15 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 3, 1998 · in the opinion
Scheiding v. General Motors Corp. (1998)
…230, 67 S.Ct. 1146, 91 L.Ed. 1447.) Accordingly, "\[p\]reemption fundamentally is a question of congressional intent." (English v. General Electric Co. (1990) 496 U.S. 72, 78-79, 110 S.Ct. 2270, 110…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 23, 1994 · in the opinion
Smith v. ACandS, Inc. (1994)
…The specifications provide that the contractor is to comply with all safety regulations and eliminate hazards to its own and other workers and that all work is subject to general supervision and inspection by PG&E…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 22, 2007 · in the opinion
Brumley v. Fdcc California, Inc. (2007)
…to the heir.' \[Citations.\] Thus, in a wrongful death action the \injury' is not the general loss of the decedent, but the particular loss of the decedent to each individual claimant." (San Diego Gas & Electric, supra…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 19, 1999 · in the opinion
Anderson v. Metalclad Insulation Corp. (1999)
General Motors Corp., supra, 40 Cal.App.4th at p. 356, 47 Cal.Rptr.2d 580; Barr v. ACandS, Inc., supra, 57 Cal.App.4th at pp. 1049-1053, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 494.) The issue…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Benavidez v. Fluor Corp. (2021)
…fact. Benavidez testified at his March 2018 deposition that during his first job at the Anheuser-Busch facility, Fluor employed electricians working at the site. Benavidez said he had "no idea" who employed the pipefitters. He…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2023 · in the opinion
Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (2023)
…reliability, the Court "assess\[es\] the \[expert's\] reasoning or methodology, using as appropriate such criteria as testability, publication in peer reviewed literature, and general acceptance." Id. at 564. III. DISCUSSION As an initial matter, the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 14, 2017
Duty v. Trz Realty, LLC (2017)
…saying asbestos causes colon cancer. After a hearing, the trial court found he was not qualified on general or specific causation, mainly because he was not an epidemiologist or colorectal specialist. Plaintiffs then conceded they lacked…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · May 15, 2000
Hamilton v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (2000)
…Court reversed the Court of Appeal, holding that Mitchell's second action (for mesothelioma) was not time-barred and that Asbestos Corporation made a general appearance in the first action, so the plaintiffs prevailed on both…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2012 · in the opinion
Shields v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012)
…53 Cal.4th 335, also supports this argument. B. Tellez-Cordova In Tellez-Cordova, the court conducted an analysis of a ruling sustaining a general demurrer involving a similar issue. (Tellez-Cordova, supra, 129 Cal.App…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 26, 1999 · in the opinion
Howard v. Owens Corning (1999)
…emotional distress, intentional tort, conspiracy [\389] and loss of consortium; and sought general, special and punitive damages against no fewer than 215 named defendants and 300 unnamed does. Specifically, the complaint alleged that as a result…
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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 · March 28, 2008 · in the opinion
Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (2008)
…sufficient contact with the state for the court to assume either general or limited jurisdiction over it. Plaintiffs opposed the motion, asserting among other things that ACL had consented to jurisdiction by making a general appearance…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 4, 2012 · in the opinion
Bettencourt v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012)
…plaintiffs' injuries. I. Standard of Review A motion for judgment on the pleadings is analogous to a general demurrer. (Ludgate, supra, 82 Cal.App.4th at p. 602.) Like a general demurrer, it tests the sufficiency…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 14, 2006 · in the opinion
Quarles v. Advocate Mines Limited (2006)
…specialist in occupational medicine called by Quarles, testified not about any specific facts of this case, but about the evolving general state of knowledge in medicine, science and industry, and about the dangers of asbestos in…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 30, 1994 · in the opinion
Williamson v. Plant Insulation Co. (1994)
…The proceedings here had not reached that stage when Wash Williamson died. (4) "The general rule is that \courts have inherent power to enter judgments nunc pro tunc so as to relate back to the time…