532 results for “General Electric”, page 2 of 27
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 23, 2012
Najolia v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc. (2012)
…s motion to remand, holding that General Electric and CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant may remove under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · May 9, 2018
Burleigh v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2018)
The magistrate judge allowed General Electric's motion, ruling that Maine law, not Massachusetts law, governs the wrongful death damages and punitive damages issues and, for now, the contribution issues. Under the Restatement (Second) of Conflict…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 15, 2023
Warrington v. 3M Company (2023)
The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment, dismissing all claims and crossclaims against GE with prejudice and ruling against plaintiffs Robert and Joan Warrington. Under maritime law, a plaintiff must show exposure to…
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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 · Pennsylvania Superior Court · June 3, 2011
Rabatin v. Allied Glove Corp. (2011)
The Superior Court affirmed summary judgment for General Electric, holding the 12-year statute of repose in 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5536 barred the estate's claims over asbestos-insulated turbines, and Rabatin, executor of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · March 28, 2022
Pritt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
The court denied General Electric's motion to exclude plaintiffs' industrial hygiene expert Dr. Tsai and denied as moot its motion to exclude Capt. Burger. It granted GE summary judgment on the Navy-service claims, denied…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · June 30, 2011
Sublett v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2011)
…finding General Electric had not established federal officer removal jurisdiction. A removing defendant must show the Navy prevented it from complying with state-law warning duties to establish federal officer jurisdiction and the government contractor defense…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · March 31, 2025
Losurdo v. Viacomcbs Inc. (2025)
Sandra Losurdo, as administratrix of the estate of her husband William Losurdo, and two other family members sued General Electric and Westinghouse (now Paramount Global). William Losurdo died of mesothelioma in January 2022. He served in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · July 28, 2009
Kotecki v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009)
…motion to remand, keeping the case in federal court because Buffalo Pumps and General Electric showed a colorable federal officer (military contractor) defense. A defendant may remove under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio · May 2, 2003
Lindstrom v. AC Products Liability Trust (2003)
…Wheeler, Aurora Pump, Gulf Engineering, Ingersoll Rand, Walworth, Crosby Valve, General Electric, Warren Pumps, Crane, A.W. Chesterton and Coffin Turbo Pump, and dismissed Lindstrom's claims against them with prejudice. Under maritime product liability law…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · May 18, 2023
Craig v. AW Chesterton Co. (2023)
Gloria Craig has mesothelioma. She sued many companies in Alabama state court, alleging she breathed asbestos that her ex-husband brought home on his clothes from his work as a pipefitter at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding in Mobile in the 1970s…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · May 15, 2019
Rogers v. Warren Pumps (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The magistrate judge recommended granting summary judgment to Warren Pumps, General Electric, Air & Liquid Systems, Charles A. Wagner Co., and Asbestos Corporation Ltd. against plaintiff Richard Rogers, because he could not show exposure to any defendant…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · May 10, 2022 · in the opinion
Rogers v. AO Smith Corp. (2022)
…i.e. that General Electric turbines required the incorporation of asbestos insulation. Like with CBS/Westinghouse, the Court will add that the evidence in this case reveals that the Navy's own MilSpecs required that all…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · June 3, 2015
Spychalla v. Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc. (2015)
The district court denied summary judgment to Boeing, Cessna and General Electric, granted and denied the motions in limine in part, and allowed Boeing to file a late government contractor defense motion. The court did not…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · November 13, 2007
Contois v. Able Industries Inc. (2007)
The court denied the executrix's motion to remand, holding that Buffalo Pumps' removal was timely and that Buffalo Pumps and General Electric satisfied federal officer removal requirements, so the case stays in federal court. A…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · June 27, 2017
McCarthy v. Warren Pumps (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
The Superior Court denied the motions for summary judgment of Warren Pumps, Gardner Denver and General Electric, ruling that the decedent's pre-suit sworn statement was admissible and that plaintiff showed enough product identification to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · July 24, 2014
Haas v. 3M Company (2014)
…continued the case after his death. This opinion decided summary judgment motions by Boeing, General Electric and Goodyear. The court held that Boeing was protected by the government contractor defense, because the Air Force collaborated on…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…from asbestos exposure. His work history included the Navy, the Air Force, General Electric, Stone and Webster, and automotive work. The claim against Yuba concerned his work from 1977 to 1981 on the construction of the…