770 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 39
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 6, 2020
Rivera v. General Electric Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
The trial court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment on workers' compensation exclusivity grounds and, alternatively, on punitive damages, so plaintiffs' claims against GE proceed. Workers' compensation exclusivity bars only injuries arising from employment…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 21, 2015
Kochera v. General Electric Company (2015)
The district court denied General Electric's motion in limine, joined by Owens-Illinois and John Crane, to exclude plaintiff Kochera's medical expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff won the ruling. A physician board certified…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court · November 9, 1993
Fisk v. Wcab (general Elec.) (1993)
…Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, which had required benefits to be calculated on the decedent's 1980 wage (date of last exposure) and had reversed the referee's 20% penalty against General Electric; the claimant widow…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · August 23, 2007
General Elec. Co. v. Cain (2007)
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that General Electric was not entitled to summary judgment on its exclusive-remedy defense and that nine of the sixteen premises owners in the Rehm case were, with seven owners' claims…
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Court case · Kentucky Supreme Court · December 16, 2010
Certainteed Corporation v. Dexter (2010)
…Premises Owner Liability; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: General Electric plant (Mount Vernon), Mount Vernon pipefitter General Electric plant (Mount Vernon) Mount Vernon 1969-1971; pipefitter 1963-1964; pipefitter 1946-1984
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 2, 2015
Bell v. Abb Group, Inc. (2015)
The court denied General Electric's motion in limine (joined by John Crane) to exclude the testimony of plaintiff's expert Dr. Vuskovich, so the plaintiff estate won the ruling. An occupational medicine physician who is…
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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, Southern District of New York · March 28, 2022
Pritt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
The court denied General Electric's motion to exclude plaintiffs' industrial hygiene expert Dr. Tsai and denied as moot its motion to exclude Capt. Burger. It granted GE summary judgment on the Navy-service claims, denied…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 21, 2013
Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
Seven plaintiffs, or their estates, brought asbestos injury suits in New York County. Six had mesothelioma and one, Perez, had lung cancer. Their cases were part of an "In Extremis" trial group, and they asked for a joint trial. Their alleged…
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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 · Oregon Court of Appeals · March 4, 2009
Mason v. Mt. St. Joseph, Inc. (2009)
The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the estate's claims against General Electric, holding they were not product liability civil actions and were therefore barred by Oregon's 10-year negligence…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin · February 3, 2015
Ahnert v. Brand Insulation Inc. (2015)
The court granted CBS Corporation's and General Electric's motions for judgment on the pleadings, holding Beverly Ahnert's mesothelioma suit against them barred by claim preclusion, and dismissed both defendants. Under Wisconsin claim preclusion…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 25, 2010
Miranda v. Abex Corp. (2010)
Four plaintiffs, Ernesto Miranda, Antonio DiBenedetto, Lutz Sommer and Gordon Cheney, sued Abex Corporation and other companies in New York County. They alleged they had mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, and two of the four had died. Miranda and…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 1, 1998
Sporio v. Wcab (Songer Const.) (1998)
Lawrence Sporio worked as a bricklayer for about twenty-five years. In 1983 he filed workers' compensation claims against several employers. A referee found he had been exposed to silica, asbestos and other dusts and had mixed dust pneumoconiosis,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · September 30, 2015
Hedden v. CBS Corporation (2015)
The court granted summary judgment to Crown Cork & Seal, CBS, General Electric, Gardner Denver, Link-Belt and Riley Power, and denied it to Crane Co. and John Crane, Inc. on the maritime claims, so the Heddens…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · October 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Haldaman v. Eaton Corporation (2014)
…Gregg, supra. Plaintiff identified CBS Corporation, Eaton Corporation and General Electric Company as manufacturing asbestos containing brakes. With regard to CBS, Plaintiff fails to provide evidence her husband was frequently and regularly in proximity to others…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · June 5, 2018
Turcotte v. 3M Company (2018)
…single injury, different states' laws cannot be applied defendant by defendant. Statute of Repose; Compensatory Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Choice of Law Worksites: construction project in Florida electrician; electrician construction project in Florida 1973
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 10, 2014
White v. Entergy Gulf States Louisiana (2014)
The court of appeal affirmed the trial court's $3.8 million survival-action general damages award for the plaintiffs against Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, over a dissent that would have capped the award at $2…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · March 13, 2008
Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
Wayne Woody, an insulator, and his wife Rebecca sued dozens of companies after he was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2006; he died shortly after the suit was filed. In 1979 the Woodys had sued 25 companies over his asbestosis and settled in…
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Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · May 28, 2008
Williams v. American Optical Corporation (2008)
A group of Florida plaintiffs, including a personal representative for Wayne Smith, sued American Optical and other companies for asbestosis, which is lung disease and pleural thickening from asbestos exposure. They filed suit before Florida's 2005…