6 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · April 27, 2011
Hopkins v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2011)
…is for trial only and the actions remain separate. Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Mobil Oil; Tucson Gas & Electric laborer and maintenance worker Mobil Oil 1946-1981; laborer and maintenance worker Tucson Gas & Electric 1946-1981
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · November 6, 2013
Cary v. 3M Company (2013)
Gloria Cary sued 3M Company and many other companies after her husband, Lawson Cary, Jr., died of mesothelioma. She alleged it came from asbestos in the defendants' products that he encountered during more than three decades of work at Hoechst…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 22, 2015
Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015)
Dennis Baumgartner, an Ohio man diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2013, and his wife Gail sued many makers of valves, boilers and turbines in Rhode Island. He had worked as an insulator and insulator helper at jobsites in Ohio and, occasionally,…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · December 4, 2012 · in the opinion
Melford v. Abex Corporation (2012)
…as the doctrine; namely "wasted resources because of piecemeal litigation, the possibility of conflicting judgments, and a general concern that the courts may unduly interfere with each other's affairs." TPM Holdings, Inc. v. Intra-Gold…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · September 30, 2013
Cary v. American Optical Corporation (2013)
…Watts moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Cary conceded there was no general jurisdiction but argued for specific jurisdiction and asked for more discovery. The court found it unclear whether Watts had purposely directed…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · October 22, 2018 · in the opinion
Carson v. 3M Company (2018)
…s 1972 Federal Register publication regarding asbestos safety precautions, coupled with the 1979 Reenactment of the General Laws of Rhode Island (1956)—precludes the exclusive application of the WCA to the Decedent. The 1972 OSHA publication…