98 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 5
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · October 22, 2010
Faddish v. General Electric Co. (2010)
…magistrate panel's finding that a genuine factual dispute existed on product identification, but granted General Electric summary judgment on the government contractor defense, so the plaintiff lost her failure-to-warn claim against GE. The…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · January 29, 2013
Cardaro v. General Electric Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (VI), 2013)
The court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, holding the Louisiana statute of repose did not bar the Cardaros' failure-to-warn claims and that a fact question remained, so the Cardaros prevailed on…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 19, 2015
Wygant v. General Electric Company (2015)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's judgment on the pleadings for General Electric, Hunter Sales and Reading Crane, holding the administratrix's wrongful death action was time-barred. After Neiman struck down Act 152…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric, Crane, Foster Wheeler, Warren Pumps, IMO Industries, Buffalo Pumps, Armstrong International and CBS, and denied the plaintiffs relief on their strict liability and negligence claims. Under maritime law…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 8, 2014
Krauss v. Trane US Inc. (2014)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's summary judgment for General Electric, Georgia-Pacific, CBS/Westinghouse, Goulds Pumps, Zurn Industries and Trane (American Standard), and the executrix lost. A plaintiff must produce evidence that the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 22, 2011
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011)
Four consolidated asbestos cases in the federal asbestos MDL in Pennsylvania involved Navy veterans or a shipyard worker who developed mesothelioma. Robert Conner, James Prange and James Stone served at sea on Navy ships as a machinist's mate and…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · June 3, 2011
Rabatin v. Allied Glove Corp. (2011)
The Superior Court affirmed summary judgment for General Electric, holding the 12-year statute of repose in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5536 barred the estate's claims over asbestos-insulated turbines, and Rabatin, executor of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 25, 2018
Kraus v. Alcatel-Lucent (2018)
… Government Contractor Defense and Removal; Venue, Removal and Transfer Worksites: General Electric building, 32nd and Chestnut Streets; U.S.S. Cambria; General Electric; office building at 32nd and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia electronics officer and subsequently communications…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012
Donn v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2012)
The district court denied the motion of CBS Corporation and General Electric to dismiss plaintiff Alan Donn's asbestos failure-to-warn claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, rejecting their preemption and political question arguments…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · September 24, 2010
Hagen v. Benjamin Foster Co. (2010)
…to remand to New Jersey state court, holding that defendants Foster Wheeler and General Electric properly removed under the federal officer removal statute. A defense is colorable for federal officer removal under 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 19, 2014
Rost v. Ford Motor Company (2014)
Richard Rost and his wife Joyce sued Ford Motor Company and other defendants, alleging that asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. All defendants except Ford settled before trial. Rost testified that in 1950 he worked for several months at a…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · October 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Haldaman v. Eaton Corporation (2014)
…Gregg, supra. Plaintiff identified CBS Corporation, Eaton Corporation and General Electric Company as manufacturing asbestos containing brakes. With regard to CBS, Plaintiff fails to provide evidence her husband was frequently and regularly in proximity to others…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 1, 2012
Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2012)
Sally Gros Vedros sued CBS, Foster Wheeler and General Electric in Louisiana state court, alleging that she and her father were exposed to asbestos from boilers and turbines the companies supplied to vessels built at Avondale…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · June 28, 2017
Herman v. Ametek (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI), 2017)
Maynard Herman and his wife Irene sued Ametek, Inc. and other companies in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. They alleged that Mr. Herman's work exposed him to asbestos and that he developed mesothelioma. Defendants removed the case to federal…
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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 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, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 17, 2011 · in the opinion
Kiser v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011)
…Plaintiff argues that either Virginia's General Assembly was aware of what Plaintiff sees as a national trend in favor of adoption of the separate disease rule and embodied this trend when it amended Virginia's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 16, 2011
Kiser v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011)
Phyllis Kiser, as executor of her husband Orvin Kiser, Sr.'s estate, brought a wrongful death suit in October 2010 against a group of companies whose asbestos-containing products were alleged to have caused his mesothelioma. He was diagnosed with…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · September 16, 2016
George v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
…County state court. Even assuming consent-by-registration survives Daimler, Pennsylvania's registration statute limits general jurisdiction to acts occurring during the period of registration, so a registration that began after the alleged injury does not…