273 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 14
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 9, 2016
Hoffman v. General Electric Company (2016)
The Court of Appeals reversed the superior court's CR 12(b)(6) dismissal of Larry Hoffman's claims against General Electric and Ketchikan Pulp Company and remanded, so Hoffman prevailed on the appeal, although the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · August 9, 2021
Paroni EX rel. Estate OF Paroni v. General Electric UK Holdings Ltd. (2021)
…in New York. Jurisdictional discovery showed that General Electric UK Holdings Ltd (GEUKH) held the Ruston liabilities. GEUKH moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court agreed. It found no general jurisdiction, because GEUKH…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · January 27, 2009
Martin v. Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (2009)
The Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for General Motors, Cincinnati Gas & Electric and General Electric, and the executor of Dennis Martin's estate lost on all claims. Under Kentucky law, a negligence claim needs evidence that…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · January 23, 2023
McDERMID v. 3M Company (2023)
The Appellate Division affirmed summary judgment for General Electric and CBS Corp. (successor to Westinghouse) against the McDermid plaintiffs' negligent supervision claims and held the remaining claims time-barred by the statute of repose. A turbine…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · September 25, 2019
McClung v. 3M Company (2019)
The district court denied Plaintiff's objections, adopted the magistrate judge's recommendations as modified, found no personal jurisdiction over General Electric or Boeing, denied their motions to dismiss, and severed and transferred the claims against…
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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, Northern District of Iowa · July 16, 1998
Harder v. ACandS, Inc. (1998)
The federal district court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, holding that Iowa's fifteen-year statute of repose did not bar the Harders' claims against GE over asbestos insulation blankets. Under Iowa Code…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey · April 17, 2017
McClung v. 3M Company (2017)
The court severed the claims against General Electric and transferred them to the Southern District of West Virginia, granting General Electric's request and denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction as moot…
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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, District of New Jersey · March 31, 2025
Losurdo v. Viacomcbs Inc. (2025)
Sandra Losurdo, as administratrix of the estate of her husband William Losurdo, and two other family members sued General Electric and Westinghouse (now Paramount Global). William Losurdo died of mesothelioma in January 2022. He served in…
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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 · New York Supreme Court · February 6, 2015
Erickson v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2015)
The court denied the motions of CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) and General Electric for summary judgment based on Montana's statute of repose, so the plaintiffs' claims against both defendants continue. Montana's ten-year statute of…
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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 · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · May 15, 2019
Rogers v. Warren Pumps (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
The magistrate judge recommended granting summary judgment to Warren Pumps, General Electric, Air & Liquid Systems, Charles A. Wagner Co., and Asbestos Corporation Ltd. against plaintiff Richard Rogers, because he could not show exposure to any defendant…
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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, 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. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · March 23, 1993
Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993)
…suppliers under comparative fault, and otherwise affirmed the judgment for the plaintiff estate. Punitive damages are not available in a general maritime law unseaworthiness action for the wrongful death of a seaman. Indemnity and contribution among…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 3, 2013
Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2013)
…D. Roosevelt electrical engineer 1950s-1980s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1940s; shipfitter and seaman in the United States Navy USS Chicago 1940s; insulator 1950s-1990s; general laborer, bus…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 8, 2010
Horn v. A.W. Chesterson Co. (In re Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2010)
Ten asbestos cases, brought by plaintiffs represented by the same law firm, were assigned to one New York County judge for trial. Eight of the plaintiffs, alleging mesothelioma, asked the court to consolidate their cases into three groups for joint…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 22, 2015
Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015)
Dennis Baumgartner, an Ohio man diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2013, and his wife Gail sued many makers of valves, boilers and turbines in Rhode Island. He had worked as an insulator and insulator helper at jobsites in Ohio and, occasionally,…