20 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 18, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
Michael Comardelle sued Westinghouse (CBS Corporation), Foster Wheeler, GE and more than a dozen other defendants in Orleans Parish civil court. He alleged that asbestos exposure during his work from 1963 to 1979, including at the Avondale Shipyard,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 25, 2022
Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric and Foster Wheeler because Roussell did not oppose the motions, and dismissed her claims against them with prejudice. A plaintiff who fails to oppose a summary judgment motion…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · January 7, 2020
Carlson v. CBS Corporation (2020)
The court granted General Electric's unopposed motion for summary judgment, dismissing the Carlsons' claims against it with prejudice, along with Ms. Carlson's consortium claim and the cross-claims of Foster Wheeler and Crane Co…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 9, 2015
Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015)
Scott Laurent sued General Electric, CBS Corporation, Foster Wheeler and others in Louisiana state court for wrongful death and survival damages after the death of his father, Frederick Laurent, from mesothelioma in December 2013. The father…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 21, 2024
Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
The court granted Avondale's motion and quashed the trial subpoenas that Plaintiffs and Defendants General Electric, Foster Wheeler and Paramount Global had directed to Avondale as a corporate entity. Rule 45 does not allow a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 3, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…However, other options did exist at that time. Q. Okay. But General Electric certainly knew that was one of the options that would be used on these turbines, was asbestos-containing insulation? A. I'm sure…
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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…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 20, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…when the family shared a home. Defendants Foster Wheeler, General Electric and ViacomCBS (Westinghouse) asked the court before trial to exclude part of the testimony of plaintiffs' two medical causation experts, Dr. Rodney Landreneau and Dr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 25, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
The court granted partial summary judgment for Westinghouse (ViacomCBS), General Electric and Foster Wheeler, dismissing the plaintiffs' intentional-tort and fraud claims, and dismissed the punitive-damages part of the motion as moot. Under Louisiana law…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · October 27, 2008
Carroll v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2008)
…Carrolls' motion to remand, holding that defendants Viad, General Electric and Buffalo Pumps properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant may remove under the federal officer statute, 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 18, 2022
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
Callen Cortez sued several companies, including Huntington Ingalls (Avondale), Westinghouse, Foster Wheeler, General Electric, Goodrich, Amchem and the Hopeman interests, over his mesothelioma. He asked the federal district court in Louisiana for partial summary judgment 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 · New York Supreme Court · September 8, 2010
Horn v. A.W. Chesterson Co. (In re Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2010)
Ten asbestos cases, brought by plaintiffs represented by the same law firm, were assigned to one New York County judge for trial. Eight of the plaintiffs, alleging mesothelioma, asked the court to consolidate their cases into three groups for joint…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 22, 2015
Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015)
Dennis Baumgartner, an Ohio man diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2013, and his wife Gail sued many makers of valves, boilers and turbines in Rhode Island. He had worked as an insulator and insulator helper at jobsites in Ohio and, occasionally,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · April 29, 2019 · in the opinion
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
…Inc., Defendants, represented by Geoffrey S. Gavett, Gavett Datt and Barish PC & Laura D. Abenes, Gavett, Datt Barish PC. General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by Donald S. Meringer, Miles & Stockbridge P.C. & Michael L. Haslup, Miles…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maryland · January 10, 2018 · in the opinion
Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2018)
…by Cheri V. Koerner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Stephen Anthony Fennell, Steptoe and Johnson LLP & Jamie Michelle Hertz, Steptoe & Johnson LLP. General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by Donald S. Meringer, Meringer Zois and Quigg LLC. Ferro Engineering…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island · March 16, 2017
Stevens v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017)
…asbestos materials. Genuine factual disputes also barred summary judgment on the sophisticated user and government contractor defenses, and general maritime law does not bar loss of consortium damages. Failure to Warn; The Bare-Metal Defense; Sophisticated…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 15, 2008 · in the opinion
Whitlock v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (2008)
…Atlantic Richfield Co. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 826, 859 \["\[A\]s a general matter, orders granting a new trial are examined for abuse of discretion."\].) (Italics added.) Further, as "\[t\]he standard for review of an…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · August 3, 2021 · in the opinion
Viale v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (2021)
…Benicia refinery in a way that affirmatively contributed to Ronald's injuries: at best, the evidence establishes that Exxon exercised general supervision over the work of the independent contractors for whom Ronald worked. See Hooker v…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 5, 2006 · in the opinion
Dankenbrink v. Foster Wheeler (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2006)
…products during overlapping periods of time from the 1940's to the 1990's so that the state of the art testimony and other expert testimony in a general way will be substantially common to all…