17 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998
Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)
The federal district court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, holding that Iowa's fifteen-year statute of repose did not bar the Harders' claims against GE over asbestos insulation blankets. Under Iowa Code…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · January 16, 2008 · in the opinion
Fossen v. Midamerican Energy Company (2008)
…4 at Port Neal. \[2\] Plaintiff filed an action asserting nine separate counts against fifty defendants. \[3\] In the same ruling, the court denied the motions for summary judgment filed by General Electric and Foster Wheeler.
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · August 31, 2022 · in the opinion
Fankhauser v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2022)
…K/A NAPA; BORGWARNER MORSE TEC LLC; WESTROCK MWV LLC; MIDWEST WHEEL COMPANIES, INC.; NAVISTAR, INC.; MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION; O'HALLORAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.; LESEY HAYES COMPANY; FORD MOTOR COMPANY; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; DEERE & COMPANY; WESTROCK…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · September 21, 2022 · in the opinion
Fankhauser v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2022)
…K/A NAPA; BORGWARNER MORSE TEC LLC; WESTROCK MWV LLC; MIDWEST WHEEL COMPANIES, INC.; NAVISTAR, INC.; MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION; O'HALLORAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.; LESEY HAYES COMPANY; FORD MOTOR COMPANY; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; DEERE & COMPANY; WESTROCK…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · January 22, 1997 · in the opinion
Tallman v. WR Grace & Co.-Conn. (1997)
…on both of them. I. The Facts. Robert Tallman was employed as an electrician on various construction projects when he came in contact with asbestos products used in the construction process. Tallman's asbestos exposure spanned…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · May 8, 2024 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2024)
…226 (noting land can have multiple possessors). We are not persuaded by Alcoa's claim that failing to modify its general duty of care as a land possessor will lead to a drastic spike in lawsuits…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · June 17, 2022 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2022)
…manufacturers started seeking bankruptcy protection. See Hanlon at 668 ("In the late 1980s, premises cases began to be brought against electric utilities, and in the 1990s they extended to other kinds of companies, including paper mills…
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Exposure sites · Iowa
Iowa Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage
…Procter & Gamble's plant, and the University of Iowa; central Iowa — Fisher Governor and Iowa Electric's Sutherland Station at Marshalltown, and the Armstrong and Firestone tire plants in Des Moines; the packing and tractor towns…
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State law · Iowa
Iowa Mesothelioma Lawyer: Asbestos Claims, Deadlines & Compensation
…punitive damages. Iowa has no cap on damages in asbestos cases. What evidence do we need? A diagnosis and a general sense of where the person worked. We reconstruct the rest using employment records, coworker statements…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · November 13, 2009 · in the opinion
Van Fossen v. MidAmerican Energy Co. (2009)
…as the agent of the other owners, engaged Ebasco Services (Ebasco) as the general contractor for the construction of Units 3 and 4. The construction contracts gave Ebasco full control over its employees and the construction…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · April 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Kinseth v. WEIL-McLAIN Company (2017)
…Hellman, P.L.C., Waterloo, for plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Richard E. Mull, Assistant Attorney General, for intervenor. Heard by Mullins, P.J., and Bower and McDonald, JJ. BOWER, Judge…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · March 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2021)
…immunizes defendants against liability for exposure to asbestos or silica products that were "made or sold by a third party." It contains no general grant of immunity for "premises owners" or "asbestos product suppliers." That aside…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · February 17, 1993 · in the opinion
Beeman v. Manville Corp. Asbestos Fund (1993)
…convincing, and satisfactory evidence. Iowa Code § 668A.1. Beeman apparently agrees that punitive damages may not be assessed against Keene based on the general knowledge of the asbestos industry. Instead, there must be clear, convincing, and…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · January 19, 1994 · in the opinion
Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
…neither prosecuted the action against OCF nor has attempted to extract a large penalty for the purpose of raising revenue. We find a clear distinction between the Fund and the general state treasury. See Burke v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · November 22, 1994 · in the opinion
Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994)
…that the defendants' products were located at shipyards where the Parks was overhauled, and were used by shipyard workers on ships in general, does not support a reasonable inference that the plaintiff was exposed to asbestos…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · June 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Kinseth v. Weil-McLain (2018)
…Waterloo, for appellees. [\62] Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Richard E. Mull, Assistant Attorney General, for intervenor-appellee. [\61] CADY, Chief Justice. In this case, we are called upon to review numerous issues that arose…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · July 1, 1998 · in the opinion
Ganske v. Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. (1998)
…100 (Iowa 1983). One workers' compensation authority has noted that, if an injury is, in general, compensable under workers' compensation, a worker who does not actually realize the benefits because of the specific facts of that…