161 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 9
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 17, 2016
Loupe v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2016)
Marie Nell Martinez Tregre sued in Orleans Parish state court. She alleged she developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in April 2015, from asbestos that clung to her husband Lee Tregre's clothing while he worked at Avondale Industries from about 1953 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 18, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
Michael Comardelle sued Westinghouse (CBS Corporation), Foster Wheeler, GE and more than a dozen other defendants in Orleans Parish civil court. He alleged that asbestos exposure during his work from 1963 to 1979, including at the Avondale Shipyard,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 2, 2017
Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017)
Joseph Savoie sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working at the Avondale shipyard (now Huntington Ingalls) in various positions from about 1948 to 1996. He said he was exposed daily at the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · October 31, 2022
Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022)
The court denied the summary judgment motions of General Electric and ViacomCBS/Westinghouse, so the plaintiffs' claims against the two turbine manufacturers go forward. Under Air & Liquid Systems v. DeVries, a manufacturer may have a duty…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 25, 2022
Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric and Foster Wheeler because Roussell did not oppose the motions, and dismissed her claims against them with prejudice. A plaintiff who fails to oppose a summary judgment motion…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · May 20, 2015
Meyers v. Chesterton (2015)
Debra Meyers and Ronald Palermo, adult children of Ronald Dummitt, sued in Louisiana state court for his wrongful death from malignant mesothelioma. Dummitt worked as a Navy boiler technician from 1960 to 1988 on naval vessels, and the plaintiffs…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 14, 2014
Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014)
The district court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiffs' claims against GE with prejudice, because the plaintiffs lacked evidence that GE supplied or attached any asbestos-containing material. A turbine…
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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 · January 29, 2021
Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2021)
…court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment and reconsideration, finding disputed fact issues about whether the 1991 release covered future lung cancer and wrongful death claims, so the plaintiffs' claims against General Electric continue…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 22, 2021
Broussard v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2021)
The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment and dismissed plaintiffs' claims against it with prejudice, and denied Uniroyal's motion for summary judgment on Huntington Ingalls' third-party claim. Under Louisiana law a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 17, 2014
Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014)
Sally Gros Vedros died of mesothelioma. She and, after her death, her children sued many defendants, including Westinghouse (CBS Corporation). Her father was a welder at Avondale from 1943 to 1976, and she said she washed his work clothes for years…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 16, 2020
Dempster v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2020)
The court granted Amchem's (joined by Foster Wheeler and General Electric) motion in limine and excluded Plaintiffs' Exhibit No. 1.157, the Welch Paper, and any reference to it at trial. Even assuming the Welch…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 18, 2015
Meyers v. Chesterton (2015)
Debra Meyers and Ronald Palermo sued in Louisiana state court, alleging their father, Ronald Dummitt, died of malignant mesothelioma. He worked as a Navy boiler technician from 1960 to 1988 on naval vessels, and the plaintiffs allege he was exposed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 21, 2024
Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
The court granted Avondale's motion and quashed the trial subpoenas that Plaintiffs and Defendants General Electric, Foster Wheeler and Paramount Global had directed to Avondale as a corporate entity. Rule 45 does not allow a…
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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 · January 20, 2024
Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024)
Survivors of Roseanna Matherne sued Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) and other companies, alleging she developed mesothelioma from asbestos carried home on the clothes of her husband, who worked at Avondale Shipyard. She was diagnosed around December…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 7, 2014
Millet v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2014)
…Foster Wheeler's unopposed summary judgment motion against third-party plaintiff Huntington Ingalls, and denied General Electric's and CBS's motions as premature, without prejudice to re-urging them later. Summary judgment is premature where…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 5, 2023
Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023)
Felton Robichaux worked as an insulator and carpenter at Avondale Shipyards from 1961 to 1979 and alleged he was exposed to asbestos there. He first sued in 1999 with thousands of other plaintiffs and settled with GE, IMO and Viacom. After he was…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2022 · in the opinion
Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022)
…or supplying an asbestos-containing product. Nonetheless, plaintiffs argue that General Electric can be held liable for its failure to warn of the dangers associated with asbestos insulation. According to plaintiffs, defendant was aware that asbestos…