12 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 21, 2015
Kochera v. General Electric Company (2015)
The district court denied General Electric's motion in limine, joined by Owens-Illinois and John Crane, to exclude plaintiff Kochera's medical expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff won the ruling. A physician board certified…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 23, 2007
General Elec. Co. v. Cain (2007)
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that General Electric was not entitled to summary judgment on its exclusive-remedy defense and that nine of the sixteen premises owners in the Rehm case were, with seven owners' claims…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 2, 2015
Bell v. Abb Group, Inc. (2015)
The court denied General Electric's motion in limine (joined by John Crane) to exclude the testimony of plaintiff's expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff estate won the ruling. An occupational medicine physician who is…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 29, 2021
Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2021)
…court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment and reconsideration, finding disputed fact issues about whether the 1991 release covered future lung cancer and wrongful death claims, so the plaintiffs' claims against General Electric continue…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · February 3, 2015
Ahnert v. Brand Insulation Inc. (2015)
The court granted CBS Corporation's and General Electric's motions for judgment on the pleadings, holding Beverly Ahnert's mesothelioma suit against them barred by claim preclusion, and dismissed both defendants. Under Wisconsin claim preclusion…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 1, 1998
Sporio v. Wcab (Songer Const.) (1998)
Lawrence Sporio worked as a bricklayer for about twenty-five years. In 1983 he filed workers' compensation claims against several employers. A referee found he had been exposed to silica, asbestos and other dusts and had mixed dust pneumoconiosis,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · September 30, 2015
Hedden v. CBS Corporation (2015)
The court granted summary judgment to Crown Cork & Seal, CBS, General Electric, Gardner Denver, Link-Belt and Riley Power, and denied it to Crane Co. and John Crane, Inc. on the maritime claims, so the Heddens…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · October 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Haldaman v. Eaton Corporation (2014)
…Gregg, supra. Plaintiff identified CBS Corporation, Eaton Corporation and General Electric Company as manufacturing asbestos containing brakes. With regard to CBS, Plaintiff fails to provide evidence her husband was frequently and regularly in proximity to others…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 10, 2014
White v. Entergy Gulf States Louisiana (2014)
The court of appeal affirmed the trial court's $3.8 million survival-action general damages award for the plaintiffs against Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, over a dissent that would have capped the award at $2…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · May 28, 2008
Williams v. American Optical Corporation (2008)
A group of Florida plaintiffs, including a personal representative for Wayne Smith, sued American Optical and other companies for asbestosis, which is lung disease and pleural thickening from asbestos exposure. They filed suit before Florida's 2005…
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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…