Judge Denies GE Summary Judgment in Turbine Exposure Case

PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has ruled that a material issue of fact exists as to whether defendant General Electric Company had a duty to warn a former sheet metal mechanic of dangers associated with exposure to asbestos used to insulate steam turbines GE sold to the U.S. Navy. Chicano v. General Electric Company, et al., No. 03-5126 (E.D. Pa.).

In a Memorandum Opinion issued Oct. 1, Judge Thomas N. O'Neill Jr. of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a GE motion for summary judgment, ruling that a duty to warn plaintiff Raymond Chicano may …