24 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 2, 2017
Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017)
Joseph Savoie sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working at the Avondale shipyard (now Huntington Ingalls) in various positions from about 1948 to 1996. He said he was exposed daily at the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 24, 2024
Legendre v. Louisiana Ins. Guaranty Association (2024)
…s work at Johns-Manville. Before a trial set for May 6, 2024, two motions challenged expert testimony. The defendants (including General Electric, Foster Wheeler, Uniroyal and Taylor-Seidenbach) argued that Legendre's experts, Dr. Kraus…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 24, 2014
Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014)
…Pennsylvania and returned to the Eastern District of Louisiana. After the court dismissed all claims against General Electric and Foster-Wheeler and the turbine claims against Westinghouse, the plaintiffs asked to send the case back to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 15, 2024
Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
Terry Legendre worked for Avondale for about three months, from October 1967 to January 1968. He alleged exposure to asbestos there, both directly and through Avondale employees he socialized with. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2021…
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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. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 17, 2016
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now part of Mosaic Global Holdings, and that it caused…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 26, 2016
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now Mosaic's predecessor. He alleged this caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer, or mesothelioma, first…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued his former employer, Freeport Sulphur Company (whose successor is Mosaic), along with makers and distributors of asbestos-containing products and related insurers. He alleged that daily asbestos exposure at work caused lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 8, 2024
Constanza v. Sparta Insurance Company (2024)
Erica Dandry Constanza and Monica Dandry Haller sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls), Hopeman Brothers and other companies in Louisiana state court. They said Michael P. Dandry, Jr. was exposed to asbestos while working at Avondale for about two and a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court in New Orleans. He alleged daily asbestos exposure while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, a predecessor of defendant Mosaic. He also sued makers and…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 17, 2010 · in the opinion
Pichon v. Asbestos Defendants (2010)
…the theory of successor liability for any damages resulting from Mr. Pichon's pre-1988 exposure to asbestos-containing products manufactured and/or sold by General Motors \["GM"\]? (2) Did the trial court err by determining…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 16, 2023 · in the opinion
Hutchins v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023)
…454-6, at 14). Though both experts opined that, in general, Mr. Hutchins's work on steamships exposed him to asbestos enough to be a substantial factor in bringing about his mesothelioma, neither expert established significant…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 15, 2014 · in the opinion
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
MICHAEL COMARDELLE, v. PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., Section I. Civil Action No. 13-6555. December 15, 2014. United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana. ORDER AND REASONS LANCE M. AFRICK, District Judge. Before the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 29, 2015
Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015)
…of asbestos knowledge, the Walsh-Healey Act, specific risk percentages, life expectancy, and general symptoms and quality of life, plus an unlisted 1956 article. It also struck his rebuttal report to Dr. Stockman. It kept the…
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Court case · Delaware Court of Chancery · October 14, 2009 · in the opinion
Viking Pump, Inc. v. Century Indemnity Company (2009)
§ 35:7 (noting that the "the great majority of courts adhere to the rule that general stipulations in policies prohibiting assignments thereof except with the consent of the insurer apply only to assignments before loss, and…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 22, 2016 · in the opinion
Boudreaux v. Bollinger Shipyard (2016)
…It is well-established that the trial court is afforded wide discretion in determining [\771] whether expert testimony should be admitted and who should or should not be qualified as an expert. See General Elec. Co…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 15, 2017 · in the opinion
Mayeaux v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc. (2017)
…or to comprehensive and detailed regulations."\[33\] Plaintiff contends that establishing that the relevant acts occurred under the "general auspices" of federal direction is insufficient to warrant removal under Section 1442(a)(1).\[34\] Plaintiff argues…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · July 21, 2010 · in the opinion
Marchand v. Asbestos Defendants (2010)
…s executive officers and Continental Insurance Company (Continental) as the successor by merger to Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York (Fidelity), in its capacity as the general liability carrier of Pendleton. On January 14, 2010…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey · January 26, 2007 · in the opinion
In re Congoleum Corp. (2007)
…of asbestos claims including: (i) all of the Debtors' interest in asbestos insurance coverage provided in their general liability insurance (ii) 3,800,000 new shares of Congoleum Class A common stock (but only if the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · May 11, 2023 · in the opinion
Gea Mechanical Equipment US, Inc. v. First State Insurance Company (2023)
…June 24, 2019) (the "Thornton Action"). Defendants, or their predecessors, issued certain primary or excess general liability policies (the "Policies") to GEA Mechanical's predecessor, Centrico, Inc. ("Centrico"),\[2\] covering various periods from May 15, 1979…