11 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 19, 2014
Rost v. Ford Motor Company (2014)
Richard Rost and his wife Joyce sued Ford Motor Company and other defendants, alleging that asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. All defendants except Ford settled before trial. Rost testified that in 1950 he worked for several months at a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · November 9, 2021
Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
Darlene Data sued many companies in her own right and as executrix of her husband Michael Data's estate. Mr. Data served in the Navy aboard the USS Newport News from 1969 to 1973. He later worked at Mesta Machine and then at the West Pittsburgh…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 27, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…Mr. Gay had worked in the Navy, the Air Force, at General Electric and at Stone & Webster, and had done automotive work. The claim against Mueller Steam concerned 1974 to 1976, when he worked at the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · November 22, 2016 · in the opinion
Rost v. Ford Motor Co. (2016)
…10/7/2011, at 8-11. The jury also found that the products of three companies with asbestos-containing equipment at Metropolitan Edison (General Electric, Ingersoll-Rand, and Westinghouse) were also substantial causes of Rost's…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · February 11, 2009 · in the opinion
Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009)
…he performed automotive repairs and, from the early 1950's to the early 1980's, he used brakes from Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, Pep Boys, and NAPA stores. Deposition of Jon Burger, dated 3/29/06…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 27, 2014 · in the opinion
Smith v. Bmw OF North America LLC (2014)
…same vein, in Burch, the fact Sears sold an electric power mower under its own brand name, "Craftsman," weighed in favor of holding Sears liable although it was not the manufacturer of the mower. Burch v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania · March 19, 2018 · in the opinion
Gorton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2018)
…4.) Specifically, Mr. Gorton performed "brake jobs, minor repairs, electrical repairs, and even pump\[ed\]...gas." (ECF No. 230-2 at 2, 5.) Mr. Gorton while employed by Olson Brothers performed "\[p\]robably a half a…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · September 30, 1996
Blase v. Allied Signal Inc. (1996)
Mildred Blase sued several companies after the death of her husband, Harold Blase, an auto mechanic at Bell of Pennsylvania. She claimed that working with the defendants' products, which allegedly contained asbestos, caused his lung cancer and…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 30, 2010
Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2010)
…causation testimony on scientific theories the parties never raised and no expert supported, and extrapolation from higher to lower doses and the absence of supporting epidemiology do not by themselves defeat general acceptance. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 23, 2018
Gilbert v. Advance Auto Parts (2018)
…specific defendant's product was frequent, regular and proximate; general testimony that a parts store or vehicle make was used at the workplace, without evidence tying the decedent to that product, is too speculative to survive…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · May 23, 2012 · in the opinion
Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2012)
He did not question the pathologist's opinion in terms of general causation, but he expressed circumspection concerning how that opinion translated to substantial-factor causation. See N.T., Aug. 17, 2005, at 105. For example…