42 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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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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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 5, 1984 · in the opinion
Weinberg v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
…Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof." 28 U.S.C…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983 · in the opinion
Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)
…2d 199, 214-15, 90 S.Ct. 1583, 1595-96 (Black, J., dissenting); General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division, v. Benefits Review Board (2d Cir.1977), 565 F.2d 208, 212; Williams v. Ray (1978), 146…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1984 · in the opinion
Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
…Cf. Andries v. General Motors Corp., 444 So.2d 1180, 1183 (La.1983) (affirming trial court's jury instructions that "manufacturer of a product must give an adequate warning of any danger inherent in any product…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982 · in the opinion
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)
…Rather, defendants state, the cost "will be borne by the public at large and reflected in a general, across the board increase in premiums to compensate for unanticipated risks." There is some truth in this assertion…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · July 13, 1988
Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. US (1988)
…the United States under General Agency Agreements marine engineer thirteen vessels owned by five shipowner defendants, including Sea-Land 1949-1978; seaman vessels owned and/or operated for the United States under General Agency Agreements 1943…
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Person · People and organizations
N. W. Hendry
General Sales Manager, Asbestos Fiber Division Vice President at Johns-Manville Sales Corporation General Sales and Merchandising Manager, AFD Chief Geologist and Exploration Manager, Asbestos, PQ General Manager, Filtration and Minerals Division General Manager, Mining Division
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · December 4, 1941
D. L. Greaves of Johns-Manville Sales Corporation to Raybestos-Manhattan on Verifying Its Account (1941)
…1941, from D. L. Greaves, general auditor of Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, to Raybestos-Manhattan for the attention of Sumner Simpson, with the account statement as of November 30, 1941. Greaves asked the company to compare…
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Trade catalog or brochure · WARD Documents · 1976
Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Recommended Work Practices for Shop and Field Fabrication of Asbestos Sheet Products (c. 1976)
…It covers flat and corrugated asbestos-cement sheets, asbestos calcium silicate sheets and sandwich panels, summarizes the 1972 OSHA asbestos standard, gives general rules on dust collection, housekeeping and personal hygiene, and then shows, with drawings…
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Person · People and organizations
Vandiver Brown
…Corporation Director at Johns-Manville Sales Corporation Assistant Secretary at Johns-Manville Secretary at Johns-Manville Products Corporation Board of Trustees General Counsel at Johns-Manville Director of JMSC, JMPC General Counsel and Secretary of JMC…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 7, 2024
Perkins v. United States (2024)
…Navy asbestos directives were mandatory and followed preclude dismissal. Under Washington law, duty turns on foreseeability of a general field of danger, and disputed expert evidence on substantial-factor causation precludes summary judgment. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 22, 1986 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)
…they have already been punished enough. They stated to the trial judge that punitive damages serve to motivate "private attorneys general" to bring suit, but argued that persons injured by asbestos have motivation enough to sue…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · April 21, 1989 · in the opinion
Smith v. US (1989)
…1\] The district court correctly rejected the contention that Mrs. Smith filed her administrative claim on August 1, 1986, when she sent it to the Office of General Counsel. See 46 C.F.R. pt. 327 …
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1982 · in the opinion
Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…Borel, we conclude that Borel, while conclusive as to the general matter of a duty to warn on the part of manufacturers of asbestos-containing insulation products, is ultimately ambiguous as to certain key issues. As…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maine · December 29, 1986 · in the opinion
In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (1986)
…very different tone than the 1969 Ship Repair Contracting Manual's Paragraph 12-7(b), which states that "\[i\]n general, the SUPSHIP surveyor should not be concerned with unsafe practices on the part of the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 21, 1985 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…As a consequence, federal courts would become increasingly responsible for establishing a general federal tort law in a manner we think is inconsistent with the teachings of Erie and the logic behind our federal system. Cf…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 19, 1984 · in the opinion
Colombo v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
13, 68 L.Ed.2d 1 (1981) (federal law shall govern issues arising in negligence actions under LHWCA section 5(b)) with Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Atlantique, 443 U.S. 256, 272 n. 31, 99 S…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · February 24, 1986 · in the opinion
Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)
…reasons for the precepts and answers. 1. Legal Precepts There is general agreement upon the most basic principles of strict tort products liability. In order to recover from a manufacturer, the plaintiff must prove that the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · June 4, 2024 · in the opinion
Perkins v. United States (2024)
…b)(6) designees could not answer questions about the U.S. Navy's general knowledge of asbestos-related health hazards between 1968 and March 1974 (Topic 1); Harang Joseph Perkins' duties on the U.S.S…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 5, 1985 · in the opinion
Meehan v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
…of the negligent act. Indeed, as Gaboury itself says: "In determining the proper forum in which to bring suit under the general statute fixing venue where the cause of action \arose', or \accrued', the \injury occurred…