Jeffrey Rockman v. Union Carbide Corporation
Filed: July 31, 2017 as 17-1883
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Defendant: JOHN CRANE-HOUDAILLE, INCORPORATED, E.L. STEBBING & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, HAMPSHIRE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, f/k/a John H. Hampshire Co., LLOYD E. MITCHELL INCORPORATED, UNIVERSAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY, J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES COMPANY, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO., f/k/a Kelly Springfield Tire Company, MCIC, INCORPORATED, and Its Remaining Director Trustees, Robert I. McCormick, Elizabeth McCormick and Patricia Schunk, CBS CORPORATION, f/k/a Viacom, Inc.,, Successor by merger to CBS Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation, f/k/a Westinghouse and B. F. Sturtevant, a Delaware Corporation, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, Individually and as Successor to Bestwall Gypsum Co., INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Champion International Corporation and U.S. Plywood Corp., BAYER CROPSCIENCE, INCORPORATED, Individually and a Successor In Interest to Benjamin Foster Co., Amchem Products, Inc., H.B. Fuller Co., Aventis CropScience USA, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. and Rhodia, Inc., COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC., Individually and as Successors in Interest to Crouse Hinds Co., PFIZER, INCORPORATED, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., f/k/a Square D Company, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Electric Controller and Manufacturing Co., FOSTER WHEELER LLC, WALLACE & GALE ASBESTOS SETTLEMENT TRUST, CROWN, CORK & SEAL CO., INC., KOPPERS COMPANY, INC., GREENE TWEED & COMPANY, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Palmetto, Inc., PHELPS PACKING & RUBBER CO., a/k/a Phelps Industrial, PARAMOUNT PACKING & RUBBER, INC.
Defendant - Appellee: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC., GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC
Plaintiff - Appellant: JEFFREY ROCKMAN, SONJA ROCKMAN
Engel v. Gray Television and Subsidiaries et al
Filed: July 28, 2017 as 3:2017cv05071
Court: Missouri Western District Court
Defendant: Gray Television & Subsidiaries, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., 1211 Avenue of the Americas and Subsidiaries, FOX Network & Subsidiaries, Disney Shareholder Services c/o Broadrige Corporate Issuer Solutions, ABC Network & Subsidiaries, General Electric, NBC & Subsidiaries, Time Warner Inc, CNN, CBS Corporation, Viacom & Subsidiaries, NBC, The Hearst Corporation & Subsidiaries, Journal Media Group, MundoMax, Univision Communications, ZGS Communications, USA Today Headquarters, Gannett Co Inc, iHeartMedia & Subsidiaries, Allbritton Communications Company, Donald J Trump, Mar-a-Largo Florida, Trump Organization, R. Marco Rubio Florida, R. Mitch McConnell Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Frmr. President Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee
and others
Plaintiff: Noel J. P. Engel
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Pitre et al v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated et al
Filed: July 24, 2017 as 2:2017cv07029
Court: Louisiana Eastern District Court
Cross Claimant: Huntington Ingalls, Inc.
Cross Defendant: CBS Corporation, Foster Wheeler LLC, General Electric Company, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., International Paper Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Reilly Benton Company, Inc., McCarty Corporation, Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., Occidental Chemical Corporation
Defendant: Huntington Ingalls, Inc., Foster Wheeler LLC, General Electric Company, CBS Corporation, Hopeman Brothers, Inc., International Paper Company, Reilly Benton Company, Inc., Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc., McCarty Corporation, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Lamorak Insurance Company
Plaintiff: Diane Pitre, Wesley Pitre, Rachel Pitre, Katie Gibbens, Kurt Pitre
Third Party Defendant: Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, Uniroyal, Inc.
