14 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 24, 2024
Legendre v. Louisiana Ins. Guaranty Association (2024)
…s work at Johns-Manville. Before a trial set for May 6, 2024, two motions challenged expert testimony. The defendants (including General Electric, Foster Wheeler, Uniroyal and Taylor-Seidenbach) argued that Legendre's experts, Dr. Kraus…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 25, 2022
Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022)
…Marie Falgout. The opinion does not name her disease. Avondale brought a third-party complaint against Foster Wheeler, General Electric (GE) and Amchem, seeking their share of any amounts it might owe the plaintiffs. Mr. Falgout…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 20, 2024
Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
Survivors of Roseanna Matherne sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) and other companies, alleging she developed mesothelioma from asbestos carried home on the clothes of her husband, who worked at Avondale Shipyard. She was diagnosed around December…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
…or supplying an asbestos-containing product. Nonetheless, plaintiffs argue that General Electric can be held liable for its failure to warn of the dangers associated with asbestos insulation. According to plaintiffs, defendant was aware that asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 22, 2020
Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020)
Cary Gomez sued Aardvark Contractors, the Jefferson Parish School Board, Huntington Ingalls (Avondale), and several equipment makers. He alleged asbestos exposure first through his father's work at Avondale Shipyards in the 1960s and later through…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 3, 2024
Ditcharo v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (2024)
Anthony Ditcharo sued several former employers in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court. He said he was exposed to asbestos at worksites in Louisiana and developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in August 2022. He died in January 2023, and his wife and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of the Virgin Islands · July 14, 2023
Susino EX rel. Estate OF Decedent Susino v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2023)
Carmela Susino sued on her own behalf and for the estate of her father, Luciano Susino, in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. She brought wrongful death and survival claims against Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), the Hess companies and many…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · September 16, 2021 · in the opinion
Phelps v. CBS Corporation (2021)
…Asbestos Containing Products, including Foster Wheeler boilers, Crane valves, pumps and gaskets, General Electric Turbines, and Westinghouse turbines, in the boiler rooms and engineering spaces on various ships, including the U.S.S. Constellation and in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · October 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Spurlin v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021)
…detailed in his report that General Specifications for Machinery "required manufacturers to provide installation, operation and maintenance instructions as well as \safety precautions' as an essential part of Instruction Books for machinery and electrical equipment." (Doc…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · July 19, 2021
Cahill Construction Company v. Superior Court of Alameda County (2021)
…the petition. It held the statute's language and legislative history set a firm cap that courts cannot exceed, including through the general protective-order statute. It also found no as-applied due process violation, because…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · May 7, 2021 · in the opinion
Spurlin v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021)
…be contrary to the command for uniformity between rules governing the same injury, whether under the Jones Act or under the general maritime law. See id. There being no evidence that punitive damages were traditionally awarded…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · September 26, 2024 · in the opinion
Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2024)
…claims specifically—the claims at issue here. (Dkt. No. 139 at 13.) Thus, Plaintiffs fail to establish that the relief sought has been historically available under general maritime law. See Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., No…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 2, 2023 · in the opinion
Everett v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (2023)
…argument that the Everetts had failed to provide any proof as to specific causation, although they conceded that Dr. Larned's deposition testimony potentially spoke to the issue of general causation. Also on April 12, 2022…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 18, 2021 · in the opinion
Cox v. Foster Wheeler (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2021)
…6); 3) incorrectly interpreting "the narrow exception to maritime law's general rule that an equipment manufacturer is not liable for an injury caused by a third-party product used with its equipment" (id. at 7…