13 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · April 17, 2017
McClung v. 3M Company (2017)
The court severed the claims against General Electric and transferred them to the Southern District of West Virginia, granting General Electric's request and denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction as moot…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · June 30, 2011
Sublett v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2011)
…finding General Electric had not established federal officer removal jurisdiction. A removing defendant must show the Navy prevented it from complying with state-law warning duties to establish federal officer jurisdiction and the government contractor defense…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · October 3, 2017
Devries v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2017)
Roberta Devries and Shirley McAfee, widows of two deceased Navy veterans, sued several equipment manufacturers in Pennsylvania state court. They alleged their husbands contracted cancer from asbestos exposure on Navy ships, and in McAfee's case the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 17, 2011 · in the opinion
Kiser v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011)
…Plaintiff argues that either Virginia's General Assembly was aware of what Plaintiff sees as a national trend in favor of adoption of the separate disease rule and embodied this trend when it amended Virginia's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · March 16, 2011
Kiser v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011)
Phyllis Kiser, as executor of her husband Orvin Kiser, Sr.'s estate, brought a wrongful death suit in October 2010 against a group of companies whose asbestos-containing products were alleged to have caused his mesothelioma. He was diagnosed with…
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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, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 8, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022)
…Yes. Westinghouse and General Electric Turbines.\[38\] Plaintiffs also offer the following testimony to show that Cortez worked on Westinghouse turbines and handled asbestos gaskets while working on the turbine's flanges: Q. You talked about…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · September 6, 2013 · in the opinion
Lara v. CBS Corp. (2013)
…2013. United States District Court, C.D. California. CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL AUDREY B. COLLINS, District Judge. Proceedings: ORDER Granting Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand (In Chambers) Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion to Immediately Remand Plaintiffs…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 8, 2015
Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2015)
Joseph Savoie sued in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, state court in August 2014, alleging he contracted mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working for Avondale (now Huntington Ingalls) from about 1948 to 1996. He alleged daily exposure at the job…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · December 12, 2022
Boutte v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2022)
…adopted allegations identified the workplaces, that missing job and date details could be learned in discovery, and that McDermott could simply deny the general paragraphs that did not apply to it. The pleading was not unintelligible.
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 11, 2023 · in the opinion
Lebeau v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023)
… to pertain; refer; to bring into association with or connection with.'"\[66\] Unlike the general removal statute, which must be strictly construed in favor of remand, the Federal Officer Removal statute's language must be liberally…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 22, 2024 · in the opinion
Gomez v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2024)
…and failure to enact safety measures while this case, in addition to those claims, also involves claims for general negligence and strict liability. While Avondale is correct, Gomez's motion only seeks summary judgment as to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Blouin v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2017)
…¶ 11. Plaintiffs do not take issue with the foregoing general allegations. But given that their claims pertain to Avondale's failure to warn of the hazards of asbestos and failure to implement any of the known…