18 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 12, 2013
Walker v. Abb, Inc. (2013)
…diligence, the limitations period, delay, promptness and prejudice. The NYCAL case management order's amendment provision does not cure defective service on a party already named. Statute of Limitations; Personal Jurisdiction; Trial Procedure and Discovery electrician
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
William Bell served in the Navy in the 1960s as an engineman, machinery repairman and machinist mate and was exposed to asbestos, mostly on four ships. He was later diagnosed with mesothelioma in Louisiana in 2015 and died. His brother John Bell, a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · January 26, 2021
Behrmann v. Abb, Inc. (2021)
…Island shipyard; Todd Shipyards; Lockheed Shipyard, Seattle; Todd Shipyard, Seattle; U.S. Navy journeyman electrician, later supervisor Lockheed Shipyard Seattle 1962-1988; worked at shipyard Todd Shipyard Seattle; electrician's mate U.S. Navy 1958-1962
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…judgment to General Electric, Crane, Air & Liquid Systems (Buffalo), Aurora Pump, Atwood & Morrill, CBS, IMO Industries and Warren Pumps. Under the court's narrowed bare metal defense, a component maker can be liable under general maritime…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…leaving in place its exclusion of their experts' specific causation opinions, and clarified what the experts may say at trial. Under general maritime law, an expert's specific causation opinion in a multi-defendant mesothelioma case…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…Graham and Dr. Taragin may give general causation testimony but not specific causation opinions that the defendants' products did not cause Mr. Bell's mesothelioma. A "one-size-fits-all" specific causation opinion that draws no…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 13, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
William Bell served in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s as an engineman, machinery repairman and machinist mate and was regularly exposed to asbestos. Most exposure was on four ships, where maritime law was already settled as governing. He also claimed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…DOHSA does not bar a survival action, which proceeds under general maritime law. Under general maritime law a seaman's survivors may recover only pecuniary losses, but pre-death pain and suffering is treated as pecuniary…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 12, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
William Bell and other plaintiffs sued Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. and a number of other companies in federal court in Louisiana. Mr. Bell died of mesothelioma during the case. Before the court was the defendants' motion to strike witnesses from the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 6, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
…denied in part the defendants' motions in limine: it excluded the plaintiffs' experts' specific causation opinions as unreliable but allowed them to testify on Mr. Bell's mesothelioma and general causation, and refused to strike Dr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 11, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
William C. Bell and other plaintiffs sued Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. and a group of pump and valve companies in federal court in Louisiana. The case concerns asbestos exposure and mesothelioma; the opinion refers to Mr. Bell's work on a ship and to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 4, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
William Bell served in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s as an engineman, machinery repairman and machinist mate. The opinion says he was exposed to asbestos on four ships and while training at a Navy facility in Idaho. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 18, 2016
Oliver v. Campbell McCORMICK, Inc. (2016)
…1972 to 1978. Campbell-McCormick brought in third-party defendants for contribution, and General Electric removed the case to federal court, relying on the government contractor defense and the federal officer removal statute. Oliver asked the…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · August 3, 2012
Walker v. Abb, Inc. (2012)
…discovery, such as sales records and details of a sale of its division, that could bear on whether its products were a source of exposure. Product Identification; Successor Liability; Trial Procedure and Discovery electrician 1952-1987
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 17, 2021 · in the opinion
Backer v. Abb, Inc. (2021)
…SPEYER PROPERTIES, INC., UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, WARD LEONARD ELECTRIC CO., WARREN PUMPS LLC, WEIL McLAIN, WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, WILLIAM POWELL COMPANY (THE), YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, GENERAL RAILWAY SIGNAL COMPANY, GEORGE A. FULLER COMPANY, GIAMBOI AND SONS, INC…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · April 12, 2017 · in the opinion
Carroll v. Abb, Inc. (2017)
…motion for summary judgment (dkt. \#253) is DENIED. 3) Plaintiff Patricia Carroll's motion to strike (dkt. \#403) is DENIED AS MOOT. 4) Defendants General Electric Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and FMC Corporation are DISMISSED…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 18, 2017 · in the opinion
Macaluso v. A.O. Smith Corp. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…rock, floor tiles, and electrical equipment), and also while employed as a plumber's helper (from boilers and boiler insulation) during the period 1972 to 1982. Eugene Story-(deceased) Was exposed to Asbestos dust from valves…