27 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · California Supreme Court · May 23, 2016 · in the opinion
Webb v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2016)
…suppliers "to develop expertise regarding a multitude of different end-products and to investigate the actual use of raw materials by manufacturers over whom the supplier has no control." (Ibid.) Artiglio v. General Electric Co., supra…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 10, 2013
Webb v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2013)
The Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's judgment notwithstanding the verdict for Special Electric and directed that the original judgment on the jury's verdict for the Webbs be reinstated, with one justice dissenting…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 26, 2018 · in the opinion
Hart v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2018)
…Special Electric's insurers published a "Notice of Dissolution of Special Electric Company, Inc." (Notice) in three Wisconsin newspapers of general circulation, purportedly triggering a two-year statutory period to bring any claims against Special Electric…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 21, 2016 · in the opinion
Baeza v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2016)
…BACKGROUND According to the general allegations of the operative fourth amended complaint, David was then a 54-year-old male with mesothelioma who was environmentally exposed as a bystander to asbestos fibers supplied by Special Electric…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 22, 2010
Whitmire v. Ingersoll-Rand Company (2010)
…and Discovery Worksites: Contra Costa Powerhouse; Moss Landing Powerhouse; Contra Costa Powerhouse, Antioch; Moss Landing Powerhouse, Moss Landing electrician Contra Costa Powerhouse Antioch 1961-1966 and 1969-1985; electrician Moss Landing Powerhouse Moss Landing 1985-1993
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 22, 2017 · in the opinion
Turley v. Familian Corporation (2017)
…Webb's evidence of exposure was sufficient. This is the language: "Special Electric contends the evidence was insufficient to show Webb was exposed to crocidolite asbestos it had supplied. The Court of Appeal rejected this argument…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 30, 2009 · in the opinion
Short v. Sequoia Ventures, Inc. (2009)
…offer competent and admissible evidence that Sequoia's predecessor in interest negligently or defectively designed and/or constructed the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) power plant where Gary Short was allegedly exposed to asbestos…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 22, 2024 · in the opinion
Williams v. JM Manufacturing Company, Inc. (2024)
…conclusion about the scope of this duty and explicitly disapproved Campbell. (Kesner, at p. 1156.) "The \general rule' of duty in California is established by statute." (Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc. (2023) 14 Cal.5th 993…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 17, 2017 · in the opinion
Phillips v. Honeywell International Inc. (2017)
…that is the most deadly of the three. It also described the general agreement that the diseases are positively correlated to the intensity and duration of exposure to asbestos dust, but noted "there is no conclusive…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 4, 2009 · in the opinion
Ransom v. Calaveras Asbestos, Ltd. (2009)
…pipe between 1971 and 1976. While working with asbestos cement pipe, Mr. Cookus used an electric saw to cut pipe in a trench. Dust would blow all over the place. Mr. Cookus worked with the Alex…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 21, 2016 · in the opinion
Casey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. (2016)
…the following information: a. Proffered Opinion Mr. van der Bogert was given a "pretty general, broad" task: "Read the testimony and form an opinion relative to the interactions or potential interactions between, in this case specifically…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 27, 2009 · in the opinion
Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2009)
…her work history sheets, from speaking to Joan and her attorney, and from his general knowledge of the work practices of using joint compound in installing drywall—which included sanding, which creates dust, and sweeping the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 19, 2018
Hubbard v. California Water Service Company (2018)
…the party asserting the exception to a hirer's general non-liability for a contractor's employees bears the burden of proving that the contractor neither knew nor could reasonably be expected to know of the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 15, 2019 · in the opinion
Burch v. Certainteed Corporation (2019)
…There, a subcontractor's employee sued a general contractor for injuries caused by the collapse of the general contractor's scaffolding; Cal-OSHA provisions were introduced at trial to establish a duty of care and a…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2014
Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)
…visited jobsites Home construction jobsites in southern California mid to late 1970's; owner of a home construction business who visited jobsites Home construction jobsites in southern California 1970s; general contractor Construction projects 1960s and 1970s
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2014 · in the opinion
Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2014)
…which may be as little as three months." Though acknowledging a "general inference that Crocidolite \[asbestos\] is more liable to produce mesothelioma," the report cautioned that "\[e\]xoneration of \[Union Carbide's\] Chrysotile \[asbestos\] has not…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 21, 2018 · in the opinion
Trapp v. CertainTEED Corporation (2018)
…at p. 1143.) The Supreme Court explained: "By making exceptions to Civil Code section 1714's general duty of ordinary care only when foreseeability and policy considerations justify a categorical no-duty rule, we preserve the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 17, 2000 · in the opinion
Ashdown v. Ameron International Corp. (2000)
…1982, the dual capacity exception to the general exclusivity of the workers' compensation remedy has been limited to the narrow factual circumstances presented where the employee's injury was caused by the employer's product, which…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 24, 2012 · in the opinion
Evans v. Certainteed Corp. (2012)
…Trutanich, City Attorney, Richard M. Brown, General Counsel of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Lisa S. Berger, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Cross-Respondent Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. K…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2014 · in the opinion
Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)
…which may be as little as three months." Though acknowledging a "general inference that Crocidolite \[asbestos\] is more liable to produce mesothelioma," the report cautioned that "\[e\]xoneration of \[Union Carbide's\] Chrysotile \[asbestos\] has not…