39 results for “Ford Motor Company”, page 1 of 2
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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 · 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, Western District of Louisiana · March 27, 2014
Hayes v. Asbestos, Corp., Ltd. (2014)
…Ford Motor Company's Rule 12(b)(6) motion, holding that the Louisiana Products Liability Act was the plaintiffs' exclusive remedy against Ford and dismissing the non-LPLA claims and the punitive damages claim against Ford…
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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, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 10, 2021
Aaron v. Bancroft Bag, Inc. (2021)
…because removing defendant Ford Motor Company did not prove an enforceable settlement with non-diverse defendant MSBI. A case with a non-diverse defendant becomes removable only when that defendant is clearly out of the case…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 3, 2017
Hayden v. 3M Co. (2017)
Thomas Hayden and his wife Jacqueline sued 3M Company and other corporations in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in a case involving Mr. Hayden's mesothelioma. The opinion does not describe his work or exposure. Before trial, the…
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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 to Honeywell (successor to Bendix) and Ford, dismissing plaintiffs' claims against them with prejudice for lack of product identification evidence. Under the Louisiana Products Liability Act, product identification is a threshold…
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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, Western District of Louisiana · May 28, 2015
Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015)
Douglas Hayes sued several companies, including CNH America (sued as Case New Holland), claiming that asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. He died after filing, and his sons continued the case as a wrongful death and survival…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 1, 2022
Labarre v. Bienville Auto Parts Inc. (2022)
…It denied the motion on negligence, because Bienville's two witnesses conflicted on whether the company knew the brakes contained asbestos and that asbestos was dangerous. It also denied the motion on the sophisticated-user defense…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 5, 2019 · in the opinion
Schindler v. Dravo Basic Materials Company (2019)
…additional asbestos fiber could constitute a specific cause of plaintiff's mesothelioma.\[51\] Plaintiff contends that Dr. Harrison has employed the same methodology as the expert in Michel v. Ford Motor Company. See No. 18-4738…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 9, 2009 · in the opinion
Bourque v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2009)
…Polk, Schell, etal., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, General Motors, Ford Motor Company. Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges. AMY, Judge. Former employee and wife brought personal…
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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…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 23, 2014 · in the opinion
Laurent v. City of New Orleans (2014)
…are: City of New Orleans, Gentilly Racing Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., Daimler North America Corporation, Volkswagon of America, Inc., BMW of North America, Inc., American Honda Motor Company, Inc., Anco Insulations…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana · July 14, 2014 · in the opinion
Davidson v. Georgia Pacific LLC (2014)
…for the District of Utah, in two recent cases, Anderson v. Ford Motor Company, 950 F. Supp.2d 1217 (D. Utah 2013) and Smith v. Ford Motor Company, No. 2:08-630, 2013 WL 214378 (D…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 17, 2016 · in the opinion
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
…in this district recognize that "\[f\]raud by silence. . . \is, by its very nature, difficult to plead with particularity.'" In re Ford Motor Co. Vehicle Paint Litig., No. 1063, 1997 WL 539665, at [\3] (E.D…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 15, 2014 · in the opinion
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
…the states do not conflict \[on the relevant issue\], then no choice-of-law analysis is necessary.'" Schneider Nat'l Transp. v. Ford Motor Co., 280 F.3d 532, 536 (5th Cir. 2002) (quoting W.R…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 5, 2015 · in the opinion
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2015)
…similar expert causation testimony based on the "every exposure" theory. First, in Smith v. Ford Motor Co., the district court excluded Dr. Hammar's opinion that a plaintiff's exposure to brake dust caused his mesothelioma…