15 results for “Ford Motor Company”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 7, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2019)
The court denied Ford's and Cummins's motions to exclude or limit the expert testimony of Dr. Staggs, Dr. Finkelstein and Christopher Depasquale, so the plaintiffs' experts may testify. An expert's specific-causation opinion…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 21, 2020
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2020)
…the Michel plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a second supplemental and amended complaint adding Ford Leasing Development Company, LLC as a defendant, over Ford Motor Company's opposition. Where a scheduling order deadline has passed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 28, 2018
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2018)
The court granted Cummins's and Ford's motion to exclude plaintiffs' experts Dr. Brody and Dr. Castleman for late disclosure of their reports and denied plaintiffs' motion to amend the scheduling order. Under Rule 37…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 7, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2019)
The court denied Cummins Inc.'s and Ford Motor Company's joint motion for summary judgment, so the plaintiffs (Michel's survivors) keep their claims against both defendants. Plaintiffs must show exposure to asbestos from the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 28, 2018
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2018)
Victor Michel, a Louisiana citizen, sued many companies in state court in 2017 after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. He had worked from 1965 to 2005 as a parts delivery driver, truck mechanic, generator service technician and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 20, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Co. (2019)
…court granted Ford's motion to quash the trial subpoena to Matthew Fyie, granted plaintiffs leave to designate Fyie's deposition testimony, and granted Ford's motion to strike plaintiffs' late objections to Ford's counterdesignations…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 23, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Co. (2019)
…court granted Ford Motor Company's motion to dismiss only as to plaintiffs' wrongful death employer liability claim, which was dismissed with prejudice, and otherwise denied it, so plaintiffs' other wrongful death claims against Ford continue…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 20, 2019
Michel v. Ford Motor Co. (2019)
…premises and employer liability claims against Ford, found strict products liability claims already pleaded, and said a continuance would cure prejudice to Ford. A party seeking to amend after the scheduling-order deadline must show good…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · August 20, 2015
Oddo v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2015)
…affirmed Ford's liability, reallocated fault to Ford 65%, Union Carbide 25% and Higgins 10%, and amended the survival damages award against Ford, so the plaintiffs lost against Southern Talc but kept their judgment against Ford…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · May 28, 2015
Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015)
The court granted summary judgment for Honeywell (successor to Bendix) and Ford, dismissing with prejudice the Hayes sons' claims over their father's mesothelioma death. Under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, a manufacturer is liable only…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
…exposed to asbestos from Ford vehicles, plaintiffs' claims stand. Accordingly, Ford's motion for summary judgment is DENIED. v. Navistar, Inc.'s Motion for Summary Judgment Navistar, Inc. (f/k/a International Harvester Company) contends that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
The district court denied the summary judgment motions of BMW, Volkswagen and Honeywell (joined by Ford, Pneumo Abex and Morse TEC) and denied the defendants' motions in limine, so the plaintiffs' causation experts could testify, limited…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 8, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…Insurance Company, Bayer CropScience, Inc., BMW of North America, LLC, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and London Market Companies, Eagle, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Foster Wheeler LLC, General Electric Company, ViacomCBS Inc., Gulf Engineering Company…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · May 28, 2015 · in the opinion
Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015)
…Hayes' illness. The court further holds that the warnings and instructions from OSHA and Ford Motor Company as well as Mr. Oustalet's testimony that he relied on his service technicians to read and follow said…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 23, 2021 · in the opinion
Brindell v. Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction Inc. (2021)
…death."\[128\] During oral argument, Removing Defendants cited Michel v. Ford Motor Company\[129\] and Smith v. Union Carbide\[130\] to support these arguments. When conducting a summary inquiry, the Court determines only whether the plaintiff…