12 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982 · in the opinion
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)
…Rather, defendants state, the cost "will be borne by the public at large and reflected in a general, across the board increase in premiums to compensate for unanticipated risks." There is some truth in this assertion…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 22, 1986 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)
…they have already been punished enough. They stated to the trial judge that punitive damages serve to motivate "private attorneys general" to bring suit, but argued that persons injured by asbestos have motivation enough to sue…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 21, 1985 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…As a consequence, federal courts would become increasingly responsible for establishing a general federal tort law in a manner we think is inconsistent with the teachings of Erie and the logic behind our federal system. Cf…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 5, 1985 · in the opinion
Meehan v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
…of the negligent act. Indeed, as Gaboury itself says: "In determining the proper forum in which to bring suit under the general statute fixing venue where the cause of action \arose', or \accrued', the \injury occurred…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · June 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…Court has expressly held, in Turner v. General Motors Corporation,\[36\] that, although evidence of the expectations of the ordinary consumer and the care of a prudent manufacturer may be introduced at trial, "henceforth in the…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · June 11, 1984 · in the opinion
Hansen v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1984)
…Navy during the Korean conflict and that he was classified as a pipefitter, but that his job was more properly characterized as a general handyman. Most of the pipefitting work was done on shore by others…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 23, 1984 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
…not prove that he presently suffers from that disease. In arguing that the cancer evidence was properly admissible, Jackson relies on the general rule of tort law that allows for recovery of all harms — past, present…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · October 28, 1981 · in the opinion
Fearson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)
…The defendants' first argument is that plaintiff's "survival" claim is time-barred under the law of the District of Columbia, which provides that the general period of limitations is three years. See D.C.Code …
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · October 5, 1981 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981)
…admiralty jurisdiction and rejected claims under the Extension of Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 740, or the general maritime law, 28 U.S.C. § 1333, because the alleged injuries bore no reasonable relationship to traditional…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 8, 1982 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…However, an occupational disease is not an "injury" that is susceptible of such precise determination since occupational diseases in general are progressive diseases that develop over a long period of time. The symptoms of an occupational…