3 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 3, 2019
Surace v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…and all cross-claims, finding fact issues on general and specific causation. A defendant cannot win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiffs' proof. Conflicting expert reports on general and specific causation, applying Parker and…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 25, 2020
Lamenta v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…the plaintiffs' claims and all crossclaims against it, because the plaintiffs did not raise a fact issue on general or specific causation. In a toxic tort case, expert opinion must show both that the toxin can…