48 results for “General Electric”, page 2 of 3
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · December 9, 1992
Taliferro v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1992)
…Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia Navy Yard); Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia laborer doing general cleanup and debris removal on ships Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia 1967-1981
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Court case · Missouri Supreme Court · September 10, 1991
Hagen v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…A plaintiff must show through expert testimony that each defendant's product was a substantial factor in causing the harm. Evidence showing only asbestos exposure in general, or that a defendant's product may have contributed…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · May 24, 1983 · in the opinion
Wedgeworth v. Fibreboard Corp. (1983)
…forum. Defendants have not shown that any hardship complained of is the result of proceeding to trial now. Nor is there a showing that the difficulties inherent in the general situation, including potential judicial inefficiency, constitute…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · September 22, 1989 · in the opinion
Roller v. Basic Const. Co. (1989)
…the time of occurrence of an "injury by accident" is ordinarily obvious. But the General Assembly, realizing that ascertainment of this critical point in time would present great difficulty in the case of the insidious onset…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Inc., Rapid American, Uni-Royal, Carolina Asbestos Co., J. Franklin Burke General Asbestos Co., Ruberoid Company, Keaseey Mattison Co., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co. Argued December 17, 1985. Filed June 10, 1986. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [\60…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 22, 1991 · in the opinion
Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991)
…asbestosis sufferers in general and specifically by a person with Mr. Lilley's type of symptoms. Id. at 41-46. Dr. Altschuler offered no testimony regarding Mr. Lilley's psychological profile nor the general psychological characteristics…
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Court case · Colorado Supreme Court · February 16, 1993 · in the opinion
Fibreboard Corp. v. Fenton (1993)
…their set-off against the total judgment owed by other tortfeasors. Had the General Assembly intended this additional requirement to be met prior to set-off, it simply could have included a provision so requiring in…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · September 18, 1989 · in the opinion
IN the Matter of Estate OF Foster (1989)
…Innes deposition testimony as a whole, therefore, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing it as general background to the early production levels of the Owens-Illinois product. Affirmed. WINSOR, J., and DEIERLEIN…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 1, 1993 · in the opinion
Watkins v. Fibreboard Corp. (1993)
…asbestos was the producing cause. This is a basic issue in this case, articulated to some extent in the trial judge's general instructions, but not clearly articulated by either party, except perhaps by the plaintiffs…
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Court case · Michigan Supreme Court · December 29, 1986 · in the opinion
Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)
…The general position is that "\[t\]he only practical time when the cause of action can be deemed to have accrued is the time when the plaintiff knows or should have known that he had asbestosis…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 18, 1994 · in the opinion
Keystone Steel and Wire Co. v. Costa (1994)
…689, 485 N.E.2d 500.) In general, a new trial on the question of damages only is appropriately granted where (1) the jury's verdict on the question of liability is amply supported by the…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · April 27, 1989 · in the opinion
Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp. (1989)
…of Trial Lawyers of America; Richard H. Robblee on behalf of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices, amici curiae for appellants. [\638] Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, Michael E. Tardif, Senior Assistant, and Michael Madden, Assistant…
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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…
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Court case · Michigan Court of Appeals · January 23, 1985 · in the opinion
Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…F Supp 674, fn 4. See also Jackson v Johns-Manville Sales Corp, 727 F2d 506 (CA 5, 1984). In Funk v General Motors Corp, 392 Mich 91, 104; 220 NW2d 641 (1974), the Supreme Court…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 27, 1988 · in the opinion
Blazek v. Nicolet, Inc. (1988)
…We disagree. • 1 The general intent of statutes of repose is to "terminate the possibility of liability after a defined period of time, regardless of a potential plaintiff's lack of knowledge of his cause of…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · April 13, 1989 · in the opinion
Kaiser v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1989)
…late 1985 or early 1986 that he suffered from asbestosis. The Kaisers filed this lawsuit seeking general and special damages for Kaiser's asbestos-related injuries on August 15, 1986. III. All parties accept in their…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · September 13, 1989 · in the opinion
Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1989)
…stipulation of the parties, the plaintiff makes a general argument in her brief that all Kansas law is inapplicable since the parties agreed prior to the previous trial to apply Nebraska law. In the stipulation filed…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 12, 1996 · in the opinion
Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)
…pleadings shall be according to the rules." 735 ILCS 5/2-201(a) (West 1994). General jurisdiction is invoked in the trial court when an action is filed and a summons is issued and served upon…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984 · in the opinion
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…June 27, 1978 is broad in its scope and is to be liberally construed,\[3\] but is not without its limitations. In its general provision it states: Courts of record, within their respective jurisdictions, shall have…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 27, 1998 · in the opinion
In re Asbestos Litigation (1998)
…Amchem, \_\_\_ U.S. at \_\_\_, 117 S.Ct. at 2248. This general theme, expressed forcefully in Amchem, is reinforced by the Court's discussion of specific issues, most of which are highly relevant to the instant case…