22 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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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, 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, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 21, 2011
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011)
Four consolidated asbestos cases in the federal MDL-875 docket involved Navy-related mesothelioma. Robert Conner, James Prange and James Stone served aboard Navy ships, working with engine rooms, fire rooms and boilers. Hiram Peavy worked as a…
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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 · 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 · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · February 11, 2021 · in the opinion
Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…DORR-OLIVER BOILER COMPANY; FLSMIDTH, INC., FMC CORPORATION, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, FOSTER WHEELER LLC, GARDNER DENVER, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GENUINE PARTS COMPANY, GOULD ELECTRONICS, INC., GREENE TWEED & COMPANY, GOULDS PUMPS, LLC, GRINNELL, LLC, GUARD LINE…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · May 22, 2013 · in the opinion
Sweredoski v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2013)
…Rule 15(a)\] is exemplified' by the words \and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.'" Harodite Industries, Inc. v. Warren Electric Corp., 24 A.3d 514, 530 (R.I. 2011) (quoting Medeiros v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · April 21, 2017
MacCormack v. the Adel Wiggins Group (2017)
…on reconsideration, found it lacked general or specific personal jurisdiction over CBS in Missouri, a loss for the plaintiffs. Missouri's foreign corporation registration statute does not constitute consent to general personal jurisdiction, per State ex…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · March 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Farrow v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2014)
…Technologies, L.L.C. (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Garlock, Inc.); General Motors Corporation (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Harrison Thermal System and Harrison Radiator); Goulds Pumps, Inc.; Hardie-Tynes…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 5, 2009 · in the opinion
Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
…address the standards pertaining to relation back, and then proceed to apply those standards to the case before us. Relation Back in General Relation back is governed by Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c) which provides…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 15, 2013 · in the opinion
Sweredoski v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2013)
…recognizing that "evidence of settlement negotiations is generally inadmissible under \[Rule 408\] as irrelevant and contrary to public policy"). However, the discoverability of settlement information is governed by our state's general discovery rule, Super. R…