Third Party Plaintiff: Huntington Ingalls, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
LYONS v. A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY et al
Filed: July 24, 2017 as 2:2017cv05458
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: A.W. Chesterton Company, Air and Liquid Systems Corporation, CBS Corporation, Certainteed Corporation, Crane Co., Does, FMC Corporation, General Electric Company, Henry Company LLC, ITT Corporation, Indian Head Industries, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Company, Metalclad Insulation LLC, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, SYD Carpenter, Marine Contractor, Inc., Sterling Fluid Systems USA, LLC, The W.W. Henry Company, L.P., Thomas Dee Engineering Co., Inc., Triple A Machine Shop, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, -
Plaintiff: Jimmie Lee Lyons
Nature of Suit: Other
Engel v. FOX Network & Subsidiaries et al
Filed: July 18, 2017 as 3:2017cv05111
Court: Missouri Western District Court
Defendant: FOX Network & Subsidiaries, Disney Shareholder Services c/o Broadrige Corporate Issuer Solutions, ABC Network & Subsidiaries, General Electric, NBC & Subsidiaries, Time Warner, Inc., CNN, CBS Corporation, Viacom & Subsidiaries, NBC
Plaintiff: Noel J. P. Engel
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Pelker v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation et al
Filed: July 17, 2017 as 3:2017cv01107
Court: Oregon District Court
Defendant: 3M Company, Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, CBS Corporation, CH Murphy/Clark-Ullman, Inc., Cleaver-Brooks, Foster Wheeler LLC, Fraser's Boiler Service, Inc., General Electric Company, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products (Camas) LLC, Goulds Pumps (IPG), Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Company, Lone Star Industries, Inc., Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc., Mar-Dustrial Sales, Inc., Metalclad Insulation LLC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Warren Pumps, LLC, Weyerhaeuser Company
Plaintiff: Maxine Pelker
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
Engel v. KY3 News et al
Filed: July 11, 2017 as 3:2017cv05079
Court: Missouri Western District Court
Defendant: KY3 News, KSPR News, KOLR News, Branson Missouri Mayor Karen Best, Alderman, David Cook, Jimmy Bakker, Gray Television & Subsidiaries, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., FOX Network & Subsidiaries, Disney Shareholder Services c/o Broadrige Corporate Issuer Solutions, ABC Network & Subsidiaries, General Electric, CNN, Viacom & Subsidiaries, CBS Corporation, NBC, The Hearst Corporation & Subsidiaries, Journal Media Group, MundoMax, Univision Communications, ZGS Communications, USA Today Headquarters, Gannett Co., Inc., iHeartMedia & Subsidiaries, Allbritton Communications Company, Donald J Trump, Trump Organization, R. Marco Rubio, R. Mitch McConnell, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Malia Obama
and others
Plaintiff: Noel J. P. Engel
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
v. General Electric Company et al
Filed: July 10, 2017 as 3:2017cv03900
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: General Electric Company, CBS Corporation, Rockwell Automation Inc.
Plaintiff: Norman Estes
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
Patricia Jensen, et al v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation et al
Filed: July 10, 2017 as 3:2017cv03893
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, Asco Valve, Inc., Borg Warner Corporation, Calaveras Asbestos, LTD., Cameron International Corporation, Carrier Corporation, CBS Corporation, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, LLC, Circor Instrumentation Technologies, Inc., CLA-VAL CO., Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., Clyde Union Inc., CNH Industrial America LLC, Crane Co., Crosby Valve, Inc., Dana Companies LLC, Flowserve Corporation, Flowserve US, Inc., FLSMIDTH INC., FMC Corporation on behalf of its Former Peerless Pump, Chicago Pump and Northern Pump Businesses, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Gardner Denver Inc., General Electric Company, Goulds Pumps, Incorporated, IMO Industries, Inc., ITT Corporation (FKA ITT Industries, Inc.), John Crane, Inc., Kemper Bakery Systems, Ltd., McNally Industries, LLC, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Nash Engineering Company, Newco Valves, LLC
and others
Plaintiff: Patricia Jansen, Robert Jansen, Debbie Jansen, Carrie Forty
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
DESHANDRA JOHNSON-BANKS v. General Electric Company
Filed: July 9, 2017 as 4:2017cv02096
Court: Texas Southern District Court
Defendant: General Electric Company
Plaintiff: DESHANDRA JOHNSON-BANKS
Nature of Suit: Employment
Kocol v. CBS Corporation et al
Filed: July 6, 2017 as 3:2017cv01117
Court: Connecticut District Court
Cross Claimant: Foster Wheeler, LLC
Cross Defendant: CBS Corporation, Crane Co., Elliott Company, General Electric Company
Defendant: CBS Corporation, Crane Co., Elliott Company, Foster Wheeler, LLC, General Electric Company
Plaintiff: Howard Kocol
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
Gordon et al v. CBS Corporation et al
Filed: July 6, 2017 as 3:2017cv01115
Court: Connecticut District Court
Cross Claimant: Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, Foster Wheeler, LLC, General Electric Company, Crane Co.
