69 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 4
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Court case · Maryland Appellate Court · February 8, 2024
Basil-Flippen v. General Electric Company (2024)
…Campbell Company installing asbestos insulation on a turbine at the Morgantown Generating Station in Maryland. The turbine was sold to the Potomac Electric Power Company by Westinghouse, which also had a separate contract to install it…
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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, 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, District of Arizona · August 8, 2011
Leabo v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2011)
The federal district court granted General Electric's Rule 12(c) motion, joined by MetLife, and dismissed the plaintiffs' wrongful death action with prejudice as barred by res judicata, so the plaintiffs lost. Under Arizona law…
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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, 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 · 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, Northern District of California · September 15, 2021
Shelton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021)
Frank Shelton, Jr. and Jennifer Schuyler sued dozens of companies, alleging that Shelton developed malignant mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during Navy service from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He worked as a Machinist Mate aboard the USS…
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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, 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 · 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 · 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 Missouri · October 22, 2021
Lindsey v. Dow Chemical Company (2021)
Kris Lindsey, a Florida citizen diagnosed with mesothelioma in September 2020, sued twelve companies in a St. Louis state court. His amended petition alleged he was exposed to asbestos from Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder, used on him as an infant and…
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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, District of New Jersey · August 7, 2012
Lewis v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2012)
Elizabeth Lewis sued, individually and as executrix of her husband Thomas Lewis's estate, over his death from malignant mesothelioma. He was diagnosed in 2006 and died in 2008. The opinion says he served as a Navy fireman on two ships from 1962 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota · October 19, 2023
Pyle v. AH Bennett Co. (2023)
Brian Pyle and Glenn Frericks filed separate diversity suits in North Dakota federal court against many companies, alleging harm from occupational exposure to asbestos. The opinion does not name their diseases or describe their jobs. The dispute…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · June 26, 2016
Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2016)
Vernon Rublee died of mesothelioma in 2015. He had worked as a machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from 1965 to 1980, where other workers mixed and applied asbestos-containing refractory products called Insulag and Panelag around the steam…
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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…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 3, 2013
Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2013)
…D. Roosevelt electrical engineer 1950s-1980s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1940s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy USS Chicago 1940s; insulator 1950s-1990s; general laborer, bus…
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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…