28 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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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 · 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 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 Louisiana · November 17, 2016
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court. He alleged he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now part of Mosaic Global Holdings, and that it caused…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · June 10, 2019
Deem v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
Sherri Deem sued on her own behalf and for the estate of her husband, Thomas Deem, who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1974 to 1981 as an apprentice and journeyman outside machinist. The complaint alleged he was exposed to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 26, 2016
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he was exposed to asbestos daily while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, now Mosaic's predecessor. He alleged this caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer, or mesothelioma, first…
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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 Louisiana · January 30, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
…This order dealt only with Liberty Mutual, which had issued workers' compensation and general liability policies to Mosaic. Sheppard claimed Liberty Mutual took on a duty for workplace safety by inspecting Mosaic's facilities and advising…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 24, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he worked in various positions for Freeport Sulphur Company, Mosaic's predecessor, and was exposed to asbestos daily. He said the exposure caused asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued his former employer, Freeport Sulphur Company (whose successor is Mosaic), along with makers and distributors of asbestos-containing products and related insurers. He alleged that daily asbestos exposure at work caused lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota · December 1, 2022
Pyle v. AH Bennett Co. (2022)
Brian Pyle and Glenn Frericks filed separate federal lawsuits in North Dakota against many companies, alleging state-law claims arising from their occupational exposure to asbestos. The opinion does not name their diseases or describe where they…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 24, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued Mosaic Global Holdings, the successor to his former employer Freeport Sulphur Company, along with product makers and insurers. He alleged daily asbestos exposure at Freeport and said it caused asbestos-related cancer, lung…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 2, 2017
Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2017)
Jesse Frank Sheppard sued in Louisiana state court, and the case was removed to federal court in New Orleans. He alleged daily asbestos exposure while working for Freeport Sulphur Company, a predecessor of defendant Mosaic. He also sued makers and…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 22, 2015
Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015)
Dennis Baumgartner, an Ohio man diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2013, and his wife Gail sued many makers of valves, boilers and turbines in Rhode Island. He had worked as an insulator and insulator helper at jobsites in Ohio and, occasionally,…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 25, 2015 · in the opinion
Smith v. AO Smith Water Prods. (2015)
…yard brought claims against General Electric ("GE") after PCB-contaminated oil leaked out of discarded GE electrical components onto their land. The court held that "the dismantling and processing of junk electrical components was not a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Colorado · March 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Mestas v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
…Pump Division, FMC CORPORATION, sued as successor of Northern Pumps and Peerless Pumps, GARDNER DENVER, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GENUINE PARTS COMPANY a/k/a NAPA, sued individually and d/b/a Rayloc Brakes, GRINNELL, LLC…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina · December 29, 2014 · in the opinion
Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014)
…Pa. July 29, 2011) (finding a duty to warn where defendant knew asbestos-containing replacement brakes would be used on its vehicles); Chicano v. General Electric Co., 2004 WL 2250990, at [\6] (E.D. Pa. 2004…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 8, 2011 · in the opinion
Abbay v. Aurora Pump Company (2011)
…successor-in-interest to PEERLESS PUMP COMPANY and CHICAGO PUMP COMPANY); FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY CORPORATION; GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION (sued individually and as successor-in-interest to DELPHI HARRISON THERMAL SYSTEM and HARRISON RADIATOR); IMO INDUSTRIES, INC…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2015 · in the opinion
Assenzio v. Burnham (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2015)
…Nutmeg Technologies, Inc., 43 AD3d 599, 602 \[3rd Dept 2007\]). The link between asbestos and disease, general causation, is well documented. In re New York Asbestos Litigation (Marshall), 28 AD3d 255 (1st Dept. 2006). The First…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 14, 2015 · in the opinion
Ricci v. Cleaver-Brooks (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2015)
…mechanical engineer (Tr at 138). He testified that while working at Joseph Loring, the company was busy designing and developing systems, electrical, sprinklers, plumbing and air conditioning for hospitals, schools and other facilities in New York…