62 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 4
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 23, 2007
General Elec. Co. v. Cain (2007)
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that General Electric was not entitled to summary judgment on its exclusive-remedy defense and that nine of the sixteen premises owners in the Rehm case were, with seven owners' claims…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · May 8, 2003
Plumb v. AC and S., Inc. (2003)
The Appellate Division affirmed the order setting aside the jury's apportionment of 98% of fault to General Electric, a ruling that left Sears, Roebuck, the appellant, responsible for the verdict; two justices concurred and one…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · March 11, 2024 · in the opinion
Olson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2024)
…INC.; FRYER-KNOWLES INC. a Washington corporation; GARDNER DENVER, INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.; GENERAL REFRACTORIES CO.; THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., individually and as successor-in-interest to THE DURABLA MFG. CO.; GOULDS PUMPS, INC.; HARBISON…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 31, 2007 · in the opinion
Penn v. A-Best Prods. Co. (2007)
…Rimmel, for appellee Mobil Corporation. Oldham & Dowling, Reginald S. Kramer, and Terri L. Nass, for appellees General Electric Company and CBS Corporation. Trenz, McKay & Knabe Co., LPA, and Tim McKay, for appellee R.E. Kramig. Tucker…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 8, 2017 · in the opinion
Trumbull v. American Biltrite (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2017)
…Dept. 1982\] \[4-7% sales in New York generating between $40,000-$113,000\]; Allen v. Canadian General Electric Co., 65 AD2d 39 \[3d Dept 1978\]\[1% sales in New York, generating nine million dollars\]). Here…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1953-1957; boilermaker, truck mechanic, and general helper Thatcher Glass Elmira 1957-1996; fireman USS Des Moines 1957-1961; boiler maintenance mechanic Happauge School District 1976-1982; welder USS Mindoro 1948-1952…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 12, 2024 · in the opinion
Cockrum v. Murphy (2024)
JEFFREY L. COCKRUM and DONNA COCKRUM, husband and wife, Appellants, v. C.H. MURPHY/CLARK-ULLMAN, INC.; NORTH COAST ELECTRIC COMPANY; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; PFIZER, INC.; P-G INDUSTRIES, INC., as successor-in-interest to…
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Court case · Iowa Court of Appeals · May 8, 2024 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2024)
…226 (noting land can have multiple possessors). We are not persuaded by Alcoa's claim that failing to modify its general duty of care as a land possessor will lead to a drastic spike in lawsuits…
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Court case · Iowa Supreme Court · June 17, 2022 · in the opinion
Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2022)
…manufacturers started seeking bankruptcy protection. See Hanlon at 668 ("In the late 1980s, premises cases began to be brought against electric utilities, and in the 1990s they extended to other kinds of companies, including paper mills…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · June 6, 1995 · in the opinion
Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995)
…822 (1971); Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Mfg. Co., 313 U.S. 487, 61 S.Ct. 1020, 85 L.Ed. 1477 (1941); Clarin Corp. v. Massachusetts General Life Ins. Co., 44 F.3d 471, 474 (7th…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · July 31, 2002
In re Federal-Mogul Global, Inc. (2002)
Tens of thousands of people sued in state courts across the country, claiming that asbestos in friction products such as brake pads gave them or their relatives mesothelioma, lung, laryngeal or esophageal cancer, or asbestosis. They sued makers and…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 1996
Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996)
…appeals court affirmed the bench-trial judgment against Owens-Corning Fiberglass (OCF), including the $350,000 general damages award and the set-off ruling, and rejected the plaintiff's request for punitive damages under Ohio law.…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · May 8, 2017
Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017)
…52 and topic 40 (pre-1972 only) and denying the general dust and post-employment topics. Rule 30(b)(6) topics must be relevant and proportional; general 'dust' topics were cumulative of the asbestos-specific topics…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Workplace exposures and oesophageal cancer
…between 1979 and 1985. It compared 99 men with oesophageal cancer (63 with squamous cell carcinoma) with 1,066 controls: 533 men from the general population and 533 men with other cancers. Chemists and industrial hygienists…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Diet and other risk factors for laryngeal cancer in Shanghai, China
…box) in urban Shanghai, China. The authors interviewed 201 people newly diagnosed during 1988-1990 (177 men, 24 women) and 414 residents randomly selected from the general population (269 men, 145 women). Interviews covered smoking, drinking…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 12, 2010
McGUFFIE v. Mead Corp. (2010)
…for its subsidiary's acts absent alter-ego control or proof that it assumed a duty of workplace safety, and general safety oversight and correspondence do not show such an assumption. Premises Owner Liability; Successor Liability…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 16, 2013
Watts v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2013)
…fault law a proven co-obligor's virile share reduces the recoverable award. Awards of general damages are not disturbed absent an abuse of the jury's great discretion. Statute of Limitations; Employer and Contractor Liability…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Meta-Analysis of the Association between Asbestos Exposure and Esophageal Cancer
…ranges below are also 95% intervals). The authors described this as exposed participants being 1.28 times more likely to die from esophageal cancer than the general population. The pooled SMR was significantly raised for chrysotile…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Occupational exposures to asbestos, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and solvents, and cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx: a quantitative literature review
…risk. On the other hand, no association was found with exposure to solvents in general (meta-RR 0.98; 95% CI 0.77-1.23) but the strong heterogeneity between studies suggested differences in exposures. The…