44 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 22, 2010
Adamson v. General Elec. Co. (2010)
…Garlock, CBS/Westinghouse, General Electric and Union Carbide (no proof of exposure to their asbestos products), against the estate's executor. To survive summary judgment, a plaintiff must present evidence that the defendant's asbestos-containing…
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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. District Court, District of Wyoming · April 7, 2014 · in the opinion
Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2014)
"Under general conflict of laws principles, where the laws of the two jurisdictions would produce the same result on the particular issue presented, there is a \false conflict,' and the \[c\]ourt should avoid the choice…
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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)
…leaving in place its exclusion of their experts' specific causation opinions, and clarified what the experts may say at trial. Under general maritime law, an expert's specific causation opinion in a multi-defendant mesothelioma case…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…Graham and Dr. Taragin may give general causation testimony but not specific causation opinions that the defendants' products did not cause Mr. Bell's mesothelioma. A "one-size-fits-all" specific causation opinion that draws no…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 13, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
William Bell served in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s as an engineman, machinery repairman and machinist mate and was regularly exposed to asbestos. Most exposure was on four ships, where maritime law was already settled as governing. He also claimed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…DOHSA does not bar a survival action, which proceeds under general maritime law. Under general maritime law a seaman's survivors may recover only pecuniary losses, but pre-death pain and suffering is treated as pecuniary…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 12, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
William Bell and other plaintiffs sued Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. and a number of other companies in federal court in Louisiana. Mr. Bell died of mesothelioma during the case. Before the court was the defendants' motion to strike witnesses from the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 6, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
…denied in part the defendants' motions in limine: it excluded the plaintiffs' experts' specific causation opinions as unreliable but allowed them to testify on Mr. Bell's mesothelioma and general causation, and refused to strike Dr…
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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 · October 11, 2016
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016)
William C. Bell and other plaintiffs sued Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. and a group of pump and valve companies in federal court in Louisiana. The case concerns asbestos exposure and mesothelioma; the opinion refers to Mr. Bell's work on a ship and to…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 18, 2021
Kriz v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2021)
The court granted the ten unopposed summary judgment motions of Eaton Hydraulics, Riley Power, Foster Wheeler, ViacomCBS, General Electric, Spence Engineering, GEA Mechanical, FMC, Velan Valve and Neles-Jamesbury, and denied the motions of Fisher Scientific…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
Holdren v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009)
…Foster Wheeler, Viad, General Electric and Elliott Turbo Machinery) removed the case to federal court. They relied on the federal officer removal statute and the federal contractor defense, arguing the Navy would not have allowed asbestos…
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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, District of Wyoming · April 7, 2014
Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014)
The district court granted summary judgment to Gardner Denver, Bechtel, FMC, CBS (Westinghouse's successor) and General Electric, ruling against the estate of H. Paul Johnson, because no evidence tied any of their asbestos to him…
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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 Louisiana · January 22, 2020
Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020)
Cary Gomez sued Aardvark Contractors, the Jefferson Parish School Board, Huntington Ingalls (Avondale), and several equipment makers. He alleged asbestos exposure first through his father's work at Avondale Shipyards in the 1960s and later through…
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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, Northern District of California · March 30, 2021
Pizarro v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (2021)
Renato Pizarro and his wife sued NASSCO, Pep Boys and other companies, alleging his mesothelioma came from asbestos exposure. The opinion describes two sources. One was the Navy overhaul of the USS Bristol County, where plaintiffs say NASSCO removed…