10 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 17, 2024 · in the opinion
Ramirez v. Avon Products, Inc. (2024)
…This consideration is addressed in Cholipski, which discussed Laue and our supreme court's later decision in Cook v. General Electric Company, 146 Ill 2d 548 (1992), which made clear that while contribution claims must be…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 31, 2018
Crozier v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…complaint and cross-claims for lack of personal jurisdiction, and denied jurisdictional discovery. New York courts lacked general jurisdiction over corporations not incorporated or headquartered in New York, and lacked specific jurisdiction under CPLR 302(a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 2, 2018
Matter of Crozier v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…Avon's powder. They moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or on forum non conveniens grounds. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It found…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 27, 2018
Brewer v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…jurisdiction and on forum non conveniens grounds, arguing that everything happened in Minnesota. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It did find specific jurisdiction under New…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 7, 2018
Holleman v. Cosmetics Specialties (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…between that business and the claim. General jurisdiction was lacking because the defendant was not at home in New York. Personal Jurisdiction Worksites: Childhood home child at home Childhood home mid-1940s; Avon representative 1979-1995…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 29, 2020 · in the opinion
Bader v. Avon Products, Inc. (2020)
…italics added.) Finally, while Avon accurately cites cases reciting the general rule that the merits of a dispute are not at issue at the jurisdictional stage, but proof of jurisdictional facts may at times overlap with…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 23, 2023 · in the opinion
Ramirez v. Avon Prods. (Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2023)
…§ 2025.620, italics added.) While discovery in general aids both plaintiffs and defendants equally, the tools of discovery are intended to benefit the party utilizing those tools. The purpose of a deposition is not to aid…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · June 12, 2020 · in the opinion
Curtin v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (2020)
…General personal jurisdiction exists if the defendant maintains "continuous and systematic" contacts with the forum state. Helicopteros Nacionales de Columbia v. Hall, 466 U.S. 408, 416 (1984). With a corporate defendant, general jurisdiction typically exists…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · October 24, 2019 · in the opinion
Williams v. Avon Products, Inc. (2019)
…limiting products liability actions against nonmanufacturing sellers. Section 82.003 established a general rule that a nonmanufacturing seller is not liable for harm caused by a defective product. This limitation was enacted to protect "innocent sellers…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Peralta v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…to form CAMC. CAMC moved to dismiss for lack of general or specific personal jurisdiction. This Court held that general jurisdiction could not be exercised over CAMC because it was not incorporated nor had its principal…