45 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 24, 2024
Jacob v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (2024)
…holding that General Electric's federal officer removal was timely and that the court had subject matter jurisdiction. A defendant's ability to remove under the federal officer removal statute does not depend on its acting…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 17, 2019
Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019)
…holding that General Electric and CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A boilerplate disclaimer of claims arising from federal officers' acts does not defeat federal officer removal where the…
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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 · Louisiana Court of Appeals · April 2, 2004
Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2004)
…not know of mesothelioma specifically. It reinstated liability for CertainTeed, Fibreboard and Flintkote, found no error as to Foster Wheeler and General Electric, and removed Gasket Holding. It upheld the damage awards. Exxon owed a virile…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 15, 2019 · in the opinion
Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019)
…Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, LLP. General Electric Company & CBS Corporation, formerly known as Viacom, Inc. successor-by-merger with CBS Corporation formerly known as Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Defendants, represented by John Joseph Hainkel, III, Frilot…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 7, 2019 · in the opinion
Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019)
…a result of being exposed to asbestos in connection with his work as an electrician at various refineries and chemical plants in Louisiana, Texas and Florida between 1964 and 1979. Plaintiff brings claims for general negligence…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 7, 2009 · in the opinion
Boudreaux v. Able Supply Co. (2009)
…Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, [\1266] CBS Corporation and General Electric Corporation. Alan K. Breaud, Breaud & Meyers, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Omega Protein, Inc. Forrest Ron Wilkes…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 12, 2003 · in the opinion
Breaux v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2003)
…Inc.; Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc.; Hopeman Brothers, Inc.; and Western Electric Corporation (now Viacom, Inc.) for damages allegedly sustained as a result of Mr. Breaux's exposure to asbestos. Plaintiffs allege their damages, including Mr. Breaux's…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 2, 1994
Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (1994)
…Service Refinery approximately 35 years; electrician Cities Service Refinery 22 years; various crafts Cities Service Refinery 18 years; pipe fitter Cities Service Refinery 35 years; general craft foreman Cities Service Refinery 32 years; laborer Cities Service…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 31, 2006 · in the opinion
Thomas v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2006)
…Inc. ("ELI"), formerly known as Louisiana Power & Light Company ("LP & L"). ELI was sued in its capacity as owner of Waterford Steam Electric Station — Units 1, 2, and 3 located in Taft, Louisiana ("Waterford 1 & 2…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 8, 2005 · in the opinion
Zimko v. American Cyanamid (2005)
…that subjecting its employees to occupational levels of asbestos would result in harm. The general rule in Louisiana is that an employee's exclusive remedy for work-related personal injuries or occupational diseases is in workers…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · August 20, 2015 · in the opinion
Oddo v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2015)
…Inc. (Higgins") between 1947 and 1954; working as an appliance repairman for Westinghouse Electric in the late 1950s; working on diesel truck rigs for Cummins Sales & Services ("Cummins") in the 1960s; working for Lummis as an…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · May 22, 2009 · in the opinion
Rando v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2009)
…groups of atoms arranged in regular geometric pattern. Such a solid must of necessity obey the laws of definite and multiple proportions and must be as a whole electrically neutral; hence it must have a composition…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 14, 2007
Terrance v. Dow Chemical Company (2007)
The court affirmed the judgment on the jury's $5,000,000 general damages verdict for the Terrance estate and surviving spouse against Exxon, and denied Exxon's JNOV, new trial and remittitur motions. Mesothelioma was…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 2, 2018
Fagot v. Dow Chemical Company (2018)
…employers, contractors and premises owners, claiming he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a pipefitter/welder. Turner was a general contractor at Honeywell's Geismar, Louisiana facility. Fagot settled his claims against Honeywell. Honeywell…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 24, 2017
Romano v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2017)
…but reversed the damages ruling and raised the general damages award for the Romanos from $500,000 to $1,500,000. A solidary obligor gets a virile share credit only if the plaintiff released the other…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 4, 2020
Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020)
…granted Ethyl Corporation's motion for remittitur, cutting the verdict to $3,250,661.45 ($3,000,000 general damages plus medical expenses) unless Plaintiffs elect a new trial, and denied Ethyl's new-trial and…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 14, 2020
Adams v. Ethyl Corporation (2020)
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment for the Gaddy children against Ethyl Corporation, including the reduction of general damages to $3,000,000, and rejected both Ethyl's challenges and the plaintiffs' challenge to the jury…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 2, 2008
Rando v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2008)
…cut and sawed insulation, and dust fell on him. The judge awarded $2.8 million in general damages and $402,000 in special damages. He divided fault into equal shares among eight wrongdoers, so each of…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 3, 2023
Walker v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023)
…After a seven-day trial, the jury awarded about $36.76 million in total damages, most of it general damages. The trial court held Level 3 liable for 11/21 virile shares, a judgment of $19…