200 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 10
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Company or organization · People and organizations
General Electric
The General Electric Company, the American electrical manufacturer, used asbestos in wire and cable insulation and in molded and laminated plastics, and bought asbestos fiber by the carload. Union Carbide sales and safety records from the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1975
E. J. Kleber Customer Call Report on RG-600 Seminar at General Electric Appliance Park, Louisville (1975)
Customer call report on a seminar about RG-600 given to General Electric personnel at Appliance Park, Louisville, KY. It records that the OSHA situation and the Calidria asbestos story were presented, that G.E. could…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1975
E. J. Kleber Call Report on RG-600 Asbestos Seminar at General Electric, Appliance Park, Louisville (1975)
Customer call report on a seminar given to General Electric personnel at Appliance Park, Louisville, KY, on RG-600 and Calidria asbestos, with discussion of the OSHA situation. The report records that GE's medical department…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 13, 1979
Edward J. Kleber Call Report on General Electric Company, Louisville, on SG-200 and RG-244 for Phenolic and Potting Compounds (1979)
Call report of a 3/13/79 visit with Charles Mulligan, Product Manager, Plastics, at General Electric Company in Louisville, KY, in response to a customer inquiry. It records discussion of SG-200 (and SG-210…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court · November 9, 1993
Fisk v. Wcab (general Elec.) (1993)
…Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, which had required benefits to be calculated on the decedent's 1980 wage (date of last exposure) and had reversed the referee's 20% penalty against General Electric; the claimant widow…
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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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Person · People and organizations
David G. Paff
Associate Medical Director at General Electric
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 24, 2024
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2024)
The Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment for General Electric against the estate of Carl Gay, and affirmed the denial of reconsideration, because GE was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity. A contractor operating a government-owned laboratory…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · June 24, 2015
Shearer v. AW Chesterton Company (2015)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric under the bare metal defense, and granted A.W. Chesterton's and Westinghouse's unopposed motions, against plaintiffs Shearer and his wife. Under maritime law, which governed work…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 23, 2014
Laurent v. City of New Orleans (2014)
…M. Willett, USS Haas and USS Woodson. Laurent sued General Electric (GE) and CBS (formerly Westinghouse), among others, claiming they supplied the Navy with asbestos-containing turbines and equipment and failed to warn of the dangers…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · December 30, 2016
Shaw v. Andritz Inc. (2016)
…law governs. Maritime Law and Navy Ships; Choice of Law Worksites: Electric Boat shipyard (General Dynamics); General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard, Groton sheet metal worker General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard Groton 1952-1954 and 1957-1967
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · September 29, 2016
In re Reed (2016)
Barbara Reed was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2016 and had her right lung removed. She said she was exposed to asbestos from 1971 to 1976 while working in the Plastics Mold Cleaning and Bakelight Departments at the Square D plant in Cedar Rapids,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 17, 2014
Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014)
Sally Gros Vedros died of mesothelioma. She and, after her death, her children sued many defendants, including Westinghouse (CBS Corporation). Her father was a welder at Avondale from 1943 to 1976, and she said she washed his work clothes for years…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 11, 2022
Shelton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
…duration, proximity) to each defendant's products, by a qualitative or quantitative method, rather than relying on product presence and general causation principles. Causation; Expert Testimony; Maritime Law and Navy Ships; Choice of Law Worksites: USS…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · July 28, 2014
Robinson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
The court granted the motion of defendants Flowserve, General Electric, Goulds Pumps and Tata Chemical and transferred the case from the District of New Jersey to the District of Wyoming. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1404…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · May 19, 2014
Rost v. Ford Motor Company (2014)
Richard Rost and his wife Joyce sued Ford Motor Company and other defendants, alleging that asbestos exposure caused his mesothelioma. All defendants except Ford settled before trial. Rost testified that in 1950 he worked for several months at a…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · June 5, 2018
Turcotte v. 3M Company (2018)
…single injury, different states' laws cannot be applied defendant by defendant. Statute of Repose; Compensatory Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Choice of Law Worksites: construction project in Florida electrician; electrician construction project in Florida 1973
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 12, 2013
Walker v. Abb, Inc. (2013)
…diligence, the limitations period, delay, promptness and prejudice. The NYCAL case management order's amendment provision does not cure defective service on a party already named. Statute of Limitations; Personal Jurisdiction; Trial Procedure and Discovery electrician
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · September 9, 2021
Murphy v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021)
…vessel, do not suffice. Government Contractor Defense and Removal; Venue, Removal and Transfer Worksites: Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard; Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore Shipyard worker — helper, electrical equipment; apprentice electrician Key Highway Shipyard Baltimore 1973-1974