53 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · January 9, 2020 · in the opinion
Shields v. General Electric Co. (2020)
MARTIN SHIELDS, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., etal. Civil Action No. 18-2421. January 9, 2020. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. MARTIN SHIELDS, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF DIANE L. SHIELDS, DECEASED AND MARTIN SHIELDS…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 24, 2024
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2024)
The Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment for General Electric against the estate of Carl Gay, and affirmed the denial of reconsideration, because GE was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity. A contractor operating a government-owned laboratory…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 25, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corp. (2021)
The court ruled on General Electric's summary judgment motion in a federal asbestos case, but the opinion contradicts itself: the reasoning finds the plaintiff failed to show enough exposure to GE products and says the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 15, 2023
Warrington v. 3M Company (2023)
The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment, dismissing all claims and crossclaims against GE with prejudice and ruling against plaintiffs Robert and Joan Warrington. Under maritime law, a plaintiff must show exposure to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
The district court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment because the plaintiff, executor of Carl Gay's estate, did not show he was exposed to asbestos from a GE product with enough frequency, regularity…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · May 10, 2022 · in the opinion
Rogers v. AO Smith Corp. (2022)
…i.e. that General Electric turbines required the incorporation of asbestos insulation. Like with CBS/Westinghouse, the Court will add that the evidence in this case reveals that the Navy's own MilSpecs required that all…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · February 15, 2022 · in the opinion
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2022)
Nevertheless, there are two exceptions to the general rule of nonliability—the \retained control' exception and the \peculiar risk' exception. Plaintiff argues that both exceptions apply, or at least that there are genuine disputes of material…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…from asbestos exposure. His work history included the Navy, the Air Force, General Electric, Stone and Webster, and automotive work. The claim against Yuba concerned his work from 1977 to 1981 on the construction of the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 26, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
Carl Gay developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in June 2019, and died in April 2020. His daughter, Allisa Gay, as executor of his estate, sued Gardner Denver and other manufacturers and distributors. She alleged he was exposed to asbestos in Gardner…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 26, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…was diagnosed in June 2019 and died in April 2020. His work history included the Navy, the Air Force, General Electric, Stone and Webster, and automotive work. The claim against Hunter Sales concerned gaskets at the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…law, a plaintiff must show exposure to the defendant's product and that it was a substantial factor in causing the injury. A general recollection of a product's name, its presence on a ship, or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · November 9, 2021
Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
Darlene Data sued many companies in her own right and as executrix of her husband Michael Data's estate. Mr. Data served in the Navy aboard the USS Newport News from 1969 to 1973. He later worked at Mesta Machine and then at the West Pittsburgh…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…Defendant's asbestos-containing products. On October 11, 2019, Defendant General Electric Co. filed a Notice of Removal to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania under 28 U.S.C. § 1446…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…cause), a plaintiff must produce specific evidence that the decedent inhaled asbestos fibers from the defendant's product. Evidence that the defendant sold asbestos-containing products in general does not meet that burden. Causation; Product Identification…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 27, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…Gay had served in the Navy, Air Force, at General Electric and at Stone & Webster, and had done automotive work. The estate claimed exposure to asbestos in Atwood valves aboard the submarine USS Seawolf and at…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 27, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…Mr. Gay had worked in the Navy, the Air Force, at General Electric and at Stone & Webster, and had done automotive work. The claim against Mueller Steam concerned 1974 to 1976, when he worked at the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 27, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…the 1940s and 1950s. His career included the Navy, Air Force, General Electric, Stone and Webster and automotive work. The court held that maritime law applied because the exposure occurred on naval vessels. It then reviewed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 26, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…He died in April 2020. He served in the Navy and Air Force and later worked for General Electric and Stone and Webster. He said he thought he remembered Durametallic gaskets or packing at Naval Air…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · June 6, 2023 · in the opinion
Smith v. Beckman Coulter, Inc. (2023)
…LLC, BURNHAM, LLC, CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, CRANE CO., DEMMING DIVISION, DICKINSON COLLEGE, FISHER SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL, INC., FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GOULDS PUMPS, INC., GRINNELL LLC, HARSCO INDUSTRIAL PATTERSON-KELLEY, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., ITT CORPORATION…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…to Defendants' asbestos-containing products. On October 11, 2019, Defendant General Electric Co. filed a Notice of Removal to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania under 28 U.S.C. § 1446…