12 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · July 15, 2009
Murphy v. General Electric Company (2009)
…court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand to state court, holding that General Electric and Buffalo Pumps could remove the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant can remove under 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · July 28, 2009
Kotecki v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009)
…motion to remand, keeping the case in federal court because Buffalo Pumps and General Electric showed a colorable federal officer (military contractor) defense. A defendant may remove under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · November 13, 2007
Contois v. Able Industries Inc. (2007)
The court denied the executrix's motion to remand, holding that Buffalo Pumps' removal was timely and that Buffalo Pumps and General Electric satisfied federal officer removal requirements, so the case stays in federal court. A…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · October 27, 2008
Carroll v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2008)
…Carrolls' motion to remand, holding that defendants Viad, General Electric and Buffalo Pumps properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant may remove under the federal officer statute, 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
Holdren v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009)
…Foster Wheeler, Viad, General Electric and Elliott Turbo Machinery) removed the case to federal court. They relied on the federal officer removal statute and the federal contractor defense, arguing the Navy would not have allowed asbestos…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008
Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008)
Vernon Braaten worked as a pipefitter on Navy ships from 1967 until 2002 and was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2003. He sued makers of pumps and valves (Buffalo Pumps, IMO as successor to DeLaval, Crane and Yarway), claiming they failed to warn of…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 25, 2009 · in the opinion
Campbell v. American Standard, Inc. (2009)
…difficult if not impossible, is irrelevant to the determination whether the forum is suitable unless \the alternative forum provides no remedy at all.' \[Citations.\]" (Guimei v. General Electric Co. (2009) 172 Cal.App.4th 689, 696.)…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · September 18, 2008 · in the opinion
Pantalone v. Aurora Pump Co. (2008)
…and which were purportedly critical to the removal determination), Buffalo Pumps instead proffered its factual basis for removal in broad, general terms. According to the notice, Buffalo Pumps had satisfied the statutory requirements for removal during…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · April 7, 2008 · in the opinion
O'connell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2008)
…information. The Navy specifications for these manuals contained detailed direction as to the kinds of information to be included.... The Navy relied on its training and procedures regarding general shipboard safety hazards, such as asbestos. The…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · November 24, 2008 · in the opinion
Cunningham v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2008)
…booster pumps, the bilge pumps, and fire and flushing pumps. Cunningham would have had technical manuals for such products available. In general, the manufacturers would provide their equipment to the shipyard, which would assemble, install, and…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 1, 2009 · in the opinion
Handley v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2009)
…purpose of judicial construction of a statute is to determine the meaning that comports most closely with the intent of the Legislature "\with the view to promoting rather than defeating the general purpose of the statute…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 5, 2006 · in the opinion
Dankenbrink v. Foster Wheeler (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2006)
…products during overlapping periods of time from the 1940's to the 1990's so that the state of the art testimony and other expert testimony in a general way will be substantially common to all…