547 results for “General Electric”, page 14 of 28
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · September 4, 1991 · in the opinion
O'brien v. National Gypsum Co. (1991)
…any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts; and (C) the general purposes of these rules and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into evidence. However…
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Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · July 26, 1993 · in the opinion
Coffman v. Keene Corp. (1993)
…there is no common experience on which we can premise the creation of a presumption that the general public reads and heeds warnings. [\597] We can agree with defendant that the heeding presumption is not firmly…
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Court case · Maine Supreme Judicial Court · October 15, 1986 · in the opinion
Bernier v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1986)
…is an important limitation of the seller's liability. In general, "\[t\]he rule of strict liability subjects the seller to liability to [\540] the user or consumer even though he has exercised all possible care…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · February 10, 2005 · in the opinion
Wilson v. John Crane, Inc. (2005)
…that courts consider whether the party seeking the withdrawal or amendment has acted with due diligence. In more general terms, courts should seek to ascertain whether the aggrieved party was careless in not timely filing its…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 18, 2019 · in the opinion
ALBIN v. AJAX MAGNETHERMIC CORPORATION (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Mass toxic tort cases, including asbestos cases, may be consolidated if they meet the requirements of the general rule governing consolidation of cases (In re Asbestos Litigation, 173 F.R.D.81, 38 Fed.R.Serv…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 17, 2019 · in the opinion
Knudsen v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Mass toxic tort cases, including asbestos cases, may be consolidated if they meet the requirements of the general rule governing consolidation of cases (In re Asbestos Litigation, 173 F.R.D.81, 38 Fed.R.Serv…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · February 7, 2025 · in the opinion
Salvemini v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2025)
…Wrongful Death, and Loss of Consortium claims under General Maritime Law The Vessel Defendants argue that no federal court recognize a cause of action for "take-home" asbestos exposure under the Jones Act or maritime law. …
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · January 22, 1997 · in the opinion
Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997)
…pains. In that case, the patient died after the hospital failed to provide an operable electrocardiogram machine. The plaintiff's expert witness in Bashline offered an opinion that if the hospital employed certain methods and treatment…
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Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · October 11, 2018 · in the opinion
Quisenberry v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018)
…a stranger, was non-fatally electrocuted when he touched defendant's transformer, "\[r\]easonable care requires those using dangerous agencies to avail themselves of the best mechanical contrivances and inventions in practical use which are effectual…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 21, 2014 · in the opinion
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
MICHAEL COMARDELLE, v. PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., Section I. Civil Action No. 13-6555. November 21, 2014. United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana. ORDER AND REASONS LANCE M. AFRICK, District Judge. Before the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 8, 2015
Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2015)
Joseph Savoie sued in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court in August 2014, alleging he contracted mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working for Avondale (now Huntington Ingalls) from about 1948 to 1996. He alleged daily exposure at the job…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 10, 2006
Berger v. Amchem Prods. (2006)
The court denied DaimlerChrysler's motions (joined by Ford and General Motors) to preclude evidence that brake and clutch dust causes asbestos disease, to dismiss the complaints, and for a Frye hearing, so the plaintiffs (Berger…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 22, 2016
Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2016)
Joseph Savoie worked at the Avondale shipyard in Louisiana from 1948 to 1996, as a clean-up laborer and a painter-blaster on Navy and Coast Guard vessels. He developed mesothelioma, allegedly from asbestos exposure on those vessels, and sued the…
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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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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos-associated disease in employees of Devonport Dockyard
This paper, from Plymouth General Hospital, England, brought together surveys and follow-up studies of men at Devonport Dockyard, which employed some 15,000 men, after 1966. Past exposure had been to chrysotile and, in most…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 10, 2006
Boyle v. Certainteed Corporation (2006)
…judgment for CertainTeed, holding San Francisco's General Order No. 157 invalid, and remanded; plaintiffs recovered costs. A local court's general order allowing expedited summary judgment in asbestos cases on 60 days' notice, supported only…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
…appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio law.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · January 12, 1984
Castorina v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1984)
…under 33 U.S.C. § 905(b) and general maritime law. He claimed injury from asbestos exposure while unloading raw asbestos in burlap bags from Lykes ships between 1965 and 1972. The bags tore and leaked…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · November 29, 1993
Johnstone v. American Oil Co. (1993)
…seaman, died of mesothelioma. He and his wife sued his shipowner employers and asbestos product makers under the Jones Act and general maritime law, and his wife and children later pursued a wrongful death claim. Johnstone…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 18, 2018
Schindler v. Dravo Basic Materials Company, Inc. (2018)
…for lack of personal jurisdiction, so plaintiff Robert Schindler's Jones Act suit stays in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Temporal limits used in general jurisdiction analysis do not apply to specific jurisdiction; a plaintiff's…