767 results for “General Electric”, page 21 of 39
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 23, 2015
Zeringue v. Allis-Chambers Corp. (2015)
…jurisdictional claims with competent evidence. Crane did not produce the Navy contracts or design specifications. It offered general affidavits from a company officer and a retired admiral, written years before the suit. The court found these…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · February 13, 2019
Johansen v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
…law, a plaintiff must show exposure to each defendant's product and that the product was a substantial factor in causing the injury. A general recollection of a manufacturer's name, with no detail on where…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · October 3, 1989
Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1989)
…on the high seas, admiralty law rather than state law applies to the related third-party contribution and indemnity claims, so New York General Obligations Law § 15-108 does not bar contribution. Fault, Apportionment and Settlement…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 29, 2019
Mantovi v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…types or to exposure levels in other studies. The court found the plaintiffs had not raised a triable issue on general or specific causation and granted the motion. It dismissed the claims and cross-claims against…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · July 31, 2002 · in the opinion
Hebert v. Anco Insulation, Inc. (2002)
…Ed.2d 379 (1994). Only if the appellate court finds an abuse of that discretion may it examine prior awards of general damages to determine the amount the trier of fact reasonable could award. Theriot v…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · December 1, 2016 · in the opinion
Kesner v. Superior Court and Haver (2016)
781.) In general, internalizing the cost of injuries caused by a particular behavior will induce changes in that behavior to make it safer. That consideration may be "outweighed, for a category of negligent conduct, by laws…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 18, 2015 · in the opinion
Vedros v. Grumman (2015)
As a general rule, questions relating to the basis and sources of an expert's opinion rather than its admissibility should be left for the jury's consideration. United States v. 14.38 Acres of Land…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · August 6, 2019 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2019)
Those sources can be grouped into four general categories: (1) talc from Cashmere Bouquet containers purchased by law firms on the internet or at antique fairs; (2) talc from Cashmere Bouquet containers that had previously been…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 10, 1992 · in the opinion
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1992)
Castleman also testified that some general-knowledge encyclopedias included notes on asbestosis as early as 1939 or 1940. The Court of Special Appeals reviewed this evidence and held that "\[a\] jury ... could reasonably infer that Porter…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · November 20, 2018 · in the opinion
Little v. Budd Company (2018)
Brody's testimony is sufficiently reliable because it rests on general scientific principles about how asbestos exposure causes mesothelioma. Also, Dr. Brody offers no testimony about the specific causation of Mr. Rabe's mesothelioma. Thus, he…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · February 28, 1986 · in the opinion
Joyce v. AC and S., Inc. (1986)
No ordinary disease of life to which the general public is exposed outside of the employment shall be compensable, except: (1) When it follows as an incident of occupational disease as defined in this title; or…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · August 24, 2020 · in the opinion
Finch v. Covil Corporation (2020)
As we have explained: \[J\]ury instructions articulate general principles of law that decide cases. Of course appellate opinions may guide a district judge's discretion in formulating jury instructions, or even bear upon the formation…
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Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion
DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)
…the court concluded that because the tolling provisions of the general limitations statute were in existence prior to the enactment of the wrongful death statute the legislature "could not possibly have had in mind that the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · June 4, 2018 · in the opinion
Barabin v. Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. (2018)
at 4-5.) To the extent that this argument overlaps with Scapa's more general argument regarding causation, the court will address the issue in the following section. See infra § III.B.3; (see JMOL Mot…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · October 18, 2011 · in the opinion
Fontes v. Interstate Brands Corporation (2011)
…also D'Amico v. Board of Medical Examiners (1974) 11 Cal.3d 1, 21-22.) The Fonteses' General Rule 29 Case Report, General Rule 13 response to interrogatory number 26, and Mr. Fontes's deposition testimony…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · January 4, 2021 · in the opinion
Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. (2021)
There the canon avoids not contradiction but the superfluity of a specific provision that is swallowed by the general one, "violat\[ing\] the cardinal rule that, if possible, effect shall be given to every clause and…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · July 27, 1993 · in the opinion
Dunn v. Hovic (1993)
I do not propose to enter the debate here over the merits of punitive damages in general.\[1\] For purposes of this case, I accept the premise that in appropriate cases punitive damages may be assessed…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 17, 1995 · in the opinion
Sparks v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1995)
…the court was confronted with a complicated claim that General Motors' defective design of the wheel assembly and front floorboard enhanced the injuries the plaintiff suffered when another car collided with the left front wheel area…
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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…