185 results for “General Electric”, page 6 of 10
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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 · New York Supreme Court · April 9, 2008
Barnes v. AO Smith Water Products Co. (2008)
…the Montross, Perdicaro, Enea and Iqbal cases separate, over the defendants' general opposition. Under CPLR 602(a), actions with common questions of law or fact may be tried jointly. The Malcolm factors guide the choice, and…
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Court case · Missouri Supreme Court · September 10, 1991
Hagen v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…A plaintiff must show through expert testimony that each defendant's product was a substantial factor in causing the harm. Evidence showing only asbestos exposure in general, or that a defendant's product may have contributed…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2014 · in the opinion
Beckering v. Shell Oil Co. (2014)
…and fibers, the third factor addressing the "\closeness of the connection' "between Ford's conduct (hiring a general contractor) and the injury to a worker's family member off the premises was "attenuated." (Id. at p…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 1, 2022 · in the opinion
Carroll v. Akebono Brake Corporation (2022)
…and that it should be construed, not as a grant of power to make broad and general rules, but as a limitation upon the courts requiring that the customary rules having to do with the minutiæ…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · August 25, 2014 · in the opinion
Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2014)
…Mrs. Bobo's contraction of pleural mesothelioma from laundering her husband's work clothes, purportedly containing asbestos dust originating from his job duties at TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear power general facility in Limestone County, Alabama…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Idaho · October 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Stephens v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (2018)
…to recover under this claim. Indeed, so much is indicated by the captions in Stephens' Complaint, describing their overarching general allegation: "Plaintiff Sustained Toxic Exposure to Asbestos From Union Pacific Locomotives." Compl. at p. 3, Dkt…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 16, 2006 · in the opinion
8th Jud Dist Asbestos Litig (2006)
…However, "a duty and the corresponding liability it imposes do not rise from mere foreseeability of the harm" (Hamilton at 235-236 \[no general duty of care in the marketing and distribution of handguns\]; see Eiseman…
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Court case · Delaware Supreme Court · March 4, 2009 · in the opinion
Riedel v. Ici Americas Inc. (2009)
…Liability. The ALI drafting committee and general members of the ALI approved the substance of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical Harm (with the exception of two comments not relevant here) in 2005. The…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · January 10, 2025 · in the opinion
Holste v. 3M Company (2025)
…cv-09814-JLS-E. January 10, 2025. United States District Court, C.D. California. CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL JOSEPHINE L. STATON, District Judge. (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO REMAND (Doc. 34) Before the Court is…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 12, 2021 · in the opinion
Faivor v. Amchem Prods., Inc. (2021)
…(2) that the toxin is capable of causing the particular injuries plaintiff suffered (general causation) and (3) that the plaintiff was exposed to sufficient levels of the toxin to cause such injuries (specific causation)" (Sean R…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 15, 2007 · in the opinion
Honer v. Ford Motor Company (2007)
…fibers. Honer then breathed these asbestos fibers because of her direct and indirect contact with her father and brother themselves as well as their clothes, vehicles, tools and general surroundings. In July 2004, Honer alleged, she…
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Court case · Montana Workers' Comp. Court · May 5, 2014 · in the opinion
Baeth v. Liberty NW Ins. Corp. (2014)
…wrote that asbestos-related lung fibrosis "could not be excluded with certainty."\[131\] ¶ 76 "\[A\]s a general rule, the opinion of a treating physician is accorded greater weight than the opinions of other expert witnesses."…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 13, 2022 · in the opinion
Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022)
…Trevino v. General Dynamics Corporation, where the Fifth Circuit determined the first element of the Boyle defense was not satisfied when the government specification at issue only requires compliance with minimal or general standards, the Adams…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · April 26, 2017 · in the opinion
Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2017)
…AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. James S. Chase, Edward C. Meade, Edwin Warren Small, Tennessee Valley Authority, Office of General Counsel, KNOXVILLE, TN, for Defendant-Appellant. Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, JORDAN, Circuit Judge, and LAMBERTH,\[\\] District…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 20, 2021 · in the opinion
Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2021)
…73 at 8-9. But the Court has considered the affidavit at this summary-judgment stage of the case only for the general opinions about mesothelioma expressed therein. The Court shares Pelnor's doubts about the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 25, 2020 · in the opinion
Textron, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company (2020)
…both parties) to obtain a declaration that Travelers owed a duty to defend and indemnify in the Esters action under a series of Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies issued to Textron by Travelers from January 1…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2016 · in the opinion
Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
…56\] In Poche, the court began with the general premise that "\[a\] case that is initially nonremovable may become removable through the voluntary dismissal of nondiverse defendants."\[57\] All but one of the defendants—Eagle, Inc.…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 5, 2017 · in the opinion
Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2017)
…1103.) Even assuming Dr. Horn is correct as to the cause of mesothelioma in general, plaintiffs had the burden to prove that exposure to asbestos-containing materials at Rossmoor was a substantial factor in contributing to…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 24, 2012 · in the opinion
Evans v. Certainteed Corp. (2012)
…Trutanich, City Attorney, Richard M. Brown, General Counsel of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Lisa S. Berger, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Cross-Respondent Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. K…