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  1. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 17, 2016

    Loupe v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2016)

    Marie Nell Martinez Tregre sued in Orleans Parish state court. She alleged she developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in April 2015, from asbestos that clung to her husband Lee Tregre's clothing while he worked at Avondale Industries from about 1953 to…

  2. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 2, 2017

    Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017)

    Joseph Savoie sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working at the Avondale shipyard (now Huntington Ingalls) in various positions from about 1948 to 1996. He said he was exposed daily at the…

  3. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 15, 2021

    Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2021)

    Paul Hotard sued Avondale Industries and other companies in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. He alleges that he was exposed to asbestos while working at Avondale's shipyard in the…

  4. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 17, 2016

    Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)

    Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now part of Mosaic Global Holdings, and that it caused…

  5. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 26, 2016

    Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)

    Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now Mosaic's predecessor. He alleged this caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer, or mesothelioma, first…

  6. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 2, 2023 · in the opinion

    Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2023)

    …860 F.2d 172, 175 (5th Cir. 1988) (quoting Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co., 446 U.S. 1, 8 (1980)). A district court should grant certification only when there exists some danger of hardship…

  7. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 29, 2017 · in the opinion

    Leech v. 3M Company (2017)

    …Eagan, Frilot L.L.C., Magali Ann Puente-Martin, Frilot L.L.C. & Peter R. Tafaro, Frilot L.L.C.. General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by John Joseph Hainkel, III, Frilot L.L.C., Angela M…

  8. Court case · South Carolina Court of Appeals · June 11, 2001 · in the opinion

    Murphy v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2001)

    …Corporation, ACandS, Inc., Rock Wool Manufacturing Co., Inc., The Anchor Packing Company, Rapid American Corporation, Garlock, Inc., Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Uniroyal, Inc., PPG Industries, Inc., Covil Corporation, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Defendants…

  9. Court case · Missouri Court of Appeals · May 22, 1990 · in the opinion

    Hagen v. Rapid American Corp. (1990)

    …512.020 RSMo. 1986. We first address this latter question. The right of appeal exists solely by virtue of statute. Harris v. Union Electric Co., 685 S.W.2d 607, 611 (Mo.App. 1985). Section 512…

  10. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · July 31, 2002 · in the opinion

    Hebert v. Anco Insulation, Inc. (2002)

    …Ed.2d 379 (1994). Only if the appellate court finds an abuse of that discretion may it examine prior awards of general damages to determine the amount the trier of fact reasonable could award. Theriot v…

  11. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · April 1, 2020 · in the opinion

    Williams v. Seidenbach (2020)

    …638, 2000 WL 554644, [\1] n.2 (5th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (restating "the general policy of reading the Federal Rules in a manner which avoids \traps for the unwary'" (citation omitted)); Brennan's Inc. v…

  12. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 7, 2016 · in the opinion

    Murphy v. Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (2016)

    …with a motion and proposed order to have the exceptions set for hearing, in state court. In general, "\[a\] waiver of the right to remove must be clear and unequivocal." Furthermore, as explained in Bourdier v…

  13. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 4, 2020 · in the opinion

    Williams v. Taylor Seidenbach, Incorporated (2020)

    …district courts of the United States." 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (emphasis added). As a general matter, "\[d\]ismissals without prejudice are canonically non-final and hence not appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291." Am…

  14. 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…

  15. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 6, 2013 · in the opinion

    Morvant v. Asbestos Corporation Limited (2013)

    …C. § 1332(a). In removal cases, as a general rule, "diversity of citizenship must exist both at the time of filing in state court and at the time of removal to federal court." Coury v. Prot…

  16. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 20, 1998 · in the opinion

    Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)

    …The "minimum contacts" prong of the test can be broken down into two types of personal jurisdiction, specific and general. A state exercises "specific jurisdiction" over a non-resident defendant when the lawsuit arises from or…

  17. Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 13, 1996 · in the opinion

    Hansen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1996)

    …is one of the four plaintiffs in the wrongful death action of Mary Hansen. [\761] (5) "The general rule is that \an appeal reviews the correctness of a judgment as of the time of its rendition…

  18. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 8, 2015 · in the opinion

    Vedros v. Northrop Grumman (2015)

    …who suffered the physical injury. See LA. CIV. CODE art. 2315.6. \[2\] For the same reasons announced in Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Ins. Co., No. 13-6555, 2014 WL 5762841, at [\3] (E.D. La…

  19. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · September 4, 1997 · in the opinion

    In re Celotex Corp. (1997)

    …exposure thereto.... (J.A. 44-45). Rapid's claim against the Celotex bankruptcy estate was principally based upon a written agreement entitled "General Assignment & Assumption of Liabilities," (J.A. 52), wherein Celotex's predecessor in interest…

  20. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · February 26, 2021 · in the opinion

    Williams v. Seidenbach (2021)

    …2d 25, 40 (D.D.C. 2007) ("As a general rule, questions of federal law in MDL-transferred cases are governed by the law of the transferee circuit."); In re Korean Air Lines Disaster of Sept…