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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 18, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
Michael Comardelle sued Westinghouse (CBS Corporation), Foster Wheeler, GE and more than a dozen other defendants in Orleans Parish civil court. He alleged that asbestos exposure during his work from 1963 to 1979, including at the Avondale Shipyard,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · April 18, 2019
Deem v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
…products made or sold by several companies. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2015 and later died of it. General Electric, Foster Wheeler and Westinghouse (CBS) moved for summary judgment, arguing there was no evidence of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 17, 2019
Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019)
…holding that General Electric and CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A boilerplate disclaimer of claims arising from federal officers' acts does not defeat federal officer removal where 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, Northern District of Ohio · November 10, 2016
French v. AW Chesterton Company (2016)
…Ohio state court, saying his mesothelioma was caused by exposure to asbestos. General Electric and CBS Corporation (successor to Westinghouse) moved the case to federal court under the federal officer removal statute. At his deposition, Mr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 23, 2012
Najolia v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc. (2012)
…s motion to remand, holding that General Electric and CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant may remove under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C…
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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, Western District of Washington · April 18, 2019
Yaw v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
…five days before the amendment deadline, was good cause. General Electric, Westinghouse (CBS) and Foster Wheeler had moved for summary judgment, arguing there was no evidence he was exposed to asbestos from their products and that…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 6, 2015
Erickson v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2015)
The court denied the motions of CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) and General Electric for summary judgment based on Montana's statute of repose, so the plaintiffs' claims against both defendants continue. Montana's ten-year statute of…
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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, 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…
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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 · 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 · October 4, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
William Bell served in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s as an engineman, machinery repairman and machinist mate. The opinion says he was exposed to asbestos on four ships and while training at a Navy facility in Idaho. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · May 5, 2016
Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
Charles Arbogast, Jr., and his wife Barbara sued twenty-seven companies, alleging that as manufacturers or distributors of various products they exposed him to asbestos and caused his mesothelioma. The complaint raised strict liability, negligence,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 30, 2017
Evans v. John Crane (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
Icom Henry Evans and his wife sued several companies in Delaware state court, and the case was removed to federal court. Mr. Evans developed mesothelioma, which he attributed to asbestos-containing gaskets made by John Crane. He said he removed and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 17, 2022
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022)
Felton Robichaux sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) and many other companies in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in January 2022, from asbestos exposure. He alleged he worked at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to…