42 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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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, 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 · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · December 2, 2016
Perez v. Air and Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
The court granted General Electric's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction (without prejudice) and denied the motions by Air & Liquid Systems, Warren Pumps and John Crane to dismiss the loss of consortium count…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · May 15, 2019
Rogers v. Warren Pumps (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The magistrate judge recommended granting summary judgment to Warren Pumps, General Electric, Air & Liquid Systems, Charles A. Wagner Co., and Asbestos Corporation Ltd. against plaintiff Richard Rogers, because he could not show exposure to any defendant…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 22, 2019
Berry v. Anco Insulations (2019)
…West Monroe wife of mill electrical and instrumentation technician who laundered his work clothes West Monroe Paper Mill West Monroe 1961-2010; wife of mill electrical and instrumentation technician who laundered his work clothes West Monroe…
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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, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…law, a plaintiff must show exposure to the defendant's product and that it was a substantial factor in causing the injury. A general recollection of a product's name, its presence on a ship, or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · May 13, 2019
Rogers v. Nosroc Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Steinaker, Norfolk; DuPont Seaford plant, Seaford machinist mate USS Moale Newport 1966-1967; machinist mate performing pump maintenance USS Steinaker Norfolk 1967-1970; housekeeping DuPont Seaford plant Seaford 1966, 1970-1973; general construction, builder 1973 onward
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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 · California Supreme Court · January 12, 2012 · in the opinion
O'neil v. Crane Co. (2012)
…981 P.2d 978\]; cf. Artiglio v. General Electric Co., supra, 61 Cal.App.4th at pp. 838-839 \[foreseeability of harm from a finished product is not sufficient to impose a duty to warn on…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 24, 2014 · in the opinion
Groover v. CBS Corporation (2014)
…INC., RILEY STOKER CORPORATION, JOHN ZINK COMPANY, JOHN CRANE HOUDAILLE, INC., INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, GOULD PUMPS, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, FOSTER WHEELER, CONOCO PHILLIPS COMPANY, CLEAVER-BROOKS, INC., BP AMERICA, INC., ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, AMERICAN STANDARD…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · March 30, 2016 · in the opinion
Pace v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016)
… AW CHESTERTON COMPANY; ELLIOTT COMPANY, f/k/a Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc.; FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GOODRICH CORPORATION, f/k/a BF Goodrich Company; IMO INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, individually and as successor to Transamerica…