300 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 15
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · April 3, 2017
Woo v. General Electric Company (2017)
The Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment dismissal of the Woo Estate's claims against General Electric and remanded for trial, because fact issues existed on GE's duty to warn and on causation. A…
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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 · Maryland Appellate Court · February 8, 2024
Basil-Flippen v. General Electric Company (2024)
…Campbell Company installing asbestos insulation on a turbine at the Morgantown Generating Station in Maryland. The turbine was sold to the Potomac Electric Power Company by Westinghouse, which also had a separate contract to install it…
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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 · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 31, 2023
Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (2023)
The federal district court denied summary judgment motions by General Electric, ViacomCBS, Air & Liquid Systems and Warren Pumps, and granted the Elorreaga family's motion for partial summary judgment that the government contractor defense does not…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · April 18, 2019
Deem v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019)
…products made or sold by several companies. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2015 and later died of it. General Electric, Foster Wheeler and Westinghouse (CBS) moved for summary judgment, arguing there was no evidence of…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama · August 30, 2013
Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013)
The court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the plaintiff's claims against GE with prejudice, finding the pre-1979 exposure claims time-barred and no sufficient evidence of later exposure to…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · July 21, 2021
Wallace v. Trane Company (2021)
The Superior Court granted General Electric's motion for summary judgment on all counts because the Wallace plaintiffs failed to show that Mr. Wallace was exposed to asbestos from an original GE product. Under Maine law…
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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 · 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 · 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 Maryland · February 27, 2014
Citrano v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2014)
…removing defendants, so General Electric kept its federal forum. A defendant can remove under the federal officer removal statute if it has a colorable federal contractor defense and a causal connection to the federal contract. Its…
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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, Central District of California · August 1, 2016 · in the opinion
Lund v. 3M Company (2016)
…district court case, Defendants argued that a Navy ship should not be considered a "product" for purposes of a strict liability claim. (Id. (citing Mack v. General Electric Co., 896 F. Supp. 2d 333, 345 (E…
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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 · 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, 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 Pennsylvania · September 24, 2010
Hagen v. Benjamin Foster Co. (2010)
…to remand to New Jersey state court, holding that defendants Foster Wheeler and General Electric properly removed under the federal officer removal statute. A defense is colorable for federal officer removal under 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 13, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
William Bell served in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s as an engineman, machinery repairman and machinist mate and was regularly exposed to asbestos. Most exposure was on four ships, where maritime law was already settled as governing. He also claimed…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 6, 2017
Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017)
…DOHSA does not bar a survival action, which proceeds under general maritime law. Under general maritime law a seaman's survivors may recover only pecuniary losses, but pre-death pain and suffering is treated as pecuniary…