156 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 8
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 10, 2025
Thibodeaux v. General Electric Company (2025)
Reed Thibodeaux and his wife, Cynthia Thibodeaux, sued General Electric Company and other defendants, including Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (Avondale). The case concerns Reed's employment-related asbestos exposure and his later mesothelioma diagnosis. Avondale asked the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 24, 2024
Jacob v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (2024)
…holding that General Electric's federal officer removal was timely and that the court had subject matter jurisdiction. A defendant's ability to remove under the federal officer removal statute does not depend on its acting…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · October 31, 2022
Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022)
The court denied the summary judgment motions of General Electric and ViacomCBS/Westinghouse, so the plaintiffs' claims against the two turbine manufacturers go forward. Under Air & Liquid Systems v. DeVries, a manufacturer may have a duty…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 25, 2022
Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric and Foster Wheeler because Roussell did not oppose the motions, and dismissed her claims against them with prejudice. A plaintiff who fails to oppose a summary judgment motion…
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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 · January 29, 2021
Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2021)
…court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment and reconsideration, finding disputed fact issues about whether the 1991 release covered future lung cancer and wrongful death claims, so the plaintiffs' claims against General Electric continue…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 22, 2021
Broussard v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2021)
The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiffs' claims against it with prejudice, and denied Uniroyal's motion for summary judgment on Huntington Ingalls' third-party claim. Under Louisiana law a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 16, 2020
Dempster v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2020)
The court granted Amchem's (joined by Foster Wheeler and General Electric) motion in limine and excluded Plaintiffs' Exhibit No. 1.157, the Welch Paper, and any reference to it at trial. Even assuming the Welch…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 21, 2024
Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
The court granted Avondale's motion and quashed the trial subpoenas that Plaintiffs and Defendants General Electric, Foster Wheeler and Paramount Global had directed to Avondale as a corporate entity. Rule 45 does not allow a…
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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 · May 3, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…However, other options did exist at that time. Q. Okay. But General Electric certainly knew that was one of the options that would be used on these turbines, was asbestos-containing insulation? A. I'm sure…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 20, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…when the family shared a home. Defendants Foster Wheeler, General Electric and ViacomCBS (Westinghouse) asked the court before trial to exclude part of the testimony of plaintiffs' two medical causation experts, Dr. Rodney Landreneau and Dr…
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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 · July 25, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
The court granted partial summary judgment for Westinghouse (ViacomCBS), General Electric and Foster Wheeler, dismissing the plaintiffs' intentional-tort and fraud claims, and dismissed the punitive-damages part of the motion as moot. Under Louisiana law…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 5, 2023
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023)
Felton Robichaux worked as an insulator and carpenter at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to 1979 and alleged he was exposed to asbestos there. He first sued in 1999 with thousands of other plaintiffs and settled with GE, IMO and Viacom. After he was…
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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 · September 28, 2022
Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2022)
The district court denied seven defendants' motions for summary judgment (Bayer CropScience, Swiftships, Foster Wheeler, General Electric, ViacomCBS, Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, Boland Marine), leaving the plaintiffs' claims for trial. Under Louisiana law, a plaintiff must show…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 21, 2020
Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020)
…Before trial, Avondale, Bossier and Lamorak, joined by Foster Wheeler and General Electric, asked the court to exclude evidence of asbestos-related illness, hearing loss and other ailments of non-parties and family members. Plaintiffs argued…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 15, 2024
Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
Terry Legendre worked for Avondale for about three months, from October 1967 to January 1968. He alleged exposure to asbestos there, both directly and through Avondale employees he socialized with. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2021…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 18, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
Callen Cortez sued several companies, including Huntington Ingalls (Avondale), Westinghouse, Foster Wheeler, General Electric, Goodrich, Amchem and the Hopeman interests, over his mesothelioma. He asked the federal district court in Louisiana for partial summary judgment on…