8 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 16, 2010 · in the opinion
Haver v. BNSF Railway Company (2010)
…inside the diesel repair shop, including boilermakers, pipefitters, electricians, and laborers. Mike worked in close proximity to pipefitters while they worked on the locomotives and on insulated pipes within the shop. The pipefitters would perform maintenance…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 24, 2015
Quiroz v. BNSF Railway Company (2015)
…found that Thoms did not know whether the brake shoes contained asbestos, and the plaintiffs' interrogatory answers and work history sheet gave only general statements. The plaintiffs' industrial hygienist gave no facts showing that the brakes…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · December 1, 2016 · in the opinion
Kesner v. Superior Court and Haver (2016)
781.) In general, internalizing the cost of injuries caused by a particular behavior will induce changes in that behavior to make it safer. That consideration may be "outweighed, for a category of negligent conduct, by laws…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 27, 2015
BNSF Railway Company v. Superior Court for County OF Los Angeles (2015)
…motion, because California lacked general personal jurisdiction over BNSF; the Kralovetz family lost. Under Goodyear and Daimler, a corporation is subject to general jurisdiction only where its affiliations with the state make it essentially at home…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas · April 17, 2023
Gray v. BNSF Railway Company (2023)
…failed under both the Sixth Circuit's Babbitt and the Third Circuit's Wicker tests, and the 2017 release was ineffective as an overbroad general release. FELA Railroad Claims; Settlements and Releases bridge and building carpenter
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Montana · August 9, 2023 · in the opinion
Wells v. BNSF Railway Company (2023)
…to \[the Robinson defendants'\] unreasonably dangerous asbestos contaminated products, which \[the Robinson defendants\] wrongfully placed in the stream of commerce for use and consumption by the general public"; 2) the Robinson defendants "knew that extended exposure…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Montana · July 11, 2024 · in the opinion
Wells v. BNSF Ry. Co. (2024)
…that alleged that BNSF engaged in an abnormally dangerous activity through its handling of asbestos in Libby, Montana, represent a law of general applicability that does not unreasonably interfere with interstate commerce. See BNSF Ry. Co.…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Haver v. BNSF Railway Co. (2014)
…his clothing, tools, vehicles, and general surroundings. As a proximate result of her exposure to asbestos, Lynn suffered severe and permanent injuries including throat cancer and progressive lung disease, from which she died. DEMURRER AND RULING…