86 results for “General Electric”, page 2 of 5
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · October 24, 2002
Vaughn v. Ford Motor Co. (2002)
The court of appeals affirmed the take-nothing judgment for Ford, General Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Allied Signal, Borg-Warner and Uniroyal, holding the exclusion of plaintiff's experts was an abuse of discretion but harmless because…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · October 1, 2009
Union Carbide Corporation v. Smith (2009)
…Texas City; Hexion (Smith-Douglas) facility, Texas City, Texas City pipefitter and general laborer Union Carbide Texas City plant Texas City; pipefitter Union Carbide Texas City plant Texas City; pipefitter Hexion (Smith-Douglas) facility, Texas City…
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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 · Texas Court of Appeals · July 31, 2003
Brown & Root, Inc. v. Shelton (2003)
…with mesothelioma in 1999. He and his wife sued Brown & Root and fourteen other defendants. Brown & Root had been the general contractor on plant renovations and additions from 1969 to 1971, using asbestos-containing fireproofing, insulation…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 20, 2010
Uop, LLC v. Kozak (2010)
…to-warn claim against an engineering firm when the claim rests on the firm's engineering knowledge and expertise, whether the firm is sued as designer or as general contractor. Failure to Warn; Choice of Law…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 23, 2019
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Dickson (2019)
…of risk viewed prospectively and that the employer was actually, subjectively aware of that risk to the plaintiff. General knowledge of asbestos hazards, and later studies, did not show Bell's awareness of an extreme risk…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · December 5, 2008
In re Global Sante FE Corporation (2008)
…Act does not preempt Chapter 90's expert-report requirements or its MDL pretrial consolidation, which are procedural and general in nature, but it does preempt the minimal-impairment requirement for silicosis claims and any higher…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 11, 2014 · in the opinion
Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014)
If the plaintiff proves general causation with reliable scientific evidence that approximately 400 milligrams of the medication can cause death in children, the plaintiff will be able to prove specific causation in at least two ways…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · April 19, 2007 · in the opinion
Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (2007)
Altimore or those "similarly situated" takes the focus off Exxon's knowledge of a general danger relative to the qualities of asbestos. By focusing on epidemiological studies, the majority fails to follow our earlier pronouncement that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · February 8, 1993
Boyett v. Keene Corp. (1993)
…the plaintiff's settlements with the shipowners and other manufacturers, and it denied States Marine Lines' (Isco's) claim for indemnification from Keene. Under general maritime law, a non-settling defendant gets a settlement credit only…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 26, 2010 · in the opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (2010)
Maddox's opinion is insufficient as to specific causation. Id. at 839. Here, appellees endeavor to rely on material practice simulation studies performed by their general causation expert, William Longo, Ph.D., a material scientist. Dr…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 25, 2009 · in the opinion
In re Wilhite (2009)
…at most, that the plaintiffs are suing the same defendant for injuries caused by asbestos exposure at the same general location during the same period of time, but the documents do not show that these injuries…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 4, 2006 · in the opinion
Robinson v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (2006)
Therefore, unlike the Texas Legislature, the New Jersey Legislature has the general power to enact retroactive civil statutes that do not impair contractual obligations or remedies. See Nobrega, 772 A.2d at 378-82; Phillips, 608…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 18, 2020
Andrews v. John Crane, Inc. (2020)
…and remanded for further proceedings. General maritime law preempts state law for a Navy sailor's asbestos products claims against a gasket maker, and DOHSA does not bar a general maritime survival recovery for the decedent…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · April 3, 2008
Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (2008)
…its conduct posed an extreme degree of risk. General knowledge of asbestos risk to employees was not evidence of knowledge of an extreme risk to employees' family members. Expert Testimony; Punitive Damages Worksites: Exxon Baytown refinery…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 1, 1983
Hargrave v. Fibreboard Corp. (1983)
…or alter ego liability, for its subsidiary's acts merely because it owns all the stock and sets general policy while corporate separateness is observed. A party that does not raise fact issues on its pleaded…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · October 22, 2010 · in the opinion
Robinson v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (2010)
…Constitution, which states: To guard against transgressions of the high powers herein delegated, we declare that everything in this "Bill of Rights" is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolate…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 18, 2012 · in the opinion
Union Carbide Corporation v. Synatzske (2012)
…City of Austin, in which the Texas Supreme Court explained, The general rule is that when a statute is repealed without a savings clause limiting the effect of the repeal, the repeal of that statute is…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · February 25, 2010 · in the opinion
Smith v. Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. (2010)
…cases of asbestosis and asbestos exposure, such that asbestos exposure in any amount other than general background levels would appear to be causative of mesothelioma,\[4\] we cannot read Borg-Warner, and the test announced therein…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 14, 1998 · in the opinion
In re Ethyl Corp. (1998)
…184, 133 L.Ed.2d 122 (1995); see also Friendly, Federal Jurisdiction: A General View 120 (1973) (condemning "blackmail settlements"), quoted in In re Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc., 51 F.3d at 1298. On the other…