224 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 12
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · April 3, 2017
Woo v. General Electric Company (2017)
The Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment dismissal of the Woo Estate's claims against General Electric and remanded for trial, because fact issues existed on GE's duty to warn and on causation. A…
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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, Northern District of California · April 3, 2014
Whalen v. General Electric Corporation (2014)
The court denied General Dynamics' motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' strict products liability claim and denied its motion to strike the punitive damages prayer as moot, so the Whalens' claims proceeded. Under maritime law, a complaint…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 28, 2011
Vickroy v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2011)
…rejecting General Electric's federal officer removal for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction. A removing defendant under the federal officer statute must show it acted under a federal officer's direction and has a colorable…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · April 12, 2013
Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2013)
…keeping the case in federal court on General Electric's and Crane Company's federal officer removal. A government contractor may remove under the federal officer removal statute if it was acting under a federal agency…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 17, 2019
Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019)
…holding that General Electric and CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A boilerplate disclaimer of claims arising from federal officers' acts does not defeat federal officer removal where the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · June 24, 2015
Shearer v. AW Chesterton Company (2015)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric under the bare metal defense, and granted A.W. Chesterton's and Westinghouse's unopposed motions, against plaintiffs Shearer and his wife. Under maritime law, which governed work…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff's claims against GE with prejudice, finding the pre-1979 exposure claims time-barred and no sufficient evidence of later exposure to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 23, 2014
Laurent v. City of New Orleans (2014)
…M. Willett, USS Haas and USS Woodson. Laurent sued General Electric (GE) and CBS (formerly Westinghouse), among others, claiming they supplied the Navy with asbestos-containing turbines and equipment and failed to warn of the dangers…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · September 25, 2019
McClung v. 3M Company (2019)
The district court denied Plaintiff's objections, adopted the magistrate judge's recommendations as modified, found no personal jurisdiction over General Electric or Boeing, denied their motions to dismiss, and severed and transferred the claims against…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 20, 2015
Meyers v. Chesterton (2015)
Debra Meyers and Ronald Palermo, adult children of Ronald Dummitt, sued in Louisiana state court for his wrongful death from malignant mesothelioma. Dummitt worked as a Navy boiler technician from 1960 to 1988 on naval vessels, and the plaintiffs…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · January 10, 2012
Adams v. Armstrong International, Inc (2012)
…Circuit Court, finding General Electric had not shown federal officer removal jurisdiction. A defendant removing under the federal officer statute must show the federal government prevented it from complying with its state-law duty to warn;…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio · November 10, 2016
French v. AW Chesterton Company (2016)
…Ohio state court, saying his mesothelioma was caused by exposure to asbestos. General Electric and CBS Corporation (successor to Westinghouse) moved the case to federal court under the federal officer removal statute. At his deposition, Mr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 23, 2012
Najolia v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc. (2012)
…s motion to remand, holding that General Electric and CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant may remove under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 9, 2015
Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015)
Scott Laurent sued General Electric, CBS Corporation, Foster Wheeler and others in Louisiana state court for wrongful death and survival damages after the death of his father, Frederick Laurent, from mesothelioma in December 2013. The father…
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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, Southern District of Illinois · December 2, 2016
Perez v. Air and Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
The court granted General Electric's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction (without prejudice) and denied the motions by Air & Liquid Systems, Warren Pumps and John Crane to dismiss the loss of consortium count…