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  1. Court case · Oregon Court of Appeals · August 26, 2020 · in the opinion

    Golik v. CBS Corp. (2020)

    …Cross-Respondent, v. CBS CORPORATION, fka Viacom, Inc., a Delaware corporation, sued as successor by merger with CBS Corporation, fka Westinghouse Electric Corporation, etal.; Weyerhaeuser Company, a Washington corporation; and Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc.…

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    Asbestos Exposure in Welders

    …and feet from sparks (Asbestos, May 1920). In 1926 an electrical engineer described plant repairs in which "Asbestos brick was broken up and the fibre packed around the openings" before welding. He called such uses "typical…

  3. Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California · September 13, 2021 · in the opinion

    Darden v. Western Asbestos Settlement Trust (In re Western Asbestos Co., 2021)

    …pecuniary injury suffered by loss of a relative, and distinct from any the deceased might have maintained had he survived. \[Citations.\].' As was stated in San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. Superior Court (2007) 146 Cal…

  4. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001 · in the opinion

    Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)

    …and Johnny Johnson. CBS Corporation, formerly known as Westinghouse Electric Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Westinghouse), settled and dismissed their appeals with all plaintiffs but Earlven Gauthe and Johnny Johnson after oral argument, but days before…

  5. Court case · New Jersey Superior Court · March 8, 1985 · in the opinion

    Devlin v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)

    … 26, provides that the general rules against claim splitting are rendered inapplicable when: (b) The court in the first action has expressly reserved the plaintiff's right to maintain the second action or; (f) it is…

  6. 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…

  7. 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…

  8. Court case · Michigan Court of Appeals · September 12, 1997

    Allen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)

    …that resulted. Causation; Product Identification; Expert Testimony; Failure to Warn; Wrongful Death and Survival; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: General Motors Buick plant; General Motors Buick plant, Flint welder General Motors Buick plant Flint 1952-1988

  9. 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.…

  10. Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 25, 2014

    Ehlert v. Brand Insulations, Inc. (2014)

    …liability does not apply. A trial court does not abuse its discretion by giving a general negligence instruction or excluding newspaper articles not shown to be relevant to the defendant's knowledge. Expert Testimony; Failure to…

  11. Court case · Washington Supreme Court · January 10, 1985

    White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985)

    …barred. The court answered yes. Washington's statutes do not say when a claim accrues, so the general discovery rule applies. A survivor takes the decedent's rights, including the benefit of the discovery rule. Whether…

  12. Court case · Indiana Court of Appeals · March 17, 1999

    Novicki v. Rapid-American Corp. (1999)

    …and Rapid-American conceded it did not. The case therefore fell under section 5, the general product liability limitation and repose provision. Because the parties had not briefed section 5, the court remanded for further argument…

  13. Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 14, 1983

    Skip Fordyce, Inc. v. Workers'comp. Appeals BD. (1983)

    …and multiple-level hearsay from a doctor's report, a general pamphlet and an unsupported 'admission' that brake linings contain asbestos does not supply it. Medical opinions based on statistical studies can be substantial evidence of…

  14. Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · November 5, 1997 · in the opinion

    Ciletti v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 1997)

    In general, filing a proof of claim would not appear to constitute settlement under § 15-108. The plaintiff's proffer of a release to the defendant has been called "the defining moment of settlement", In re…

  15. 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…

  16. Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California · August 5, 2021

    Darden v. Western Asbestos Settlement Trust (In re Western Asbestos Co., 2021)

    …Trust, holding that Edward Darden's 1986 release and claim preclusion barred his June 2017 trust claim. Under California law a third party may enforce a general release if the contracting parties intended to benefit it…

  17. 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…

  18. Medical study · Medical research · 1988

    Incidence of cancer among welders, platers, machinists, and pipe fitters in shipyards and machine shops

    …postal questionnaire sent to a sample of 961 workers. The smoking habits of the cohorts were similar and smoking was not more common than among the general population. The total number of cases of cancer was…

  19. Medical study · Medical research · 1998

    Lung cancer risk and welding: results from a case-control study in Germany

    …In contrast, a history of welding in general for at least a half-year is 28% among cases and 23% among controls, yielding an OR of 1.25 (95% CL: 0.94-1.65) after adjustment…

  20. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 6, 2020 · in the opinion

    Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc (2020)

    …inherent in the job. R. Doc. 449-2 at 19. In general, a premises owner has a duty to protect persons on the premises from the unreasonable risk of harm. Mundy v. Dep't of Health…