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General Dynamics Electric Boat Files Lawsuit in Submarine Case

General Dynamics Electric Boat Files Lawsuit in Submarine Case
A Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employee uses an instrument to direct line handlers during the undocking of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) from Dry Dock 2 on Oct. 12 last year (U.S. Navy Photo)

General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat has filed a lawsuit in  Florida federal court against a retired welder and his wife--Mickey and Joanne Skobic--who worked at a Jacksonville company, Nuflo, Inc., that provided unauthorized weld repairs to pipes on Virginia-class (SSN-774) attack submarines. Mickey Skobic kept a journal between 2005 and 2014 during his time at Nuflo that detailed the weld repairs. The Skobics "did not report this wrongful conduct, as required," according to the lawsuit, filed on April 19 in…

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