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  1. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 1, 2012

    Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2012)

    Sally Gros Vedros sued CBS, Foster Wheeler and General Electric in Louisiana state court, alleging that she and her father were exposed to asbestos from boilers and turbines the companies supplied to vessels built at Avondale…

  2. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 24, 2014

    Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014)

    …Pennsylvania and returned to the Eastern District of Louisiana. After the court dismissed all claims against General Electric and Foster-Wheeler and the turbine claims against Westinghouse, the plaintiffs asked to send the case back to…

  3. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2020

    Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020)

    The family of Callen Dempster sued Avondale shipyard, its officers' insurers and other companies. Mr. Dempster worked at Avondale from 1962 to 1994 and developed asbestos-related lung cancer. He died in 2018. In the early 1990s, while he had…

  4. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 10, 2015 · in the opinion

    Poche v. Eagle, Inc. (2015)

    …is GRANTED, and Plaintiffs' request for attorneys' fees is DENIED. \[1\] Defendants General Electric Company and CBS Corporation settled with Plaintiffs but have not been dismissed from the suit because the settlement has not been consummated. …

  5. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 4, 2015 · in the opinion

    Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015)

    …cause of his mesothelioma. The Court agrees that this "is not an acceptable approach for a causation expert to take\[,\]" and it is "precisely the kind of testimony the Supreme Court in General Electric Co. v…

  6. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 12, 2003 · in the opinion

    Breaux v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2003)

    …Inc.; Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc.; Hopeman Brothers, Inc.; and Western Electric Corporation (now Viacom, Inc.) for damages allegedly sustained as a result of Mr. Breaux's exposure to asbestos. Plaintiffs allege their damages, including Mr. Breaux's…

  7. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 31, 2006 · in the opinion

    Thomas v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2006)

    …Inc. ("ELI"), formerly known as Louisiana Power & Light Company ("LP & L"). ELI was sued in its capacity as owner of Waterford Steam Electric Station — Units 1, 2, and 3 located in Taft, Louisiana ("Waterford 1 & 2…

  8. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 29, 2015

    Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015)

    …of asbestos knowledge, the Walsh-Healey Act, specific risk percentages, life expectancy, and general symptoms and quality of life, plus an unlisted 1956 article. It also struck his rebuttal report to Dr. Stockman. It kept the…

  9. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 18, 2015 · in the opinion

    Vedros v. Grumman (2015)

    As a general rule, questions relating to the basis and sources of an expert's opinion rather than its admissibility should be left for the jury's consideration. United States v. 14.38 Acres of Land…

  10. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 15, 2023

    Stauder v. Shell Oil Company (2023)

    …interest running from the original 2016 petition, rejecting Union Carbide's challenges. An appellate court may disturb a general damages award only after finding the jury abused its vast discretion, and prior awards are compared only…

  11. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 8, 2015 · in the opinion

    Vedros v. Northrop Grumman (2015)

    …who suffered the physical injury. See LA. CIV. CODE art. 2315.6. \[2\] For the same reasons announced in Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Ins. Co., No. 13-6555, 2014 WL 5762841, at [\3] (E.D. La…

  12. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 29, 2008 · in the opinion

    Richoux v. Csr Limited (2008)

    …v. Red Cab. Co., 303 U.S. 283, 287 n.10 (1938) (citing Mc Nutt v. General Motors Corp., 298 U.S. 178, 182-189 (1936); Diefenthal v. Civil Aeronautics Board, 681 F.2d 1039 (5th…

  13. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 30, 2017 · in the opinion

    Leech v. 3M Co. (2017)

    …the removal statute's unanimity requirement, all defendants removing under the general removal statute must join in or consent to removal if they have been "properly joined and served."\[79\] Here, the parties do not dispute…