12 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
…or supplying an asbestos-containing product. Nonetheless, plaintiffs argue that General Electric can be held liable for its failure to warn of the dangers associated with asbestos insulation. According to plaintiffs, defendant was aware that asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · February 25, 2019
Harris v. CBS Corporation (2019)
Michael Roy Harris and his wife Elsie sued CBS Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand (IR) and other companies in California state court in Alameda County. They brought personal injury and loss of consortium claims. Michael Harris has malignant mesothelioma,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · September 16, 2021 · in the opinion
Phelps v. CBS Corporation (2021)
…Asbestos Containing Products, including Foster Wheeler boilers, Crane valves, pumps and gaskets, General Electric Turbines, and Westinghouse turbines, in the boiler rooms and engineering spaces on various ships, including the U.S.S. Constellation and in…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1953-1957; boilermaker, truck mechanic, and general helper Thatcher Glass Elmira 1957-1996; fireman USS Des Moines 1957-1961; boiler maintenance mechanic Happauge School District 1976-1982; welder USS Mindoro 1948-1952…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · January 5, 2016 · in the opinion
Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016)
…general report at 21-22.) Sheet packings that were used to make certain gaskets contain 30-50% asbestos. (Pl.'s Ex. 7, general report at 25.) James Herian, a former Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) rigger…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · October 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Spurlin v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021)
…detailed in his report that General Specifications for Machinery "required manufacturers to provide installation, operation and maintenance instructions as well as \safety precautions' as an essential part of Instruction Books for machinery and electrical equipment." (Doc…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of California · May 7, 2021 · in the opinion
Spurlin v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021)
…be contrary to the command for uniformity between rules governing the same injury, whether under the Jones Act or under the general maritime law. See id. There being no evidence that punitive damages were traditionally awarded…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 9, 2009 · in the opinion
Oxford v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2009)
…unable to conclude that the jury's verdict was based on a finding of negligent failure to warn because the special verdict form is inconsistent.\[5\] [\715] The jury was given general negligence instructions BAJI Nos…
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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 · California Court of Appeal · September 1, 2009 · in the opinion
Walmach v. Wheeler (2009)
…probability that in the absence of the error, a result more favorable to the appealing party would have been reached." (Soule v. General Motors Corp. (1994) 8 Cal.4th 548, 574.) We Do Not Reach the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · April 17, 2014 · in the opinion
Sclafani v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2014)
…Rptr. 456 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Consistent with this general rule, the California Supreme Court held in Rutherford that an asbestos personal injury plaintiff need not prove with certainty that the defendant's product…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · August 18, 2021 · in the opinion
Cox v. Foster Wheeler (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2021)
…6); 3) incorrectly interpreting "the narrow exception to maritime law's general rule that an equipment manufacturer is not liable for an injury caused by a third-party product used with its equipment" (id. at 7…