853 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 43
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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 · 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, District of Delaware · September 17, 2009
Kirks v. General Electric Company (2009)
…district court denied the plaintiffs' motions to remand both cases to Delaware state court, holding that General Electric had established federal officer removal jurisdiction. A contractor may remove under the federal officer removal statute, construed broadly…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · October 5, 2004
Chicano v. General Electric Company (2004)
The court denied General Electric's motion for summary judgment, finding genuine fact issues on duty to warn, causation and the government contractor defense, and granted plaintiff's motion to substitute Linda Chicano as executrix and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · March 28, 2005
Nesbiet v. General Electric Co. (2005)
The court denied Nesbiet's motion to remand to state court, holding that General Electric properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute, and ruled GE's stay motion moot. A defendant seeking federal…
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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 Connecticut · July 15, 2009
Murphy v. General Electric Company (2009)
…court denied the plaintiffs' motion to remand to state court, holding that General Electric and Buffalo Pumps could remove the case under the federal officer removal statute. A defendant can remove under 28 U.S.C. …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · April 3, 2014
Whalen v. General Electric Corporation (2014)
The court denied General Dynamics' motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' strict products liability claim and denied its motion to strike the punitive damages prayer as moot, so the Whalens' claims proceeded. Under maritime law, a complaint…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 17, 2016
Loupe v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2016)
Marie Nell Martinez Tregre sued in Orleans Parish state court. She alleged she developed mesothelioma, diagnosed in April 2015, from asbestos that clung to her husband Lee Tregre's clothing while he worked at Avondale Industries from about 1953 to…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 18, 2014
Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014)
Michael Comardelle sued Westinghouse (CBS Corporation), Foster Wheeler, GE and more than a dozen other defendants in Orleans Parish civil court. He alleged that asbestos exposure during his work from 1963 to 1979, including at the Avondale Shipyard,…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 2, 2017
Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017)
Joseph Savoie sued in Louisiana state court, alleging he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working at the Avondale shipyard (now Huntington Ingalls) in various positions from about 1948 to 1996. He said he was exposed daily at the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · May 24, 2024
Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2024)
The Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment for General Electric against the estate of Carl Gay, and affirmed the denial of reconsideration, because GE was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity. A contractor operating a government-owned laboratory…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 24, 2024
Jacob v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (2024)
…holding that General Electric's federal officer removal was timely and that the court had subject matter jurisdiction. A defendant's ability to remove under the federal officer removal statute does not depend on its acting…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois · September 28, 2011
Vickroy v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2011)
…rejecting General Electric's federal officer removal for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction. A removing defendant under the federal officer statute must show it acted under a federal officer's direction and has a colorable…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · October 31, 2022
Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022)
The court denied the summary judgment motions of General Electric and ViacomCBS/Westinghouse, so the plaintiffs' claims against the two turbine manufacturers go forward. Under Air & Liquid Systems v. DeVries, a manufacturer may have a duty…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · June 25, 2021
Gay v. AO Smith Corp. (2021)
The court ruled on General Electric's summary judgment motion in a federal asbestos case, but the opinion contradicts itself: the reasoning finds the plaintiff failed to show enough exposure to GE products and says the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky · April 12, 2013
Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2013)
…keeping the case in federal court on General Electric's and Crane Company's federal officer removal. A government contractor may remove under the federal officer removal statute if it was acting under a federal agency…
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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, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 17, 2019
Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019)
…holding that General Electric and CBS Corporation (Westinghouse) properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. A boilerplate disclaimer of claims arising from federal officers' acts does not defeat federal officer removal where the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · July 7, 2022
Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (2022)
The court granted General Electric and ViacomCBS's motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims for punitive damages and loss of consortium damages under general maritime law, but denied it as to the California negligence and strict…