2,941 results for “General Electric”, page 10 of 148
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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 Pennsylvania · July 21, 2011
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011)
Four consolidated asbestos cases in the federal MDL-875 docket involved Navy-related mesothelioma. Robert Conner, James Prange and James Stone served aboard Navy ships, working with engine rooms, fire rooms and boilers. Hiram Peavy worked as a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 18, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
Callen Cortez sued several companies, including Huntington Ingalls (Avondale), Westinghouse, Foster Wheeler, General Electric, Goodrich, Amchem and the Hopeman interests, over his mesothelioma. He asked the federal district court in Louisiana for partial summary judgment on…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · May 28, 2008
Williams v. American Optical Corporation (2008)
A group of Florida plaintiffs, including a personal representative for Wayne Smith, sued American Optical and other companies for asbestosis, which is lung disease and pleural thickening from asbestos exposure. They filed suit before Florida's 2005…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…law, a plaintiff must show exposure to the defendant's product and that it was a substantial factor in causing the injury. A general recollection of a product's name, its presence on a ship, or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 3, 2019
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
Debbie Viale and Amber Jacobs sued Air & Liquid Systems (successor to Buffalo Pumps), Foster Wheeler, GE, Calaveras and other companies in California state court. They alleged Ronald Viale developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure at several…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · May 5, 2016
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
Charles Arbogast, Jr., and his wife Barbara sued twenty-seven companies, alleging that as manufacturers or distributors of various products they exposed him to asbestos and caused his mesothelioma. The complaint raised strict liability, negligence,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 23, 2020
Dempster v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2020)
The court granted the motion in limine by Avondale, Bossier and Lamorak (joined by Foster Wheeler and General Electric), excluding evidence of Avondale accidents and regulatory citations unrelated to asbestos exposure; the plaintiffs lost this ruling…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · June 22, 2017
Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2017)
Joseph Morris worked as a shipbuilder at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland from 1948 into the 1970s and died of mesothelioma in 2015. His wife, children and the representative of his estate sued Foster Wheeler and other…
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Court case · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · July 15, 2014
Estate OF Gregovich v. Auer Steel & Heating Supply (2014)
George Gregovich alleged that asbestos from products made or supplied by sixteen defendants caused his mesothelioma. He died about eighteen months after filing suit, and his estate and a guardian of his person and estate continued the case. The…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 15, 2021
Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2021)
Paul Hotard sued Avondale Industries and other companies in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. He alleges that he was exposed to asbestos while working at Avondale's shipyard in the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · May 13, 2019
Rogers v. Nosroc Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Steinaker, Norfolk; DuPont Seaford plant, Seaford machinist mate USS Moale Newport 1966-1967; machinist mate performing pump maintenance USS Steinaker Norfolk 1967-1970; housekeeping DuPont Seaford plant Seaford 1966, 1970-1973; general construction, builder 1973 onward
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · October 22, 2021
Lindsey v. Dow Chemical Company (2021)
Kris Lindsey, a Florida citizen diagnosed with mesothelioma in September 2020, sued twelve companies in a St. Louis state court. His amended petition alleged he was exposed to asbestos from Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder, used on him as an infant and…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · November 22, 1999
Miller v. Foster Wheeler Co. (1999)
Creighton Miller, as administrator of the estates of seamen William Blecker and Willie Holmes, sued a large group of manufacturers and shipping companies. Blecker was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 1989 and died in October 1992. Holmes was…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · May 21, 2019
Viale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2019)
Debbie Viale, individually and as representative of the estate of Ronald Viale, and Amber Jacobs sued many companies, alleging that Mr. Viale was exposed to asbestos and asbestos-containing products at various work sites and developed mesothelioma,…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · July 16, 2020
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2020)
Charles Corley and his wife Myra sued dozens of companies that allegedly supplied asbestos-containing products that caused his malignant mesothelioma. The opinion says he used the products in the Navy and later as a self-employed mechanic and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · June 3, 2011
Wingfield v. John Crane (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI), 2011)
The court granted the Moving Defendants' motion (John Crane, Warren Pumps, General Electric, Georgia-Pacific and Crane Co.) to exclude Emmett Wingfield's videotaped deposition, a ruling against the plaintiff. Under Federal Rule of Evidence 804…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 18, 2016
Oliver v. Campbell McCORMICK, Inc. (2016)
…1972 to 1978. Campbell-McCormick brought in third-party defendants for contribution, and General Electric removed the case to federal court, relying on the government contractor defense and the federal officer removal statute. Oliver asked the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · October 3, 2017
Devries v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2017)
Roberta Devries and Shirley McAfee, widows of two deceased Navy veterans, sued several equipment manufacturers in Pennsylvania state court. They alleged their husbands contracted cancer from asbestos exposure on Navy ships, and in McAfee's case the…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · March 19, 2019
Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries (2019)
…Foster Wheeler, Ingersoll Rand, General Electric) and sent the case back so the District Court could reconsider under the Court's own duty-to-warn test, which favored the veterans' families. In maritime tort law, a…