7 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee · December 6, 1988 · in the opinion
Potts v. Celotex Corp. (1988)
…pleural thickening or asbestosis, then this change in the law must come from the Supreme Court of Tennessee or the Tennessee General Assembly. It is not a change which this court is allowed to make. Therefore…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · May 16, 2014 · in the opinion
Blackmon v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2014)
…In Babbitt, 104 F.3d at 90-91, the plaintiff employees had executed general releases as part of the railroad's early retirement program, releasing the railroad from any claims "of any kind whatsoever, known or…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · March 1, 2001 · in the opinion
Mackie v. Young Sales Corp. (2001)
…related injury has resulted in the employee's death, workers' compensation benefits are to be paid to the surviving dependents of the employee. Jones v. General Accident Ins. Co. of America, 856 S.W.2d 133…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · December 7, 1983 · in the opinion
Clay v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1983)
…other issues remaining in relation to defendant Raybestos-Manhattan, the first issue pertains to the judge's instruction to the jury on the possible effect of a general 10-year statute of limitations, T.C.A…
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Court case · Tennessee Supreme Court · September 8, 2011 · in the opinion
Kelley v. Union Carbide Corporation (2011)
…occupational injury claims. We disagree. "The meaning of the statute is determined by viewing the statute as a whole and in light of its general purpose." City of Lenoir City v. State ex rel. City of…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · November 28, 1978 · in the opinion
Daniels v. Combustion Engineering, Inc. (1978)
… and fifth, the legal existence of the first suit. "The general rules above laid down have been held applicable, notwithstanding the fact that one suit is at law and the other in equity. Because a deposition…