57 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · October 22, 2010
Faddish v. General Electric Co. (2010)
…magistrate panel's finding that a genuine factual dispute existed on product identification, but granted General Electric summary judgment on the government contractor defense, so the plaintiff lost her failure-to-warn claim against GE. The…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · January 29, 2013
Cardaro v. General Electric Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (VI), 2013)
The court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, holding the Louisiana statute of repose did not bar the Cardaros' failure-to-warn claims and that a fact question remained, so the Cardaros prevailed on…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · February 1, 2012
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012)
The court granted summary judgment to General Electric, Crane, Foster Wheeler, Warren Pumps, IMO Industries, Buffalo Pumps, Armstrong International and CBS, and denied the plaintiffs relief on their strict liability and negligence claims. Under maritime law…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 8, 2014
Krauss v. Trane US Inc. (2014)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's summary judgment for General Electric, Georgia-Pacific, CBS/Westinghouse, Goulds Pumps, Zurn Industries and Trane (American Standard), and the executrix lost. A plaintiff must produce evidence that the…
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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, 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, 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…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 26, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
Carl Gay developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in June 2019, and died in April 2020. His daughter, Allisa Gay, as executor of his estate, sued Gardner Denver and other manufacturers and distributors. She alleged he was exposed to asbestos in Gardner…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 26, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…was diagnosed in June 2019 and died in April 2020. His work history included the Navy, the Air Force, General Electric, Stone and Webster, and automotive work. The claim against Hunter Sales concerned gaskets at the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · July 21, 2011
Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011)
Four consolidated asbestos cases in the federal MDL-875 docket involved Navy-related mesothelioma. Robert Conner, James Prange and James Stone served aboard Navy ships, working with engine rooms, fire rooms and boilers. Hiram Peavy worked as a…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…law, a plaintiff must show exposure to the defendant's product and that it was a substantial factor in causing the injury. A general recollection of a product's name, its presence on a ship, or…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · November 9, 2021
Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
Darlene Data sued many companies in her own right and as executrix of her husband Michael Data's estate. Mr. Data served in the Navy aboard the USS Newport News from 1969 to 1973. He later worked at Mesta Machine and then at the West Pittsburgh…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 5, 2014 · in the opinion
Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply (2014)
…Equipment, EJ Lavino & Co., Eutectic Corp., Ferro Engineering, Ford Motor Co., Foseco, Inc., Foster Wheeler Corporation, Garlock, Inc., General Electric Company, General Motors Corp., George V. Hamilton, Inc., Georgia- Pacific Corporation, Gould Pumps, Inc., Green, Tweed…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 5, 2013 · in the opinion
Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply (2013)
…EJ LAVINO & CO., EUTECTIC CORP., FERRO ENGINEERING, FORD MOTOR CO., FOSECO, INC., FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION, GARLOCK, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GENERAL MOTORS CORP., GEORGE V. HAMILTON, INC., GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, GOULD PUMPS, INC., GREEN, TWEED & COMAPNY…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 17, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…cause), a plaintiff must produce specific evidence that the decedent inhaled asbestos fibers from the defendant's product. Evidence that the defendant sold asbestos-containing products in general does not meet that burden. Causation; Product Identification…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 27, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…Gay had served in the Navy, Air Force, at General Electric and at Stone & Webster, and had done automotive work. The estate claimed exposure to asbestos in Atwood valves aboard the submarine USS Seawolf and at…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 27, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…the 1940s and 1950s. His career included the Navy, Air Force, General Electric, Stone and Webster and automotive work. The court held that maritime law applied because the exposure occurred on naval vessels. It then reviewed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · April 26, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021)
…He died in April 2020. He served in the Navy and Air Force and later worked for General Electric and Stone and Webster. He said he thought he remembered Durametallic gaskets or packing at Naval Air…