75 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 4
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · March 11, 2021
Sebright v. General Electric Co. (2021)
…Navy sailor. A plaintiff must also show that a defendant's specific product contained asbestos, and loss of consortium and parental society claims are not available under general maritime law in this circuit. Causation; Product Identification;…
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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, 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, 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, Northern District of California · July 7, 2022
Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (2022)
The court granted General Electric and ViacomCBS's motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims for punitive damages and loss of consortium damages under general maritime law, but denied it as to the California negligence and strict…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · March 28, 2022
Pritt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
The court denied General Electric's motion to exclude plaintiffs' industrial hygiene expert Dr. Tsai and denied as moot its motion to exclude Capt. Burger. It granted GE summary judgment on the Navy-service claims, denied…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · March 31, 2025
Losurdo v. Viacomcbs Inc. (2025)
Sandra Losurdo, as administratrix of the estate of her husband William Losurdo, and two other family members sued General Electric and Westinghouse (now Paramount Global). William Losurdo died of mesothelioma in January 2022. He served in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 11, 2022
Shelton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
…duration, proximity) to each defendant's products, by a qualitative or quantitative method, rather than relying on product presence and general causation principles. Causation; Expert Testimony; Maritime Law and Navy Ships; Choice of Law Worksites: USS…
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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 · 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, Northern District of California · September 15, 2021
Shelton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021)
Frank Shelton, Jr. and Jennifer Schuyler sued dozens of companies, alleging that Shelton developed malignant mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during Navy service from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He worked as a Machinist Mate aboard the USS…
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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. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · July 16, 2020
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2020)
Charles Corley and his wife Myra sued dozens of companies that allegedly supplied asbestos-containing products that caused his malignant mesothelioma. The opinion says he used the products in the Navy and later as a self-employed mechanic and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · August 14, 2020
Hailey v. Air and Liquid Systems Corporation (2020)
The estate and family of Charles Anthony Shockley sued several equipment makers after he died of pleural mesothelioma in January 2016. Mr. Shockley served in the Navy from 1968 to 1972 as a machinist mate on the destroyer USS Henderson, working…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2021
Pizarro v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (2021)
Renato Pizarro and his wife sued NASSCO, Pep Boys and other companies, alleging his mesothelioma came from asbestos exposure. The opinion describes two sources. One was the Navy overhaul of the USS Bristol County, where plaintiffs say NASSCO removed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 12, 2020
Pizarro v. Astra Flooring Company (2020)
Renato Pizarro alleged he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a mechanic aboard Navy ships from 1975 to 1998. He and his wife Mercedita sued a number of companies in California state court, including National Steel and…
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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 · 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…