19 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric, Crane, Foster Wheeler, Warren Pumps, IMO Industries, Buffalo Pumps, Armstrong International and CBS, and denied the plaintiffs relief on their strict liability and negligence claims. Under maritime law…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 22, 2011
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011)
Four consolidated asbestos cases in the federal asbestos MDL in Pennsylvania involved Navy veterans or a shipyard worker who developed mesothelioma. Robert Conner, James Prange and James Stone served at sea on Navy ships as a machinist's mate and…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 25, 2010
Miranda v. Abex Corp. (2010)
Four plaintiffs, Ernesto Miranda, Antonio DiBenedetto, Lutz Sommer and Gordon Cheney, sued Abex Corporation and other companies in New York County. They alleged they had mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, and two of the four had died. Miranda and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · August 29, 2014
Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…as a boilerman on the USS Roan from 1962 to 1964. They claimed that Foster Wheeler Energy, General Electric and CBS, which made boilers and turbines for Navy ships, failed to warn him of the hazards…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York · May 30, 2014
Osterhout v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
The district court denied the Osterhouts' motion to remand to state court, finding Foster Wheeler and General Electric had a colorable government contractor defense, and denied without prejudice their motion for partial summary judgment on that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…judgment to General Electric, Crane, Air & Liquid Systems (Buffalo), Aurora Pump, Atwood & Morrill, CBS, IMO Industries and Warren Pumps. Under the court's narrowed bare metal defense, a component maker can be liable under general maritime…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 21, 2011
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011)
Four consolidated asbestos cases in the federal MDL-875 docket involved Navy-related mesothelioma. Robert Conner, James Prange and James Stone served aboard Navy ships, working with engine rooms, fire rooms and boilers. Hiram Peavy worked as a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 30, 2017
Evans v. John Crane (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
Icom Henry Evans and his wife sued several companies in Delaware state court, and the case was removed to federal court. Mr. Evans developed mesothelioma, which he attributed to asbestos-containing gaskets made by John Crane. He said he removed and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · October 22, 2009 · in the opinion
Stephens v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2009)
…Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, sued individually and as successor-in-interest to Garlock, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corp.; General Electric Co.; General Motors Corp.; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Grinnell Corp.; Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Co.; Honeywell International; Imo…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 30, 2017 · in the opinion
Evans v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…Samuel I. Iola, pro hac vice. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Defendant, represented by Beth E. Valocchi, Swartz Campbell LLC. General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by Beth E. Valocchi, Swartz Campbell LLC. IMO Industries, Inc., Defendant, represented…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia · March 3, 2022 · in the opinion
Gehant v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2022)
…at 19.) Plaintiff argues for a more expansive definition of "required" than the three situations described in DeVries. Relying on a District of Massachusetts case, Sebright v. General Electric Co., 525 F. Supp. 3d 217 (D…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · February 5, 2016 · in the opinion
Evans v. Foster Wheeler Energy, Corporation (2016)
…U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1). (D.I. 1) Defendants CBS Corporation, f/k/a/ Westinghouse Electric Corporation\[1\] ("Westinghouse"), and Crane Co. ("Crane") joined in Foster Wheeler's Notice of Removal. (D.I. 4; D…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · September 1, 2023
Cook v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2023)
…maritime law applies, with state law only supplementing where maritime law is silent. General maritime law does not bar loss of consortium, punitive or survival damages against a manufacturer in such a case. Product Identification; The…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida · October 19, 2014 · in the opinion
Oneal v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2014)
…Court must consider whether Oneal's claims are governed by federal admiralty law or by state law. In general, admiralty law applies to a tort action when the alleged tort occurred on navigable waters and the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · July 19, 2019 · in the opinion
Evans v. Imo Industries, Inc. (2019)
…upon by Captain Moore extend to JCI because Captain Moore testified that "these documents are instructive for the general purpose of determining what the Navy's attitude towards warnings was at any particular point in time.…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · September 26, 2024 · in the opinion
Smargisso v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2024)
…claims specifically—the claims at issue here. (Dkt. No. 139 at 13.) Thus, Plaintiffs fail to establish that the relief sought has been historically available under general maritime law. See Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., No…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · July 21, 2014 · in the opinion
Willis v. Buffalo Pumps Inc. (2014)
…concerning the character or quality of the chattel in question," and "does not apply to statements of opinion," "loose general praise," "sales talk," or "puffing." These requirements and limitations suggest that the misrepresentation must be affirmative…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · September 27, 2023 · in the opinion
Marcus v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2023)
…officer removal statute, Leite, 749 F.3d at 1122 ("We recognize that defendants enjoy much broader removal rights under the federal officer removal statute than they do under the general removal statute\[.\]"); Durham, 445 F.3d…