18 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · March 11, 2021
Sebright v. General Electric Co. (2021)
…Navy sailor. A plaintiff must also show that a defendant's specific product contained asbestos, and loss of consortium and parental society claims are not available under general maritime law in this circuit. Causation; Product Identification;…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · March 30, 2018
Stearns v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (2018)
The court denied General Electric's summary judgment motion on the main negligence, warranty and gross negligence counts because the Massachusetts statute of repose did not bar them, allowed it on the naval-exposure and separate…
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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 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · December 4, 2018
Stearns v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (2018)
…260, § 2B bars the estate's asbestos tort claims against General Electric, even though the disease has a long latency and GE had control of the site; this favored GE and went against the Oliver estate…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · May 4, 2009
Holdren v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009)
…Foster Wheeler, Viad, General Electric and Elliott Turbo Machinery) removed the case to federal court. They relied on the federal officer removal statute and the federal contractor defense, arguing the Navy would not have allowed asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · July 7, 2023
McIsaac v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2023)
…asbestos exposure; by May 2023 all had settled except Buffalo Pumps' successor, Air & Liquid Systems, and General Electric. Buffalo moved for summary judgment. The court applied maritime law because some exposure occurred on Navy vessels, which…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · October 21, 2022 · in the opinion
Pritt v. John Crane, Inc. (2022)
…County Superior Court in November, 2020 against John Crane, Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, General Electric Company and Viacom CBS Inc. John Crane removed the case to this Court in December, 2020. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint…
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Court case · Massachusetts Appeals Court · September 20, 2010 · in the opinion
Morin v. AutoZone Northeast, Inc. (2010)
… Colony Ford Truck Center, Inc.; DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Ford Motor Company; Freightliner LLC; General Electric Company; General Motors Corporation; Genuine Parts Co.; Georgia-Pacific LLC; Great Dane Limited Partnership; Honeywell International Inc.; International Truck and Engine Corporation…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · April 12, 2007 · in the opinion
Hilbert v. Aeroquip, Inc. (2007)
…the language used is identical to the language used in an affidavit of David Hobson, which was submitted by General Electric Co. in the case of Nesbiet v. General Electric Co., 399 F.Supp.2d 205…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · October 21, 2022 · in the opinion
Pritt v. John Crane, Inc. (2022)
…for Middlesex County in November, 2020 against John Crane, Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, General Electric Company and Viacom CBS Inc. John Crane removed the case to this Court in December, 2020. Plaintiffs then filed an amended…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · July 11, 2023 · in the opinion
Pritt v. John Crane, Inc. (2023)
…the same plaintiffs who brought the above captioned case, filed suit against Air & Liquid Systems Corporation and General [\121] Electric Company ("GE") (collectively "New York defendants"). Plaintiffs filed the original complaint in the case at bar…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · September 1, 2023
Cook v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2023)
…maritime law applies, with state law only supplementing where maritime law is silent. General maritime law does not bar loss of consortium, punitive or survival damages against a manufacturer in such a case. Product Identification; The…
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Court case · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · March 5, 1999 · in the opinion
Letteney's (dependent's) Case (1999)
…MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ. David J. McMorris for the employee. Paul R. Ingraham, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Workers' Compensation Trust Fund. Alan S. Pierce for the employer. FRIED, J. Only employment referred to in G. L…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · January 3, 2008 · in the opinion
Hilbert v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (2008)
…Co., 425 F.3d 689, 694 (9th Cir.2005); Lovern v. General Motors Corp., 121 F.3d 160, 162 (4th Cir. 1997). The challenge is determining how specific the pleadings must be to place the defendants…
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Court case · Massachusetts Appeals Court · February 14, 2013 · in the opinion
Whiting v. CBS Corporation (2013)
…by asbestos products manufactured or later supplied by the defendants, and have shown that the plaintiff \has no reasonable expectation of proving an essential element of \[her\] case.' Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp., 410 Mass. 706…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · December 20, 2023 · in the opinion
Gillis v. Pbv Inc. (2023)
…Ct. 1026, 1030, 94 L. Ed. 2d 92 (1987) (quotations and citations omitted). "Personal jurisdiction may be either general or specific." Cossaboon v. Maine Med. Ctr., 600 F.3d 25, 31 (1st Cir. 2010). Specific jurisdiction…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · April 7, 2008 · in the opinion
O'connell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2008)
…information. The Navy specifications for these manuals contained detailed direction as to the kinds of information to be included.... The Navy relied on its training and procedures regarding general shipboard safety hazards, such as asbestos. The…
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Court case · Massachusetts Appeals Court · December 11, 1997 · in the opinion
Thayer v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation (1997)
…Mass. App. Ct. 423, 427 (1981). See also Swartz v. General Motors Corp., 375 Mass. 628, 631 (1978) (privity a valid defense where sale and injury both occurred prior to 1973); Mansfield v. GAF Corp., 5…