11 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…Graham and Dr. Taragin may give general causation testimony but not specific causation opinions that the defendants' products did not cause Mr. Bell's mesothelioma. A "one-size-fits-all" specific causation opinion that draws no…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · January 28, 2003 · in the opinion
Bonnette v. Conoco, Inc. (2003)
…liable where his conduct is merely negligent and causes only emotional injury unaccompanied by physical injury. This court noted deviations from this general rule in various situations, including those cases that involve "fright or nervous shock…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · August 20, 2015 · in the opinion
Oddo v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2015)
…Inc. (Higgins") between 1947 and 1954; working as an appliance repairman for Westinghouse Electric in the late 1950s; working on diesel truck rigs for Cummins Sales & Services ("Cummins") in the 1960s; working for Lummis as an…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 11, 2019
Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
…were not at fault and the trial court's evidence and instruction rulings, but raised the survival-action general damages against RMC Holdings, increasing the total award from $1,265,000 to $1,498,333.34…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 30, 2002
Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (2002)
…Garlock 80 percent at fault and the settling employer 20 percent, and awarded $2,500,000 in general damages plus $596,769.62 in special damages. On appeal Garlock argued that the court shifted the burden…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
…at issue, and circumstantial evidence that a manufacturer bought the supplier's asbestos can create a fact question on exposure. A raw-asbestos supplier also owes the general duty of reasonable care. Causation; Product Identification; Expert…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 7, 2019 · in the opinion
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2019)
…to this case is thus incorrect. In any event, Dr. Staggs's general causation testimony clearly considers both types of asbestos and the possible differences between them. He acknowledges that, "some scientist\[s\] believe there's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 13, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022)
…465 (5th Cir. 1991))). 473 While plaintiffs cite several pre-Davis cases that reiterate the general rule that end-users must be warned, these decisions do not address what happens when a manufacturer sells to a…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 23, 2014 · in the opinion
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
…It then concluded that the only evidence plaintiffs had on causation was Dr. Mark's "general causation" opinion (that exposure to asbestos causes mesothelioma) and that opinion did not "carry the day." On January 29, 2013…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 23, 2020 · in the opinion
Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2020)
…art. 1813(E) provides: "When the answers \[to interrogatories\] are inconsistent with each other and one or more is likewise inconsistent with the general verdict, the count shall not direct the entry of judgment but may…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · December 13, 2014 · in the opinion
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
…to the trial court, Dr. Mark's testimony simply "does not carry the day" because it is of a general nature, and because plaintiffs did not have any evidence of specific causation, the court could not…