7 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, District of Maine · December 29, 1986 · in the opinion
In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (1986)
…very different tone than the 1969 Ship Repair Contracting Manual's Paragraph 12-7(b), which states that "\[i\]n general, the SUPSHIP surveyor should not be concerned with unsafe practices on the part of the…
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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. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 10, 1988 · in the opinion
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. US (1988)
…the LHWCA; and (2) under the LHWCA, Eagle-Picher need not satisfy the general admiralty jurisdiction requirement that the underlying wrong had a significant relationship (i.e., a nexus) to a traditional maritime activity. Executive Jet…
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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 · 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, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 18, 1987 · in the opinion
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. US (1987)
…a trail longer and broader than Judge Gignoux's. To understand the First Circuit's approach to the matter, it will be useful to refer briefly to the general structure of LHWCA. Complementing the Jones Act…