85 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 5
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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 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, District of Connecticut · January 7, 2020
Carlson v. CBS Corporation (2020)
The court granted General Electric's unopposed motion for summary judgment, dismissing the Carlsons' claims against it with prejudice, along with Ms. Carlson's consortium claim and the cross-claims of Foster Wheeler and Crane Co…
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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 Oregon · February 2, 2018
Coury v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2018)
…keeping the case in federal court under the federal officer removal statute for General Electric and CBS. A settlement-related email from a plaintiff's side can be an "other paper" under 28 U.S.C…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 9, 2015
Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015)
Scott Laurent sued General Electric, CBS Corporation, Foster Wheeler and others in Louisiana state court for wrongful death and survival damages after the death of his father, Frederick Laurent, from mesothelioma in December 2013. The father…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · December 30, 2016
Shaw v. Andritz Inc. (2016)
…law governs. Maritime Law and Navy Ships; Choice of Law Worksites: Electric Boat shipyard (General Dynamics); General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard, Groton sheet metal worker General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard Groton 1952-1954 and 1957-1967
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · February 3, 2015
Ahnert v. Brand Insulation Inc. (2015)
The court granted CBS Corporation's and General Electric's motions for judgment on the pleadings, holding Beverly Ahnert's mesothelioma suit against them barred by claim preclusion, and dismissed both defendants. Under Wisconsin claim preclusion…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 18, 2019
Babcock v. CBS Corp. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The court granted defendants CBS and General Electric's motion to compel nonparty Memorial Sloan Kettering to produce Arnold Babcock's original pathology materials, denied the hospital's cross-motion for a protective order, and denied…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012
Donn v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2012)
The district court denied the motion of CBS Corporation and General Electric to dismiss plaintiff Alan Donn's asbestos failure-to-warn claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, rejecting their preemption and political question arguments…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · September 30, 2013
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…Morgan's motions for Rule 54(b) final judgment and for a stay, so he could not immediately appeal the summary judgments for Crane Co., General Electric, Warren Pumps and CBS; the case against John Crane…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 25, 2010
Miranda v. Abex Corp. (2010)
Four plaintiffs, Ernesto Miranda, Antonio DiBenedetto, Lutz Sommer and Gordon Cheney, sued Abex Corporation and other companies in New York County. They alleged they had mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, and two of the four had died. Miranda and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · August 29, 2014
Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…as a boilerman on the USS Roan from 1962 to 1964. They claimed that Foster Wheeler Energy, General Electric and CBS, which made boilers and turbines for Navy ships, failed to warn him of the hazards…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York · May 30, 2014
Osterhout v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
The district court denied the Osterhouts' motion to remand to state court, finding Foster Wheeler and General Electric had a colorable government contractor defense, and denied without prejudice their motion for partial summary judgment on that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · July 27, 2015
Citrano v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2015)
…Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard; Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, U.S.S. Santa Barbara engine rooms, Baltimore electrician second class Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, U.S.S. Santa Barbara engine rooms Baltimore 1968-1971
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · March 30, 2022
Ripple v. CBS Corporation (2022)
Richard Counter was diagnosed with mesothelioma in May 2015 and married his longtime partner in July 2015. He sued several companies, alleging he inhaled asbestos from the 1950s through the 1990s during military service at sea, at industrial plants…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · September 30, 2015
Hedden v. CBS Corporation (2015)
The court granted summary judgment to Crown Cork & Seal, CBS, General Electric, Gardner Denver, Link-Belt and Riley Power, and denied it to Crane Co. and John Crane, Inc. on the maritime claims, so the Heddens…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 1, 2012
Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2012)
Sally Gros Vedros sued CBS, Foster Wheeler and General Electric in Louisiana state court, alleging that she and her father were exposed to asbestos from boilers and turbines the companies supplied to vessels built at Avondale…
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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…