7 results for “General 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 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Melendrez v. Superior Court OF State OF California (2013)
…subd. (b).) The reason for this waiver should be obvious. As a general matter, when an individual verifies discovery responses, further discovery can be directed to that individual to determine the sources for the initial responses…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 29, 2007 · in the opinion
Bakkie v. Union Carbide Corporation (2007)
…The court explained that the employer was a "sophisticated organization" and it did not have to be "told that gasoline is volatile and that sparks from an electrical connection or friction can cause ignition." (Ibid.) Subsequently…
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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 · May 26, 1998 · in the opinion
Gutierrez v. Cassiar Mining Corp. (1998)
…fault, warnings Cassiar placed on its product, general knowledge by asbestos workers (by the early 1970's) of asbestos exposure risks, and preexisting lung conditions caused by Gutierrez having smoked and had exposure to tuberculosis (TB)…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · January 28, 2010 · in the opinion
Johnson v. Certainteed Corporation (2010)
…according to Johnson, is on whether "the category of negligent conduct at issue, considering the general character of the event, is sufficiently likely to result in the kind of harm experienced, so that liability may be…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 16, 2010 · in the opinion
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2010)
…by asbestos, that medical tests showed that there were asbestos fibers in his lungs, that such fibers are not found in the general population, and that he had had a significant exposure to asbestos. Based on…