18 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · July 24, 2014
Haas v. 3M Company (2014)
…continued the case after his death. This opinion decided summary judgment motions by Boeing, General Electric and Goodyear. The court held that Boeing was protected by the government contractor defense, because the Air Force collaborated on…
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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 · 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, 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 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, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 8, 2024
Constanza v. Sparta Insurance Company (2024)
Erica Dandry Constanza and Monica Dandry Haller sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls), Hopeman Brothers and other companies in Louisiana state court. They said Michael P. Dandry, Jr. was exposed to asbestos while working at Avondale for about two and a…
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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 · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · March 1, 2021 · in the opinion
Varney v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (2021)
…COMPANY INC.; DARIGOLD, INC.; ELLIOTT TURBOMACHINERY CO. INC.; FMC CORPORATION; FRYER-KNOWLES, INC.; FRYER-KNOWLES, INC.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY; GOULDS PUMPS LLC; GRINNELL LLC; HOPEMAN BROTHERS, INC.; IMO INDUSTRIES, INC.; ITT, LLC…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · June 10, 2010 · in the opinion
Boley v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber (2010)
…P., Thomas I. Michals, Matthew M. Mendoza, and Laura C. McBride, urging affirmance for amici curiae Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison Company, and Toledo Edison Company. Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Victor E. Schwartz…
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Court case · South Carolina Supreme Court · April 30, 2007
Henderson v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2007)
James Henderson, a North Carolina resident, and his wife sued several manufacturers in South Carolina. They claimed he developed mesothelioma from asbestos-containing products he encountered working for many years as a boilermaker, pipefitter and…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · March 15, 2007 · in the opinion
Vince v. Crane Co. (2007)
…sua sponte order Owens-Illinois, Inc. dismissed from this appeal. \[3\] The General Assembly effectively overruled paragraph two of the syllabus to Horton with the adoption of R.C. 2307.96(B), effective to cases filed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · October 26, 2017 · in the opinion
Surita v. Arvinmeritor, Inc. (2017)
…supplies to support the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. \[Id. at 100:8-16.\] She was also responsible for general maintenance of her truck and trailers, including changing flat tires and working on the brakes. \[Id…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 27, 2006 · in the opinion
Hopkins v. Plant Insulation Company (2006)
…at 1079. Like federal habeas law, federal bankruptcy law creates exceptions to the general rule of federal deference to state court judgments by empowering bankruptcy courts to avoid or modify state judgments. Id. For certain bankruptcy…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · August 12, 2010 · in the opinion
Connell v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2010)
…objects to the purported admission of answers to interrogatories of General Motors Corporation. Appellee did not offer into evidence, and the trial judge did not allow into evidence, any answers to interrogatories of General Motors Corporation…