364 results for “General Electric”, page 9 of 19
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 20, 2017
Zuniga v. Masse Contracting, Inc. (2017)
…Employer and Contractor Liability, and Workers' Compensation Worksites: Bollinger Shipyards (World War II era Navy destroyer) general laborer Bollinger Shipyards (World War II era Navy destroyer); general laborer Bollinger Shipyards (World War II era Navy destroyer)
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 29, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…Forman's testimony on insulation and general Navy requirements but allowing his testimony on shipyard asbestos-safety requirements relevant to the sophisticated-purchaser defense. An expert's testimony is admissible if relevant to a pending issue…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · December 4, 2014
Bartel v. Alcoa Steamship Co. (2014)
…sent the case back to the Louisiana state court, so the removing defendants (APL and Hess) lost. Jones Act claims cannot be removed under the general removal statute, and a defendant seeking federal officer removal must…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 11, 2019
Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
…were not at fault and the trial court's evidence and instruction rulings, but raised the survival-action general damages against RMC Holdings, increasing the total award from $1,265,000 to $1,498,333.34…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 14, 2020
Adams v. Ethyl Corporation (2020)
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment for the Gaddy children against Ethyl Corporation, including the reduction of general damages to $3,000,000, and rejected both Ethyl's challenges and the plaintiffs' challenge to the jury…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · May 8, 2017
Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017)
…52 and topic 40 (pre-1972 only) and denying the general dust and post-employment topics. Rule 30(b)(6) topics must be relevant and proportional; general 'dust' topics were cumulative of the asbestos-specific topics…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 4, 1991
Bergeron v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…1989. He had worked for Foster Wheeler as an ironworker from February to March 1967, when it was the general contractor building a steam generator at a plant in Michoud, Louisiana. Plaintiffs did not dispute that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 31, 2020
Marsh v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2020)
…and ports who alleges the defendant supplied asbestos products to those sites has shown prima facie personal jurisdiction and stated a plausible products liability claim under general maritime law (Restatement (Second) of Torts 402A). Design Defect…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 19, 2024
Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
…its insurers from asserting the government contractor defense (Boyle/Yearsley). The plaintiffs did not seek judgment on the strict liability or general negligence claims. Failure to Warn; Government Contractor Defense and Removal Worksites: Avondale Shipyards (main…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 2, 2008
Rando v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2008)
…cut and sawed insulation, and dust fell on him. The judge awarded $2.8 million in general damages and $402,000 in special damages. He divided fault into equal shares among eight wrongdoers, so each of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 24, 2023
Marsh v. Continental Insurance Company (2023)
…The claims arose under state law, the Jones Act and general maritime law. Continental moved for summary judgment asking for a dollar-for-dollar credit for any money the plaintiff received or would receive from asbestos…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 3, 2023
Walker v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023)
…After a seven-day trial, the jury awarded about $36.76 million in total damages, most of it general damages. The trial court held Level 3 liable for 11/21 virile shares, a judgment of $19…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 16, 2013
Watts v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2013)
…fault law a proven co-obligor's virile share reduces the recoverable award. Awards of general damages are not disturbed absent an abuse of the jury's great discretion. Statute of Limitations; Employer and Contractor Liability…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 28, 2003
Kemp v. Armstrong World Industries (2003)
…tort law to apply must show with factual support that significant exposures before September 1988 later caused the disease. A history of heavy smoking and general medical opinions are not enough. Causation worker in chemical plants
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
…a jury found Ethyl, International Paper and Owens-Illinois liable. It awarded $7.5 million in general damages plus $250,661.45 in medical expenses. Judgment against Ethyl was $2,583,553.82, its share after…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 19, 2014
Luna v. AW Chesterton Company (2014)
…not show which products were present when Mr. Luna's exposure began in 1963. It upheld the general damages given his pain and decline. It removed the court costs, as the siblings agreed the hospital could…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 27, 2024
Johnson v. Johnson & Johnson (2024)
…product has a "strict 5 level safety process," is "clinically proven," and has "purity of its ingredients" goes beyond general praise and can plausibly be an express warranty of specified characteristics. consumer user of talc powder
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · November 6, 2014
Bartel v. Alcoa Steamship Company (2014)
…under the Jones Act and general maritime law and alleged failure to warn and failure to provide a safe workplace. Two defendants removed the case to federal court, one under the general removal statute and one…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 30, 2002
Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (2002)
…Garlock 80 percent at fault and the settling employer 20 percent, and awarded $2,500,000 in general damages plus $596,769.62 in special damages. On appeal Garlock argued that the court shifted the burden…