427 results for “General Electric”, page 16 of 22
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Mortality experience of amosite asbestos factory workers: dose-response relationships 5 to 40 years after onset of short-term work exposure
…job that the worker had in the factory. Whichever measure of dosage is used, it was found that, in general, the lower the dose, the longer it took for adverse mortality to become evident and, also…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Health promotion: Smoking control
…currently suffer from debilitating chronic disease caused by smoking. But substantial progress has been made since the release of the first Surgeon General's Report in 1964. More than 30 million smokers have quit since 1964…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Worker produced health education material for the construction trades
…a popular NCI asbestos pamphlet with an evaluation questionnaire. Differences between the groups were evident in favor of the photonovel in readability, factual recall, general credibility, and attitudes toward future involvement in health and safety issues.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Effects of asbestos on the random migration of rabbit alveolar macrophages
…indicates that fibers can be toxic for AM through extracellular membrane contact. In general the results from the viability studies paralleled the migration inhibition observations. None of the asbestos preparations induced a burst in the hexose…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Metaphase and anaphase analysis of V79 cells exposed to erionite, UICC chrysotile and UICC crocidolite
…for chrysotile and crocidolite than erionite. These results correlate with the higher tumorigenic potency of erionite. In general, fewer cells treated with erionite entered anaphase than those treated with the other two minerals. As a result…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
Asbestos and public health
…and urged care when removing asbestos from buildings. He noted that no ill effects had been shown from asbestos in drinking water, food or the general atmosphere, and that substitutes resembling asbestos might be similarly harmful.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Multistage modelling of lung cancer mortality in asbestos textile workers
…suggest whether a carcinogen appears to act at an early, intermediate or late stage, and the general statistical methods applied here will retain their usefulness as further models are developed and larger data sets become available.
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Company document · JM Litigation Chronology · August 4, 1982
Manville Legal Department Presentation to the Board on Asbestos Litigation (1982)
…averaged $844,000; the summary adds that "As a general rule punitive damages are not insurable." It also reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court had "eliminated" the state of the art defense, and lists four…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion
Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Inc., Rapid American, Uni-Royal, Carolina Asbestos Co., J. Franklin Burke General Asbestos Co., Ruberoid Company, Keaseey Mattison Co., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co. Argued December 17, 1985. Filed June 10, 1986. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [\60…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · June 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Smith v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (1985)
…the Smiths' theory, a separate three-year period beginning with award would govern limitations "as to such employee." We do not believe the General Assembly intended so great a fragmentation of third-party actions, particularly when …
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · January 14, 1980 · in the opinion
Mooney v. Fibreboard Corp. (1980)
…discretion to determine when it should be applied. The general rule should be that in cases where a plaintiff could easily have joined in the earlier action or where, either for the reasons discussed above or…
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Court case · Oregon Supreme Court · October 21, 1980 · in the opinion
Matter of Fossum (1980)
…by the employee's omission to claim, because the dependent is claiming in his own right. This view is consistent with the general principle, often found expressed in connection with employees' waivers, releases or compromise settlements…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 30, 1984 · in the opinion
In re Davis (1984)
…672 F.2d 564 (5th Cir.1982). In general, the petitioner seeking such an order must show that no other adequate means exists to attain the requested relief and that his right to issuance of the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois · May 31, 1985 · in the opinion
Krull v. Celotex Corp. (1985)
…Supp. 818, 821-22 (N.D.Cal.1983). But the general rule in such cases remains that, subject to certain exceptions, the asset-acquiring company is not liable for the debts and liabilities of the seller…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina · March 4, 1986 · in the opinion
Gardner v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1986)
…North Carolina applies to this action as to the other pending cases. All or most of the cases raise the question of the applicability of North Carolina General Statutes (N.C.G.S.) § 1-50(6)…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee · December 6, 1988 · in the opinion
Potts v. Celotex Corp. (1988)
…pleural thickening or asbestosis, then this change in the law must come from the Supreme Court of Tennessee or the Tennessee General Assembly. It is not a change which this court is allowed to make. Therefore…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Maine · December 29, 1986 · in the opinion
In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (1986)
…very different tone than the 1969 Ship Repair Contracting Manual's Paragraph 12-7(b), which states that "\[i\]n general, the SUPSHIP surveyor should not be concerned with unsafe practices on the part of the…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · March 5, 1986 · in the opinion
Herber v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)
…Asbestos Textile Institute Inc.; Uni-Royal Inc.; Carolina Asbestos Company; J. Franklin Burke Co.; General Asbestos Co.; Asbestos Textile Co.; Ruberoid Company Inc.; and John Doe(s). Appeal of EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant in No…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · September 18, 1989 · in the opinion
IN the Matter of Estate OF Foster (1989)
…Innes deposition testimony as a whole, therefore, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing it as general background to the early production levels of the Owens-Illinois product. Affirmed. WINSOR, J., and DEIERLEIN…
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Court case · California Supreme Court · July 3, 1980 · in the opinion
Johns-Manville Products Corp. v. Superior Court (1980)
…App.2d 451, 458-460 \[70 Cal. Rptr. 710\].) In Ramey v. General Petroleum Corp. (1959) 173 Cal. App.2d 386, 402 \[343 P.2d 787\], it was held that an action for fraud could be…