13 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · July 13, 1988
Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. US (1988)
…the United States under General Agency Agreements marine engineer thirteen vessels owned by five shipowner defendants, including Sea-Land 1949-1978; seaman vessels owned and/or operated for the United States under General Agency Agreements 1943…
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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. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · April 21, 1989 · in the opinion
Smith v. US (1989)
…1\] The district court correctly rejected the contention that Mrs. Smith filed her administrative claim on August 1, 1986, when she sent it to the Office of General Counsel. See 46 C.F.R. pt. 327 …
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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, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · November 19, 1984 · in the opinion
Colombo v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
13, 68 L.Ed.2d 1 (1981) (federal law shall govern issues arising in negligence actions under LHWCA section 5(b)) with Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Atlantique, 443 U.S. 256, 272 n. 31, 99 S…
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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. 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, First Circuit · June 26, 1985 · in the opinion
Shuman v. United States (1985)
…at 2674, we believe that the Court's unanimous opinion in Varig Airlines signaled that a more uniform and linear approach was to be utilized henceforth. Accord General Public Utilities Corporation v. United States, 745 F…
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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, 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, 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…
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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…