Cross Defendant: CBS Corporation, Crane Co., Foster Wheeler, LLC, General Electric Company, Air & Liquid Systems Corporation
Defendant: CBS Corporation, Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, Crane Co., Foster Wheeler, LLC, General Electric Company
Plaintiff: Dolores Gordon
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY et al
Filed: July 5, 2017 as 1:2017cv00171
Court: Florida Northern District Court
Defendant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC, GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
Plaintiff: THE UNIVSERITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
Nature of Suit: Patent
General Electric Capital Corporation v. Mukamal
Filed: June 30, 2017 as 9:2017cv80788
Court: Florida Southern District Court
Appellant: General Electric Capital Corporation
Appellee: Barry Mukamal
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Filed: June 29, 2017 as 2:2017cv00111
Court: Vermont District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Armfield v. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. et al
Filed: June 29, 2017 as 4:2017mc00384
Court: Missouri Eastern District Court
Defendant: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc., General Electric Company
Plaintiff: Marcia Armfield
Demetria Kaufman v. GE
Filed: June 27, 2017 as 17-5733
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Plaintiff - Appellant: DEMETRIA KAUFMAN
Engel v Gray Television & Subsidiaries, et al
Filed: June 26, 2017 as 6:2017cv03190
Court: Missouri Western District Court
Defendant: Gray Television & Subsidiaries, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., FOX Network & Subsidiaries, Disney Shareholder Services v/o Broadrige Corporate Issuer Solutions, General Electric, Time Warner Inc., Viacom & Subsidiaries, CBS Corporation, NBC, The Hearst Corporation & Subsidiaries, Journal Media Group, MundoMax, Univision Communications, ZGS Communications, USA Today, Gannett Co., Inc., iHeartMedia & Subsidiaries, Allbritton Communications Company, President Donald J. Trump, Trump Organization, R. Marco Rubio, R. Mitch McConnell, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Chick Fil A, Exxon Mobil, Sodexo USA, College Of The Ozarks, Branson, Missouri City Hall
and others
Plaintiff: Noel John Paul Engel
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Gorton et al v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. et al
Filed: June 23, 2017 as 1:2017cv01110
Court: Pennsylvania Middle District Court
Amicus Curiae: Rhonda J. Gorton
Cross Claimant: Georgia-Pacific, LLC, Honeywell International, Inc., Bayer Cropscience, LP, Union Carbide Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Essex Group, J.H. France Refractories Company, CBS Corporation, A Delaware Corporation
Cross Defendant: American Refractories, Pfizer, Inc., Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Weil-McLain, Cooper Industries, The Kerite Company, Thomas D. Gorton, II, Fairmont Supply Company, Columbus McKinnon Corporation, The Lincoln Electric Company, Cleaver Brooks, Inc., AT&T Communications Inc., Crane Company, Ferro Engineering, Mobil Corporation, Pnumo-Abex Corporation, General Electric Company, Corhart Refractories Co., Certainteed Corporation, Universal Refractories, A.O. Smith Corporation, Eaton Corporation, Nevada Bell Telephone Company doing business as AT&T Nevada, PH Mining Equipment, Inc.
Defendant: Borgwarner Morse TEC, General Refractories Company, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Morgan Engineering, Industrial Holdings Corporation, Clark Control, Inc., Montfair Industrial Supplies Company, Foseco, Inc., Crouse Hinds Co., John Crane, Inc., Buffalo Pumps, Keeler/Dorr-Oliver Boiler Company, AT&T, Inc., CBS Corporation, Terex Corporation, Reading Crane & Engineering, Zurn Industries, LLC, DeLaval Pump & Steam Turbine Co., Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Ford Motor Company, Amchem Products, Inc., Executone Communications Systems, LLC, Goulds Pumps, Inc., Aurora Pump Company, P&H Mining Equipment, Inc., Rockbestos-Suprenant Corp., GTE Products of Connecticut Corporation, United Technologies, Schneider Electric, Viacom, Inc., HB Fuller Company, Mobil Oil Corporation
and others
Special Master: Judge Russell M. Nigro
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury Product Liability
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Filed: June 21, 2017 as 1:2017cv00671
Court: New York Northern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
