286 results for “General Electric”, page 9 of 15
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · June 18, 2020
Andrews v. John Crane, Inc. (2020)
…and remanded for further proceedings. General maritime law preempts state law for a Navy sailor's asbestos products claims against a gasket maker, and DOHSA does not bar a general maritime survival recovery for the decedent…
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Court case · Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals · March 28, 2007
Zinc Corp. OF America v. Reeder (2007)
…s workers' compensation statute applies only to silicosis and asbestosis, not mesothelioma, so the general last-injurious-exposure rule applies, under which the last employer is liable without a minimum quantity of exposure. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 7, 2024
Perkins v. United States (2024)
…Navy asbestos directives were mandatory and followed preclude dismissal. Under Washington law, duty turns on foreseeability of a general field of danger, and disputed expert evidence on substantial-factor causation precludes summary judgment. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · December 27, 2012
Bouchard v. CBS Corporation (2012)
…the agreement did not assume tort liability for asbestos exposure. Washington's general rule is that an asset purchaser is not liable for the seller's liabilities unless an exception applies. Take-Home Exposure; Successor Liability…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · December 9, 2014 · in the opinion
Nelson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…Dkt. \# 146) at 12 ("The medical literature has established malignant mesothelioma. . . as, in general, a dose response disease, that is, each exposure to asbestos-containing dust has been shown to contribute to cause diffuse malignant mesothelioma. …
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · June 29, 2012 · in the opinion
Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2012)
…we agree with Ford's contention that "case reports" and other anecdotal evidence are not probative of either general or actual causation,\[14\] but we must point out that Ford severely overstates the strength of its…
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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, Southern District of New York · March 3, 2020 · in the opinion
Paroni EX rel. Estate OF Paroni v. Alstom SA (2020)
…contacts with New York, Elodie relies most heavily on Alstom's website's statement that its "U.S. Headquarters" are in New York to argue that Alstom is subject to general jurisdiction here. See Pl. Mem…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · January 15, 2014 · in the opinion
Estate of Barabin v. AstenJohnson, Inc. (2014)
…review and publication; 3) the known or potential error rate of the theory or technique; and 4) whether the theory or technique enjoys general acceptance within the relevant scientific community." United States v. Hankey, 203 F…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · March 8, 2007 · in the opinion
State EX rel. Pilkington N. AM. v. Indus. Comm. (2007)
…Marshall & Melhorn, LLC, Michael S. Scalzo and John A. Borell, Jr., for relator. Marc Dann, Attorney General, and Sandra E. Pinkerton, for respondent Industrial Commission of Ohio. Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co., L.P.A., and…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · June 7, 2011 · in the opinion
Nye v. Bayer Cropscience, Inc. (2011)
…plans of reorganization for Raybestos and Johns Manville had been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court before Mrs. Nye filed her complaint.\[11\] As a general matter, confirmation of the plan of reorganization ends the automatic stay…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · October 1, 2021 · in the opinion
Dietrich v. Boeing Company (2021)
…which creates an exception to the general rule denying appellate review of remand orders for "an order remanding a case to the State court from which it was removed pursuant to section 1442 or 1443 of…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 22, 2015 · in the opinion
Hernandezcueva v. EF Brady Company, Inc. (2015)
…Id. at pp. 1144-1149). Noting that subcontractors generally work under the supervision of the general contractor, have little control over the project's specifications, and are usually less well capitalized and insured than the developer…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · January 21, 1994 · in the opinion
Tabolt v. Flintkote Co. (In re New York Asbestos Litigation, 1994)
…at 982 F.2d 721 (2d Cir.1992), and the publication of numerous stories in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal — any well-informed citizen could possess general knowledge about Johns Manville, c.f.…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 18, 2015 · in the opinion
Greenberg v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2015)
…8 Cal.3d at p. 126; accord, Horn v. General Motors Corp., supra, 17 Cal.3d at p. 366.) O'Neil In O'Neil, our Supreme Court examined the extent to which a manufacturer may be…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · September 11, 2019 · in the opinion
Huff v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (2019)
…307, 310 (1999): The general rule of corporate-successor liability is that when a company sells its assets to another company, the acquiring company is not liable for the debts and liabilities of the selling company…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 23, 2022 · in the opinion
Bader v. Johnson & Johnson (2022)
…that has not gained general acceptance in the relevant scientific or medical community. Rather it was the theory of causation, that \[the pesticide\] caused plaintiff's autism, that has not gained general acceptance in the relevant…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · June 2, 2016 · in the opinion
Young v. 3M Company (2016)
…2013 WL 7088637, at [\6] (allowing limited jurisdictional discovery to determine if the plaintiff's allegation that the defendant sold materials to a company doing business in North Carolina was sufficient to establish general jurisdiction). Therefore…