10 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia · April 29, 2016
Siders v. 20th Century Glove Corporation OF Texas (2016)
…West Virginia, rejecting General Electric's federal officer removal. A plaintiff's express disclaimer of all claims for asbestos exposure during Navy service removes the basis for a government contractor defense, so a defendant cannot show…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · July 6, 2001
State Ex Rel. Allman v. MacQueen (2001)
Several groups of asbestos plaintiffs, and defendant Mobil Oil, asked the West Virginia Supreme Court to stop a trial judge from carrying out a master plan for managing about 8,000 asbestos injury claims in Kanawha County. The claims had been…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia · April 20, 2009 · in the opinion
Hamrick v. A & I Company (2009)
…a Durametallic Corp. and GARLOCK SEALING TECHNOLOGIES LLC f/k/a Garlock, Inc. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY and GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and GOODRICH CORPORATION and as successor-in-interest to Goodrich-Gulf Chemical, Inc. f/k/a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia · February 5, 2014 · in the opinion
Amick v. Ohio Power Company (2014)
…Barbara Amick. According to Plaintiff, he worked as a bookkeeper for American Gas & Electric at OPC's Muskingum River Power Plant in 1953 and 1954, where he was exposed to asbestos that deposited on his clothing. …
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · March 12, 2009
Ratliff v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. (2009)
…In 1986 he took a voluntary separation program, accepted $35,000 and signed a general release of all claims arising from his employment. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in April 2005 and died in July 2005…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · December 19, 1980
Powell v. State Workmen's Compensation Com'r (1980)
…Code § 23-4-1 even though it also occurs in the general public, and the claimant need not prove an intermediate occupational disease such as asbestosis or negate all non-occupational causes such as smoking. Causation…
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Court case · West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals · June 5, 2024 · in the opinion
Murphy v. ST. Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. (2024)
…occupational pneumoconiosis, our sister state of Kentucky has instructed that: The legislature has labeled the presumptions "rebuttable." It is therefore clear that the legislature intended the general rules applicable to rebuttable presumptions to apply. Such presumptions…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · November 15, 1996 · in the opinion
Marlin v. Bill Rich Const., Inc. (1996)
…Va.Code § 29-12A-5(a)(5) stated the common-law rule that a cause of action is not recognized for the breach of a general duty owed the public as a whole. Randall then recognized…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · December 4, 2003 · in the opinion
Adams v. Consolidated Rail Corp. (2003)
…clear that the trial court has acted under some misapprehension of the law or the evidence. Syl. pt. 1, Matheny v. Fairmont General Hospital, 212 W.Va. 740, 575 S.E.2d 350 (2002); Lamphere v…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · September 4, 1997 · in the opinion
In re Celotex Corp. (1997)
…exposure thereto.... (J.A. 44-45). Rapid's claim against the Celotex bankruptcy estate was principally based upon a written agreement entitled "General Assignment & Assumption of Liabilities," (J.A. 52), wherein Celotex's predecessor in interest…