17 results for “General Electric”
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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 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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · August 31, 2009 · in the opinion
Funk v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2009)
…Foster Wheeler Energy Corp.; FXY, Inc.; Gardner Denver, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; General Electric Co.; General Gasket Corp.; General Refractories Co.; Genuine Parts Co.; Georgia-Pacific, LLC; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Gorman-Rupp Co.; Goulds Pumps, Inc.…
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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 · 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, Northern District of New York · June 18, 2010
Gennone v. AJ Eckert Company, Inc. (2010)
…judgment to Detroit Diesel Corporation and dismissed the plaintiffs' claims against it with prejudice, ruling it was not a successor to General Motors' liability; the plaintiffs lost. A corporation that buys another's assets is not…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · February 1, 2011
Cone v. Agco Corp. (2011)
…trial. It argued first that it could not be liable for engines made before 1988, when it bought assets from a General Motors division. It argued second that it made no asbestos products after 1988. The…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 25, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
…judgment is disfavored when issues of intent or state of mind are involved, plaintiffs fail to consider that this is a general rule. The rule does not preclude this Court from evaluating the merits of such…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 30, 2023 · in the opinion
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
…Expert testimony is required to establish causation, and a court may admit specific-causation evidence only after the plaintiff has produced admissible evidence on general causation. Id. To show specific causation in a toxic tort case…