6 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 7, 2024
Perkins v. United States (2024)
…Navy asbestos directives were mandatory and followed preclude dismissal. Under Washington law, duty turns on foreseeability of a general field of danger, and disputed expert evidence on substantial-factor causation precludes summary judgment. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · June 4, 2024 · in the opinion
Perkins v. United States (2024)
…b)(6) designees could not answer questions about the U.S. Navy's general knowledge of asbestos-related health hazards between 1968 and March 1974 (Topic 1); Harang Joseph Perkins' duties on the U.S.S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · June 26, 2023 · in the opinion
Perkins v. United States (2023)
…engaged in the "ripout" or "tearout" of asbestos. The government fails to cite any authority for this proposition. It points to general studies, but does not demonstrate that Mr. Perkins did not "ripout" or "tearout" asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · December 20, 2013 · in the opinion
Botts v. US (2013)
…Id.) Mr. Eberhard states that, when employees worked with asbestos materials in "saw shacks," the shacks grew quite dusty, and employees often opened the door to allow dust to escape into the general atmosphere. (Eberhard Dec. ¶…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · April 15, 2024 · in the opinion
Perkins v. United States (2024)
…known or potential error rate, and general acceptance." Elosu at 1024 (internal citations omitted). These reliability factors are nonexclusive — "the trial court has discretion to decide how to test an expert's reliability based on the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · December 27, 2024 · in the opinion
Perkins v. United States (2024)
…Government's actionable conduct. Plaintiff did not meet this burden of proof by presenting general evidence that there was asbestos work performed at H.J.'s worksite or expert testimony that H.J. would have been…