151 results for “Ford Motor Company”, page 7 of 8
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · December 23, 2009 · in the opinion
Honeywell International, Inc. v. Guilder (2009)
…redact this portion of the letter for use at trial. See MCI Exp., Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., 832 So. 2d 795 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002). Next, we turn to the second issue concerning the exclusion…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · February 11, 2009 · in the opinion
Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009)
…deposition, Mr. Burger testified he performed automotive repairs and, from the early 1950's to the early 1980's, he used brakes from Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, Pep Boys, and NAPA stores. Deposition of Jon Burger…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · September 5, 2018 · in the opinion
McKinney v. Hobart Bros. Co. (2018)
…showing not only that Frank himself was qualified but also that his reliance on Dement's work was (1) customary in Frank's field and (2) reasonable. See Connelly v. General Motors Corp., 184 Ill. App…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Environmental and occupational health hazards associated with the presence of asbestos in brake linings and pads (1900 to present): a "state-of-the-art" review
…to 2002 and summarized exposure and health studies of brake mechanics and friction product manufacturing workers. The work was primarily funded by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, companies involved in brake-dust litigation. In NIOSH surveys…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Globally asbestos-free automobiles
…in 1992. Inquiries sent to GM, Ford and Chrysler in May 1998 brought no disclosure from Ford or GM about their global asbestos use. The author noted being an expert witness in lawsuits against these companies.
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 29, 2024 · in the opinion
Watts v. Pneumo Abex, LLC (2024)
…in brakes sold to end users. Various entities, including Bendix, Ford, and General Motors, purchased asbestos-containing friction material from Abex, [\256] but its most significant business came from Rayloc, which manufactured brake products that were…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi · February 11, 2021
Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair Inc. (2021)
The court granted Ford Motor Co.'s motions for summary judgment on causation and punitive damages, dismissing the Dickens plaintiffs' claims against Ford with prejudice. Under Mississippi's frequency, regularity and proximity test with product identification…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maine · September 16, 2020 · in the opinion
Coffin v. Ametek, Inc. (2020)
…2018 WL 3819027, at [\16] (W.D. Wash. Aug. 10, 2018) (quoting Rost v. Ford Motor Co., 151 A.3d 1032, 1045 (Pa. 2016)). Nevertheless, as the court in Jack explained, "\[t\]hese \irrefutable scientific fact…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 26, 2010 · in the opinion
Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (2010)
…232 S.W.3d at 770 (quoting Union Pump Co. v. Allbritton, 898 S.W.2d 773, 775 (Tex. 1995)); see also Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma, 242 S.W.3d 32, 46 (Tex. 2007). Thus…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · January 18, 2021 · in the opinion
Erhardt v. Bmw OF North America, LLC (2021)
…BMW NA Mem. Frank & Zhang at 18-20 (collecting cases); see, e.g., Anderson v. Ford Motor Co., 950 F. Supp. 2d 1217, 1225 (D. Utah 2013) (noting that "a growing number of courts have determined…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · May 5, 2016 · in the opinion
Watkins v. Affinia Group (2016)
…702. Thus, the trial court should not accept the expert's opinion at face value; it must independently [\179] examine and evaluate the reliability of each expert's opinion. Walker v. Ford Motor Co., 8th Dist.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
History and evolution of warning labels for automotive friction products
…manual and on 1973 Bendix brake boxes. Later Ford, General Motors and Buick materials warned against compressed air and dry cleaning, and a 1993 Ford bulletin recommended non-asbestos parts. They reported that OSHA rules exempted…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
RE: Asbestos in brakes: exposure and risk of disease
…cannot be defended. The letter discloses that the author has served as an expert witness in friction brake litigation, with the author's employer receiving funding for this work from Ford, General Motors and Daimler Chrysler.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Re: Evaluation of the size and type of free particulates collected from unused asbestos-containing brake components as related to potential for respirability
…did not further raise concerns about historical exposures of automotive mechanics. The authors disclosed that their research was primarily funded by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, and that some of them had been expert witnesses in…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 4, 2019 · in the opinion
Linsowe v. Hennessy Indus. (In re Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2019)
General Motors (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 1179, 1183.) We begin our independent review of the special verdict with the award of $532,685.37 in economic and noneconomic damages to Sharron Linsowe. The damages award…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 6, 2014
Juni v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2014)
The court denied defendant Dana Companies, LLC's motion for summary judgment, so plaintiffs Arthur and Mary Juni kept their claims against Dana. On summary judgment in an asbestos case, a plaintiff need only show facts…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 23, 2013
Juni v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2013)
…courier, mechanic and foreman. He testified that from the late 1970s to the late 1980s he regularly installed new clutches on the company's Ford bucket trucks, about one per truck each month, and that Lipe…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Assessment of airborne asbestos exposure during the servicing and handling of automobile asbestos-containing gaskets
…ventilation, a professional mechanic removed old gaskets or installed new asbestos-containing ones on a 1974 Chevrolet Malibu, 1978 Chevrolet pickup and Ford 390 V-8 engine. The nine removed gaskets contained 0 to 75% asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
The toxicology of chrysotile-containing brake debris: implications for mesothelioma
…long-fiber dose, though not all changes may lower toxicity, and that evidence rather than supposition is needed. The work was funded by Honeywell and Ford, which the article states are defendants in asbestos brake litigation.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Response to Hessel
…and a 2010 letter from Dr. Dennis Paustenbach to Ford. From these he described how lawyers for automobile companies hired Exponent in 2000 to generate publications. He said Exponent agreed to provide defence experts before doing…