48 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 6, 2020
Rivera v. General Electric Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
The trial court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment on workers' compensation exclusivity grounds and, alternatively, on punitive damages, so plaintiffs' claims against GE proceed. Workers' compensation exclusivity bars only injuries arising from employment…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · June 9, 1999
Harder v. ACandS (1999)
The Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of summary judgment to General Electric, holding Iowa's statute of repose barred the Harders' claims against GE, and remanded for further proceedings. Under Iowa law, asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998
Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)
The federal district court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, holding that Iowa's fifteen-year statute of repose did not bar the Harders' claims against GE over asbestos insulation blankets. Under Iowa Code…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Oregon · February 2, 2018
Coury v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2018)
…keeping the case in federal court under the federal officer removal statute for General Electric and CBS. A settlement-related email from a plaintiff's side can be an "other paper" under 28 U.S.C…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · April 17, 2017
McClung v. 3M Company (2017)
The court severed the claims against General Electric and transferred them to the Southern District of West Virginia, granting General Electric's request and denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction as moot…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · September 24, 2010
Hagen v. Benjamin Foster Co. (2010)
…to remand to New Jersey state court, holding that defendants Foster Wheeler and General Electric properly removed under the federal officer removal statute. A defense is colorable for federal officer removal under 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · June 5, 2018
Turcotte v. 3M Company (2018)
…single injury, different states' laws cannot be applied defendant by defendant. Statute of Repose; Compensatory Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Choice of Law Worksites: construction project in Florida electrician; electrician construction project in Florida 1973
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · November 6, 2013
Cary v. 3M Company (2013)
Gloria Cary sued 3M Company and many other companies after her husband, Lawson Cary, Jr., died of mesothelioma. She alleged it came from asbestos in the defendants' products that he encountered during more than three decades of work at Hoechst…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · July 24, 2014
Haas v. 3M Company (2014)
…continued the case after his death. This opinion decided summary judgment motions by Boeing, General Electric and Goodyear. The court held that Boeing was protected by the government contractor defense, because the Air Force collaborated on…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · March 23, 1993
Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993)
…suppliers under comparative fault, and otherwise affirmed the judgment for the plaintiff estate. Punitive damages are not available in a general maritime law unseaworthiness action for the wrongful death of a seaman. Indemnity and contribution among…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota · December 1, 2022
Pyle v. AH Bennett Co. (2022)
Brian Pyle and Glenn Frericks filed separate federal lawsuits in North Dakota against many companies, alleging state-law claims arising from their occupational exposure to asbestos. The opinion does not name their diseases or describe where they…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 17, 2020
Rivera v. Meriden Molded Plastic (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…Product Identification; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: General Electric Schenectady Works; New York; General Electric, Schenectady, Schenectady apprentice and union electrician (IBEW Local 3) New York 1956-1975; electrician and elevator mechanic General Electric, Schenectady Schenectady…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · May 9, 2022 · in the opinion
Roemmich v. 3M Company (2022)
…SYSTEMS CORPORATION, as Successor by Merger to BUFFALO PUMPS, INC.; FRASER'S BOILER SERVICE, INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC., individually and as successor-in-interest to DE LAVAL TURBINE, INC.; INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY; ITT…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · January 5, 2010 · in the opinion
Downs v. 3M Company (2010)
…recently by the Supreme Court of Texas in a case involving a Maine resident plaintiff who sued General Electric and over twenty other companies—three of which were based in Texas and which were allegedly involved…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 29, 2018 · in the opinion
Leech v. 3M Company (2018)
…Martin James Dempsey, Jr., Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC. CBS Corporation, Successor by Merger to CBS, Corp a Pennsylvania Corp. & General Electric Company, Defendants, represented by John Joseph Hainkel, III, Frilot L.L.C., Angela M. Bowlin…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 2, 2004 · in the opinion
Torrejon v. Mobil Oil Co. (2004)
…Torrejon was uncertain as to the length of time he was there. • General Electric — worked on boilers and turbines and the heating and cooling system. • Colonial House (a hotel) in Las Vegas — 1959 to early 1960…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 4, 2013
Wilson v. 3M Company (2013)
…a jury must decide, so summary judgment cannot be granted on a motion where the court would have to weigh the testimony. Product Identification; Trial Procedure and Discovery electrician installing fire alarms, switches, and other fire…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 12, 2014 · in the opinion
Smith v. 3M Company (2014)
…him with the asbestos-insulated wires to which he was exposed. Mr. Smith worked as an electrician in the construction industry from 1959 through 2003. In or about March of 2013 he was diagnosed with mesothelioma…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · January 18, 2017 · in the opinion
Murray v. 3M Company (2017)
…Sugarman, Esq., [email protected] \Pneumo Abex LLC. \Armstrong International, Inc. \General Insulation Company, Matthew C. Oleyer, Esq., [email protected] \Pecora Corporation \Georgia Pacific LLC f/k/a Georgia-Pacific Corporation \Cyprus Amax Minerals Company…