15 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 · Washington Supreme Court · December 11, 2008
Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008)
Vernon Braaten worked as a pipefitter on Navy ships from 1967 until 2002 and was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2003. He sued makers of pumps and valves (Buffalo Pumps, IMO as successor to DeLaval, Crane and Yarway), claiming they failed to warn of…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · May 3, 2013
Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2013)
…D. Roosevelt electrical engineer 1950s-1980s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1940s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy USS Chicago 1940s; insulator 1950s-1990s; general laborer, bus…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · February 25, 2009 · in the opinion
Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc. (2009)
…specifications does not deprive them of the component parts defense. In Artiglio v. General Electric Co. (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 830 \[71 Cal.Rptr.2d 817\], the defendant manufactured silicone in accordance with "particular specifications…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · December 18, 2015 · in the opinion
May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2015)
…federal district court in Illinois that, applying maritime law, carved out an exception to what it called the "bare metal defense"\[13\]: In general, consistent with the bare metal defense, a manufacturer is not liable for…
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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, District of Delaware · February 8, 2021
Carnes v. General Dynamics Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2021)
The magistrate judge recommended granting General Dynamics' motion for summary judgment against the Carnes plaintiffs because they produced no evidence that Mr. Carnes was exposed to an asbestos-containing product attributable to General Dynamics. Under Texas…
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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, 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 · 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 Illinois · August 28, 2015 · in the opinion
McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015)
…limited to the frequency, regularity and proximity of Plaintiff's exposure to asbestos products in general and his conclusion that Plaintiff experienced a significant exposure to asbestos based on his work activities. Finally, Defendants argue that…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · October 3, 2014 · in the opinion
May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014)
…2d at 1369 ("\[t\]he rationale underpinning the general rule of strict liability is that it logically and fairly places the loss caused by a defective product on those who create the risk and reap the…