17 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
…or supplying an asbestos-containing product. Nonetheless, plaintiffs argue that General Electric can be held liable for its failure to warn of the dangers associated with asbestos insulation. According to plaintiffs, defendant was aware that asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois · February 25, 2020
Hicks v. Ford Motor Company (2020)
…that defendant. Asbestos Bankruptcies; Personal Jurisdiction; Venue, Removal and Transfer Worksites: City of Bloomington, Bloomington; General Electric City of Bloomington employee working with fleet vehicles City of Bloomington Bloomington; husband of General Electric worker General Electric
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · November 10, 2020 · in the opinion
Longobardi v. Honeywell International Inc. (2020)
…CUMMINS, INC., DCO, LLC, EATON CORPORATION, f/k/a Cutler-Hammer, FEDERAL MOGUL ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST, successor to Fel-Pro, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, JOHN CRANE, INC., KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY, MACK TRUCKS, INC., MOTION CONTROL INDUSTRIES…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · February 8, 2016 · in the opinion
Lepore v. Kelsey-Hayes Co. (2016)
…and pipefitter at numerous jobsites, and was later diagnosed with mesothelioma. The defendant, Perini Corporation, had allegedly been the general contractor at three of those jobsites. (Casey, supra, 206 Cal.App.4th at p. 1225.) Casey…
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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 · 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 · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · February 25, 2022 · in the opinion
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
…the direct and circumstantial evidence discussed herein — including general causation expert testimony to which ZF has not objected — is sufficient on its own to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Strick's…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · March 5, 2015 · in the opinion
Jones v. 84 Lumber Company (2015)
…which was to standardize and simplify the proof of laws of foreign states." Id. In 1940, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted a revised form of the Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, P.L. 1940…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · February 25, 2022 · in the opinion
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
…in 1974 by prohibiting the use of compressed air for cleaning purposes except when reduced to a slow speed and paired with personal protective equipment. Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment, General, 39 Fed. Reg…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · October 26, 2017 · in the opinion
Surita v. Arvinmeritor, Inc. (2017)
…supplies to support the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. \[Id. at 100:8-16.\] She was also responsible for general maintenance of her truck and trailers, including changing flat tires and working on the brakes. \[Id…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · September 21, 2017 · in the opinion
Filipek v. the Boeing Company (2017)
…NO. 23: Admit that Plaintiff Marlin Filipek was diagnosed with an asbestos- related disease prior to May 19, 2010. ANSWER: Plaintiffs incorporate by reference General Objections 1-8. Subject to and without waiving these objections, admit…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · October 28, 2022 · in the opinion
Walls v. Ford Motor Company (2022)
…. which of Defendants' experts offer the challenged general causation opinion." (Id. at 30.) The Court did not have the benefit of knowing which experts seek to testify that exposure to vehicle friction products categorically cannot cause…