The Complaint named as Defendants: Cardinal Industrial Insulation Company, Inc.; Triangle Insulation and Sheetmetal Co.; General Electric Company; ACandS Inc.; Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC; Anchor Packing; John Crane, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; RapidA-merican Corporation…
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Film · Films
Fibers of Freedom
…waste disposal, and irrigation systems, and as a conduit for electrical and distribution systems. Asbestos fiber and diatomaceous silica are formed into fireproof sheets of J-M Marinite and marine sheathing, which which help prevent disastrous…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · January 31, 1986 · in the opinion
Knauer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…federal judiciary an equal power, and certainly no such judicial power could reasonably be inferred from the grant of authority to the Supreme Court to prescribe general rules of practice and procedure. When matters of state…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · March 6, 1981 · in the opinion
Locke v. Johns-Manville (1981)
…the defendants in the November 1978 order appealed from. The record shows that since approximately 1948 plaintiff had been employed as an industrial electrician by various contractors at sites in Virginia, New York and North Carolina…
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Film · Films · 1976
Perception of Risk
…increases fivefold very few things to which we are exposed are zero risks but like the automobile and electricity there are non harmful ways to use potentially harmful things it's simply a matter of probabilities…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · April 16, 1990 · in the opinion
Simpson v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1990)
…Plaintiff's decedent, David Simpson, was employed at Rochester Gas and Electric Company from 1957 to 1988. His primary duties involved working on the steam piping system. This work brought him into extensive contact with asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · March 15, 1989 · in the opinion
In re Johns-Manville Corp. (1989)
…Thus, pursuant to ¶ 10.1(B) of the Plan and the general power of this Court, the Court retains jurisdiction to determine the instant dispute. The Plan also provides in ¶ 10.1(G) that the Court…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court · March 8, 1985 · in the opinion
Devlin v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)
… 26, provides that the general rules against claim splitting are rendered inapplicable when: (b) The court in the first action has expressly reserved the plaintiff's right to maintain the second action or; (f) it is…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 14, 2007
Terrance v. Dow Chemical Company (2007)
The court affirmed the judgment on the jury's $5,000,000 general damages verdict for the Terrance estate and surviving spouse against Exxon, and denied Exxon's JNOV, new trial and remittitur motions. Mesothelioma was…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 24, 2017
Romano v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2017)
…but reversed the damages ruling and raised the general damages award for the Romanos from $500,000 to $1,500,000. A solidary obligor gets a virile share credit only if the plaintiff released the other…
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Company document · WARD Documents · 1981
Johns-Manville, Health and Safety Facts: Questions and Answers Concerning Asbestos (1981)
…Facts: Questions and Answers Concerning Asbestos," from Johns-Manville Corporation at Ken-Caryl Ranch, Denver, "A Subsidiary of Manville Corporation." It answers questions on asbestos in general, specific products (asbestos-cement pipe and sheet, friction materials…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 8, 1987
Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1987)
…contribution and indemnity are not barred by New York's General Obligations Law. Maritime Law and Navy Ships Worksites: engine rooms of some 13 vessels marine engineer engine rooms of some 13 vessels more than 35…
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Court case · North Carolina Court of Appeals · July 17, 1979
Bullard v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1979)
…lung cancer was caused by workplace asbestos exposure, because no expert said asbestos caused it and the evidence showed only an increased general risk or a possible contributing cause. Causation; Expert Testimony Worksites: Johns-Manville plant…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · May 7, 1986
Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…§ 1-50(6), barred the claim because his last exposure was in 1961. The Fourth Circuit agreed that the statute applies to wrongful death actions in general. It held, however, that the statute did not apply…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · October 3, 1989
Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1989)
…on the high seas, admiralty law rather than state law applies to the related third-party contribution and indemnity claims, so New York General Obligations Law § 15-108 does not bar contribution. Fault, Apportionment and Settlement…
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Company document · JM Litigation Chronology · March 5, 1981
Johns-Manville Audit Committee Minutes on the Auditors' Qualified Report (1981)
…significant weakness in the company's internal controls and that they had the full cooperation of its staff, the general auditor reported, and the committee approved the non-audit services Coopers & Lybrand could provide in 1981.…
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Company document · JM Litigation Chronology · April 20, 1979
Johns-Manville Form S-7 Registration Statement for $100 Million in Notes: Litigation (1979)
…employees, and that punitive damages would not be material. G. Earl Parker, J-M's vice president and general counsel, is named on the cover as agent for service, with a copy to William D. Tucker…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · January 23, 1984 · in the opinion
In re Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…at 356 (citations omitted). Thus, the fixation of the point from which to date a statute of limitations includes an assessment of the general need for repose against the need for redress of injury. In contrast…