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  1. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 21, 1998 · in the opinion

    Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998)

    …Bordelon's health. The trial court has much discretion in assessing general damages, and an appellate court should not modify the award unless it is beyond that which a reasonable trier of fact could assess for…

  2. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · November 18, 1993 · in the opinion

    Srite v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1993)

    …he "gets out of breath quicker." She stated that when they went walking, Mr. Morris did not take the lead. Robert and Ellois Bledsoe Robert Bledsoe is a 57-year-old electrician. On direct examination, Mr…

  3. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · September 22, 1987

    In re Asbestos Litigation (1987)

    Asbestos manufacturers defending personal injury suits in the federal district court in New Jersey challenged a New Jersey Supreme Court rule. Under Beshada and later cases, asbestos defendants could not use the "state-of-the-art" defense, which…

  4. Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 14, 2001

    Hoffman v. AC&S, Inc. (2001)

    …site at some unspecified time during the 1960s is insufficient. An expert's general opinion that workers were exposed to asbestos products does not supply the missing link to a particular defendant. Product Identification; Expert Testimony…

  5. 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…

  6. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 24, 1983 · in the opinion

    Wedgeworth v. Fibreboard Corp. (1983)

    …forum. Defendants have not shown that any hardship complained of is the result of proceeding to trial now. Nor is there a showing that the difficulties inherent in the general situation, including potential judicial inefficiency, constitute…

  7. Court case · Wisconsin Supreme Court · October 27, 1999 · in the opinion

    Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)

    …Wisconsin would not turn a deaf ear to argument that in a particular sort of case the policy reasons [\236] for allowing an exception override the policy reasons for applying the general rule. 236 Patzer v…

  8. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988 · in the opinion

    Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)

    …We disagree. • 1 The general intent of statutes of repose is to "terminate the possibility of liability after a defined period of time, regardless of a potential plaintiff's lack of knowledge of his cause of…

  9. Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 12, 1996 · in the opinion

    Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)

    …pleadings shall be according to the rules." 735 ILCS 5/2-201(a) (West 1994). General jurisdiction is invoked in the trial court when an action is filed and a summons is issued and served upon…

  10. Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii · December 9, 1986 · in the opinion

    In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases (1986)

    …Moreover the Hawaii Court of Appeals has held that the introduction of concepts of "unreasonableness" and "foreseeability" into products liability confuses the jury and equates strict liability with negligence. Boudreau v. General Elec. Co., 2 Haw…

  11. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · February 5, 1986 · in the opinion

    Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1986)

    …The purpose of class actions is to conserve "the resources of both the courts and the parties by permitting an issue potentially affecting every \[class member\] to be litigated in an economical fashion." General Telephone Co…

  12. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 18, 1990 · in the opinion

    Howell v. Celotex Corp. (1990)

    …result of being exposed to asbestos?....\[I\]t is my understanding that there was a general agreement he suffered a pleural thickening as a result of his asbestos exposure. Now, I heard one counsel say to…

  13. Court case · Ohio Court of Common Pleas · January 12, 1987 · in the opinion

    Lavelle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1987)

    …developing cancer in the future. Ohio courts have not specifically addressed the issue presented here but the general policy of this state has been to permit recovery for reasonable apprehension of a potential harm flowing from…