17 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 24, 2024
Legendre v. Louisiana Ins. Guaranty Association (2024)
…s work at Johns-Manville. Before a trial set for May 6, 2024, two motions challenged expert testimony. The defendants (including General Electric, Foster Wheeler, Uniroyal and Taylor-Seidenbach) argued that Legendre's experts, Dr. Kraus…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 25, 2022
Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022)
…Marie Falgout. The opinion does not name her disease. Avondale brought a third-party complaint against Foster Wheeler, General Electric (GE) and Amchem, seeking their share of any amounts it might owe the plaintiffs. Mr. Falgout…
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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 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, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 4, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…the Court is defendant Huntington Ingalls, Inc.'s ("Avondale") motion for summary judgment, seeking dismissal of plaintiff's claims against it.\[1\] The motion is opposed by defendants General Electric Co., Foster Wheeler LLC, and ViacomCBS…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 4, 2022 · in the opinion
Morales v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2022)
…allege that Morales was exposed to asbestos at Avondale from: (1) turbines and insulation, manufactured or supplied by General Electric,\[6\] (2) boilers and insulation, manufactured or supplied by Foster Wheeler,\[7\] and (3) the cutting…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 19, 2022 · in the opinion
Crossland v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022)
…L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Lacey Moghis, Huber Thomas, New Orleans, LA, for CBS Corporation, General Electric Company, ViacomCBS Inc. Susan Beth Kohn, Daniel J. Caruso, Douglas Kinler, Douglas Watson Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 13, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022)
…Becnel's general asbestos exposure at Hooker creates an issue of fact as to AIC's liability as the alleged Eagle insurer. Whether Exposure to the Eagle Product was a Substantial Factor in Bringing About Mr…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 13, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022)
…465 (5th Cir. 1991))). 473 While plaintiffs cite several pre-Davis cases that reiterate the general rule that end-users must be warned, these decisions do not address what happens when a manufacturer sells to a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 17, 2023 · in the opinion
Crossland v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2023)
…s expert witness, Dr. Staggs.\[19\] Both experts testify to general and specific causation. Woodward contends that both experts' specific causation opinions are unreliable because they are premised on unreliable facts.\[20\] Second, Woodward moves for…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 25, 2018 · in the opinion
Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018)
…and a retired Assistant Surgeon General of the United States to show Avondale knew no more than the government did about the dangers of asbestos at the time Avondale used asbestos-containing materials in its shipbuilding…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 6, 2022 · in the opinion
Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022)
…by Louisiana courts, \[54\] and involves a showing of both general and specific causation. "General causation is whether a substance is capable of causing a particular injury or condition in the general population, while specific causation…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 2, 2022 · in the opinion
Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022)
…in which, for example, one circuit held "\[w\]hen only minimal or very general requirements are set for the contractor by the United States the \[government contractor defense\] is inapplicable." \[127\] Accordingly, under Boyle, in this…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 30, 2023 · in the opinion
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
…Expert testimony is required to establish causation, and a court may admit specific-causation evidence only after the plaintiff has produced admissible evidence on general causation. Id. To show specific causation in a toxic tort case…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 28, 2022 · in the opinion
Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022)
…Lockheed Martin Corp., 990 F.3d 852, 859 (5th Cir. 2021) ("unlike the general removal statute, the federal officer removal statute is to be \broadly construed' in favor of a federal forum"). Nevertheless, it remains the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 27, 2023 · in the opinion
Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023)
…2007)). So, although the Fifth Circuit has made clear that the "general rule" is to decline to exercise jurisdiction over state law claims after all federal claims are eliminated from a case, this rule is "neither…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 6, 2024 · in the opinion
Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (2024)
…Lockheed Martin Corp., 990 F.3d 852, 859 (5th Cir. 2021) ("unlike the general removal statute, the federal officer removal statute is to be \broadly construed' in favor of a federal forum"). Nevertheless, it remains the…