8 results for “General Electric”
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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, 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. District Court, Western District of Washington · June 10, 2019
Deem v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
Sherri Deem sued on her own behalf and for the estate of her husband, Thomas Deem, who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1974 to 1981 as an apprentice and journeyman outside machinist. The complaint alleged he was exposed to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 13, 2012 · in the opinion
Rabovsky v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2012)
…the order of November 1, 2011, denied Pennsylvania Electric's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. As a general rule, a magistrate judge cannot "determine" a motion for judgment on the pleadings. See 28 U.S…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · December 18, 2015 · in the opinion
May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2015)
…federal district court in Illinois that, applying maritime law, carved out an exception to what it called the "bare metal defense"\[13\]: In general, consistent with the bare metal defense, a manufacturer is not liable for…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 1, 2018 · in the opinion
Bucci v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2018)
…and right lungs, which has spread to his brain. He is alleged to have been exposed to asbestos from approximately 1975 through the 1980s while employed as a general utility mechanic, mechanic B, and heavy equipment…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 6, 2014 · in the opinion
McMann v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2014)
…In this way, the statute "promotes litigating federal defenses in a federal forum so that \the operations of the general government \[are not\] arrested at the will of one of \[the states\]." Ruppel v. CBS Corp…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · October 3, 2014 · in the opinion
May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…2d at 1369 ("\[t\]he rationale underpinning the general rule of strict liability is that it logically and fairly places the loss caused by a defective product on those who create the risk and reap the…