6 results for “General Electric”
-
Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff's claims against GE with prejudice, finding the pre-1979 exposure claims time-barred and no sufficient evidence of later exposure to…
-
Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · July 16, 2020
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2020)
Charles Corley and his wife Myra sued dozens of companies that allegedly supplied asbestos-containing products that caused his malignant mesothelioma. The opinion says he used the products in the Navy and later as a self-employed mechanic and…
-
Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama · January 28, 2010 · in the opinion
Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc. (2010)
…Elliot Turbomachinery Co., 545 F.Supp.2d 1266, 1273 (S.D.Fla.2008) (citing Nesbiet v. General Electric Co., 399 F.Supp.2d 205, 212 (S.D.N.Y.2005)). Although these arguments may undermine the…
-
Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
…other defendants after May 19, 1979. But applicable law imposes on plaintiff the burden of proving exposure to each particular defendant's products, not just proving exposure to asbestos in general. See, e.g., Hoffman v…
-
Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
The only evidence cited by plaintiff for such a proposition is general testimony that "every manufacturer has the recommended spare parts in their OEM manuals that the store room would generate their list of in-stock…
-
Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · September 29, 2011 · in the opinion
Kite v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2011)
…her under color of such office. . . ." (Complaint at 13-14). It is this language on which the plaintiff relies for his disclaimer argument. As a general matter, "the plaintiff \[is\] the master of the claim. . . ." Caterpillar…