425 results for “General Electric”, page 10 of 22
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 27, 2019
Linsky v. Mannington Mills (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Linsky's complaint and all cross-claims, finding issues of fact on general and specific causation. A defendant cannot win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiff's proof; it must make a prima facie…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · July 7, 2000
Bille v. Hedman Resources (Matter of Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation v Hedman Resources, Ltd., 2000)
…and other makers and distributors of asbestos products in 1987 over injuries from asbestos exposure. In 1991 Bille settled with Hedman and signed a general release. At that time he had been diagnosed with pleural disease…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 14, 2020
Montell v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…and cross-claims against it, and denied the plaintiffs' cross-motion for jurisdictional discovery. A New York court lacks general jurisdiction over a corporation not incorporated or headquartered in New York, and lacks specific jurisdiction under…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 31, 2019
Dembski v. Aurora Pump Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…for lack of personal jurisdiction, and severed and dismissed them. General jurisdiction over a corporation requires that it be at home in New York (place of incorporation or principal place of business), and specific jurisdiction under…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 27, 2005
DeMeyer v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. (Matter of Asbestos Litig, 2005)
…York applies the Frye general acceptance standard rather than Daubert; once the challenger makes a prima facie showing that an expert's methodology is not generally accepted, the proponent must prove general acceptance by a fair…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 31, 2019
Carlstrand v. Mannington Mills (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof, and conflicting expert opinions on general and specific causation raise credibility issues of fact that cannot be resolved on motion papers. Causation; Product Identification…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 2, 2018
Matter of Crozier v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…Avon's powder. They moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or on forum non conveniens grounds. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It found…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 27, 2018
Brewer v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…jurisdiction and on forum non conveniens grounds, arguing that everything happened in Minnesota. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It did find specific jurisdiction under New…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 18, 2018
Germain v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…The court found the defendants had made an initial showing, but the plaintiffs' experts raised fact issues on general and specific causation. It noted that conflicting expert evidence and credibility questions must be resolved by a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 30, 2015
Assenzio v. AO Smith Water Prods. (2015)
…court overlooked or misapplied law, and renewal requires new facts or a change in law; a pending appeal and a judgment-molding calculation under General Obligations Law § 15-108 do not qualify. The court may still…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 26, 2013
Bernard v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2013)
…a testing expert's opinion based on a self-modified TEM method for bulk talc samples that drops accepted fiber-count and fiber-identification criteria is inadmissible because it lacks general acceptance in the scientific community…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 23, 2018
Chen v. Volkswagen Group of America (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…asked to dismiss the case because Texas was a more convenient forum. The court held that it lacked general jurisdiction over Volkswagen and Nissan. It found long-arm jurisdiction proper because Chen's testimony and the…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 15, 2015
North v. Adam Opel AG. (2015)
…there was no general jurisdiction, and argued that New York's long-arm statute gave specific jurisdiction and that more discovery was needed. The court held that the plaintiffs' submissions, which included a General Motors annual…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 19, 2020
Luca v. American Int'l Indus. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…in an asbestos case by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof, and conflicting expert reports on general and specific causation raise credibility issues that a court cannot resolve on motion papers. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 17, 2020
Peterson v. Vanderbilt Mineral (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…them earlier was inadvertent and the other side shows no prejudice. Conflicting expert reports on general and specific causation raise fact issues that bar summary judgment, and a venue change motion served long after the answer…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 22, 2019
Shea v. Aurora Pump Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…and New York keeps jurisdiction over injuries sustained there. That supplied the nexus for specific jurisdiction under CPLR 302(a)(1) even though general jurisdiction was lacking. Personal Jurisdiction Worksites: Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Merchant Marine vessels…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 26, 2019
Decanio v. Kohler Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…use or misuse, so that question was for a jury. Product Identification; Failure to Warn; Design Defect Worksites: New York general construction laborer, Local 3A, clean-up crew removing boiler parts New York 1958 to 1966
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 8, 1987
Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1987)
…contribution and indemnity are not barred by New York's General Obligations Law. Maritime Law and Navy Ships Worksites: engine rooms of some 13 vessels marine engineer engine rooms of some 13 vessels more than 35…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 23, 2013
McCloskey v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2013)
…cut and punched gaskets from sheets stamped "Goodyear", which created dust, and that he believed they contained asbestos because he was told so and it was general knowledge. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Goodyear Canada, Inc…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 26, 2019
Gayoso v. Nissan North America (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…assert it with specificity in its answer, and general denials do not preserve it. Where the parties' experts rely on conflicting studies, issues of fact on general and specific causation preclude summary judgment. Causation; Expert Testimony…