10 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 19, 2014
Rost v. Ford Motor Company (2014)
Richard Rost and his wife Joyce sued Ford Motor Company and other defendants, alleging that asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. All defendants except Ford settled before trial. Rost testified that in 1950 he worked for several months at a…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · November 22, 2016 · in the opinion
Rost v. Ford Motor Co. (2016)
…10/7/2011, at 8-11. The jury also found that the products of three companies with asbestos-containing equipment at Metropolitan Edison (General Electric, Ingersoll-Rand, and Westinghouse) were also substantial causes of Rost's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · February 20, 2019 · in the opinion
Gorton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
…Industries, Inc., Counterclaim Defendant, represented by Daniel J. Ryan, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin. General Electric Company, Cross Claimant, represented by John Patrick McShea, III, McShea Law Firm, PC. Pfizer, Inc. & McCormick Asbestos Company, Cross…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · October 31, 2008
Kummer v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008)
…remained on causation, and granted Ford's and GM's unopposed motions, so Mrs. Kummer's claims against Viacom go forward. Under general maritime law, using the Pennsylvania-based "regularity, frequency and proximity" test, direct evidence…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 27, 2014 · in the opinion
Smith v. Bmw OF North America LLC (2014)
…same vein, in Burch, the fact Sears sold an electric power mower under its own brand name, "Craftsman," weighed in favor of holding Sears liable although it was not the manufacturer of the mower. Burch v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · March 19, 2018 · in the opinion
Gorton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2018)
…4.) Specifically, Mr. Gorton performed "brake jobs, minor repairs, electrical repairs, and even pump\[ed\]...gas." (ECF No. 230-2 at 2, 5.) Mr. Gorton while employed by Olson Brothers performed "\[p\]robably a half a…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 30, 2010
Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2010)
…causation testimony on scientific theories the parties never raised and no expert supported, and extrapolation from higher to lower doses and the absence of supporting epidemiology do not by themselves defeat general acceptance. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 23, 2018
Gilbert v. Advance Auto Parts (2018)
…specific defendant's product was frequent, regular and proximate; general testimony that a parts store or vehicle make was used at the workplace, without evidence tying the decedent to that product, is too speculative to survive…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · May 23, 2012 · in the opinion
Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2012)
He did not question the pathologist's opinion in terms of general causation, but he expressed circumspection concerning how that opinion translated to substantial-factor causation. See N.T., Aug. 17, 2005, at 105. For example…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 13, 2015 · in the opinion
Frank v. Honeywell International Inc. (2015)
…Frank's second or third arguments. II. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 sets forth the general scope of discovery in civil suits: "Parties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any…