44 results for “General Electric”, page 2 of 3
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Court case · West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals · June 5, 2024 · in the opinion
Murphy v. ST. Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. (2024)
…occupational pneumoconiosis, our sister state of Kentucky has instructed that: The legislature has labeled the presumptions "rebuttable." It is therefore clear that the legislature intended the general rules applicable to rebuttable presumptions to apply. Such presumptions…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · January 18, 2000
Barnes v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000)
…plant; Barton Brands Distillery; Anaconda Aluminum, Louisville; Brown & Williamson general laborer and maintenance machinist Anaconda Aluminum Louisville 1963-1973; maintenance worker Brown & Williamson 1973-1982; worker in the whiskey filtration department Barton Brands Distillery 1959-1990
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · December 27, 2012
Bouchard v. CBS Corporation (2012)
…the agreement did not assume tort liability for asbestos exposure. Washington's general rule is that an asset purchaser is not liable for the seller's liabilities unless an exception applies. Take-Home Exposure; Successor Liability…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · March 8, 2007 · in the opinion
State EX rel. Pilkington N. AM. v. Indus. Comm. (2007)
…Marshall & Melhorn, LLC, Michael S. Scalzo and John A. Borell, Jr., for relator. Marc Dann, Attorney General, and Sandra E. Pinkerton, for respondent Industrial Commission of Ohio. Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co., L.P.A., and…
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Court case · Arkansas Supreme Court · December 15, 2016 · in the opinion
Hendrix v. Alcoa, Inc. (2016)
…section 35 of Act 796, the legislature expressly provided as follows: The Seventy-Ninth General Assembly realizes that the Arkansas Workers' Compensation statutes must be revised and amended from time to time. Unfortunately many of the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 18, 2007 · in the opinion
Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Company (2007)
…applicable. ¶ 28 The doctrine of judicial estoppel holds that "\[a\]s a general rule, a party to an action is estopped from assuming a position inconsistent with his or her assertion in a previous action, if…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2018 · in the opinion
Trapp v. CertainTEED Corporation (2018)
…at p. 1143.) The Supreme Court explained: "By making exceptions to Civil Code section 1714's general duty of ordinary care only when foreseeability and policy considerations justify a categorical no-duty rule, we preserve the…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · March 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2021)
…immunizes defendants against liability for exposure to asbestos or silica products that were "made or sold by a third party." It contains no general grant of immunity for "premises owners" or "asbestos product suppliers." That aside…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · April 3, 2008 · in the opinion
State EX rel. Pilkington North America, Inc. v. Indus. Comm. (2008)
…Borell Jr., for appellee. Marc Dann, Attorney General, and Sandra E. Pinkerton, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant. Workers' compensation — Occupational disease — Last-injurious-exposure rule — Liability of successor to self-insured employer. Per Curiam. {¶ 1} Donald…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 15, 2007 · in the opinion
Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Co. (2007)
…approach a situation to which the term judicial estoppel is applicable. ¶ 28 The doctrine of judicial estoppel holds that "\[a\]s a general rule, a party to an action is estopped from assuming a position inconsistent…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · April 19, 2007 · in the opinion
Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company, Inc. (2007)
…"Thus, the imposition of a legal duty reflects society's contemporary policies and social requirements concerning the right of individuals and the general public to be protected from another's act or conduct." Bradshaw, 854 S…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 26, 1998 · in the opinion
Gutierrez v. Cassiar Mining Corp. (1998)
…fault, warnings Cassiar placed on its product, general knowledge by asbestos workers (by the early 1970's) of asbestos exposure risks, and preexisting lung conditions caused by Gutierrez having smoked and had exposure to tuberculosis (TB)…
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Court case · Arkansas Court of Appeals · April 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Alcoa v. Vann (1985)
… 81-1314(5)(iii) (Repl. 1976) provides: No compensation shall be payable for any ordinary disease of life to which the general public is exposed. These statutes require that a causal connection between the claimant's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 25, 2018 · in the opinion
Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018)
…and a retired Assistant Surgeon General of the United States to show Avondale knew no more than the government did about the dangers of asbestos at the time Avondale used asbestos-containing materials in its shipbuilding…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 27, 2007 · in the opinion
Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (2007)
…Nevertheless, appellees argue that this memorandum evidences Alcoa's general knowledge that "contaminants could be taken home." Knowledge of the general danger of contact-poisoning from "chemical products," however, does not amount to knowledge of the…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · October 11, 2007 · in the opinion
Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (2007)
…Nevertheless, appellees argue that this memorandum evidences Alcoa's general knowledge that "contaminants could be taken home." Knowledge of the general danger of contact-poisoning from "chemical products," however, does not amount to knowledge of the…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · July 18, 2011 · in the opinion
Yankee v. APV North America, Inc. (2011)
…We hold that the general rule that there is no duty under common law products liability or negligence principles to warn of the dangers of exposure to asbestos in other manufacturers' products applies with regard to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · February 21, 2014 · in the opinion
McGUFFIE v. Mead Corporation (2014)
…. ." Generally, "the affairs of CAPCO will be under the general management of the board of directors of six individuals, of whom three will always be designated by Asarco\[, despite its minority stock position\]."\[24\] The CAPCO…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…asbestos-containing packing and/or gaskets were offered until the mid-1980s." (Doc. 314-7, at 2.) \[7\] As a general proposition, when asked whether the actual pumps at Alabama River Pulp contained asbestos, Morgan responded…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · May 20, 2010 · in the opinion
Sunbeam Corporation v. Dortch (2010)
…B.R. 268 (Bankr. D. N.J. 1984) address claims that fall within exceptions to the general rule of concurrent state court jurisdiction. Those exceptions do not apply here. In the third, In re Comer, 723…