46 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · July 15, 2009
Murphy v. General Electric Company (2009)
…court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand to state court, holding that General Electric and Buffalo Pumps could remove the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant can remove under 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 22, 2010
Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010)
…Garlock, CBS/Westinghouse, General Electric and Union Carbide (no proof of exposure to their asbestos products), against the estate's executor. To survive summary judgment, a plaintiff must present evidence that the defendant's asbestos-containing…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric, Crane, Foster Wheeler, Warren Pumps, IMO Industries, Buffalo Pumps, Armstrong International and CBS, and denied the plaintiffs relief on their strict liability and negligence claims. Under maritime law…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 22, 2011
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011)
Four consolidated asbestos cases in the federal asbestos MDL in Pennsylvania involved Navy veterans or a shipyard worker who developed mesothelioma. Robert Conner, James Prange and James Stone served at sea on Navy ships as a machinist's mate and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · July 28, 2009
Kotecki v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009)
…motion to remand, keeping the case in federal court because Buffalo Pumps and General Electric showed a colorable federal officer (military contractor) defense. A defendant may remove under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming · April 7, 2014 · in the opinion
Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2014)
"Under general conflict of laws principles, where the laws of the two jurisdictions would produce the same result on the particular issue presented, there is a \false conflict,' and the \[c\]ourt should avoid the choice…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · April 27, 2011
Hopkins v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2011)
…is for trial only and the actions remain separate. Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Mobil Oil; Tucson Gas & Electric laborer and maintenance worker Mobil Oil 1946-1981; laborer and maintenance worker Tucson Gas & Electric 1946-1981
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · November 13, 2007
Contois v. Able Industries Inc. (2007)
The court denied the executrix's motion to remand, holding that Buffalo Pumps' removal was timely and that Buffalo Pumps and General Electric satisfied federal officer removal requirements, so the case stays in federal court. A…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · April 9, 2015
Thomasson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2015)
…Trane, FMC, General Electric, Foster Wheeler and CBS) against plaintiff Claire Thomasson, and denied MetLife's motion to dismiss without prejudice while allowing 45 days of added discovery. To recover in an asbestos case under New…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 18, 2021
Kriz v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2021)
The court granted the ten unopposed summary judgment motions of Eaton Hydraulics, Riley Power, Foster Wheeler, ViacomCBS, General Electric, Spence Engineering, GEA Mechanical, FMC, Velan Valve and Neles-Jamesbury, and denied the motions of Fisher Scientific…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · October 27, 2008
Carroll v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2008)
…Carrolls' motion to remand, holding that defendants Viad, General Electric and Buffalo Pumps properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant may remove under the federal officer statute, 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
Holdren v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009)
…Foster Wheeler, Viad, General Electric and Elliott Turbo Machinery) removed the case to federal court. They relied on the federal officer removal statute and the federal contractor defense, arguing the Navy would not have allowed asbestos…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008
Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008)
Vernon Braaten worked as a pipefitter on Navy ships from 1967 until 2002 and was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2003. He sued makers of pumps and valves (Buffalo Pumps, IMO as successor to DeLaval, Crane and Yarway), claiming they failed to warn of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming · April 7, 2014
Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014)
The district court granted summary judgment to Gardner Denver, Bechtel, FMC, CBS (Westinghouse's successor) and General Electric, ruling against the estate of H. Paul Johnson, because no evidence tied any of their asbestos to him…
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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 · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · July 15, 2014
Estate OF Gregovich v. Auer Steel & Heating Supply (2014)
George Gregovich alleged that asbestos from products made or supplied by sixteen defendants caused his mesothelioma. He died about eighteen months after filing suit, and his estate and a guardian of his person and estate continued the case. The…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 22, 2020
Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020)
Cary Gomez sued Aardvark Contractors, the Jefferson Parish School Board, Huntington Ingalls (Avondale), and several equipment makers. He alleged asbestos exposure first through his father's work at Avondale Shipyards in the 1960s and later through…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 29, 2011
Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
The executor of Charles Corley's estate sued a group of companies in Alabama state court under the Alabama Wrongful Death Act. Mr. Corley had died of mesothelioma in October 2009. The case was removed to federal court and then sent to the asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2021
Pizarro v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (2021)
Renato Pizarro and his wife sued NASSCO, Pep Boys and other companies, alleging his mesothelioma came from asbestos exposure. The opinion describes two sources. One was the Navy overhaul of the USS Bristol County, where plaintiffs say NASSCO removed…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 3, 2013
Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2013)
…D. Roosevelt electrical engineer 1950s-1980s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1940s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy USS Chicago 1940s; insulator 1950s-1990s; general laborer, bus…