16 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · January 30, 1986 · in the opinion
Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1986)
…a given industry. They are often set forth in some type of code, such as a building code or electrical code, or they may be adopted by the trade organization of a given industry. State of…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 10, 1985 · in the opinion
Kaminski v. Western MacArthur Co. (1985)
…the refinery insulation business, or the insulation services provided to Pacific Gas and Electric Company; the court found that MacArthur acquired the necessary experience and knowledge in these specialized areas from employees of Western and the…
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Court case · North Carolina Supreme Court · November 5, 1985 · in the opinion
Wilder v. Amatex Corp. (1985)
…E.2d 281 (1972); Galligan v. Chapel Hill, 276 N.C. 172, 171 S.E.2d 427 (1970); Domestic Electric Service Co., Inc. v. Rocky Mount, 20 N.C.App. 347, 201 S.E.2d 508…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Malignant mesothelioma in non-asbestos textile workers in Florence
…sex, and year of hospital admission, with residence weighted for the general population of the Province. Both cases and referents (or their next of kin) completed an occupational questionnaire detailing possible occupational exposures. Out of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Long fibre asbestos in a chrysotile textile worker
…worker and a less pronounced but probably significant shift for the tremolite group. They noted general agreement that long fibres are associated with disease. On that basis they concluded that their findings offered an explanation for…
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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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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 1, 1988 · in the opinion
H & H Plumbing Co. v. Indus. Comm'n (1988)
…on claimant's testimony regarding his work on the boilers and the appearance of the gaskets. The Commission also relied on the testimony of Norris, H & H's general foreman, that the gaskets contained asbestos. Moreover…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 21, 1985 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…As a consequence, federal courts would become increasingly responsible for establishing a general federal tort law in a manner we think is inconsistent with the teachings of Erie and the logic behind our federal system. Cf…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · June 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…Court has expressly held, in Turner v. General Motors Corporation,\[36\] that, although evidence of the expectations of the ordinary consumer and the care of a prudent manufacturer may be introduced at trial, "henceforth in the…
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Court case · Arkansas Court of Appeals · April 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Alcoa v. Vann (1985)
… 81-1314(5)(iii) (Repl. 1976) provides: No compensation shall be payable for any ordinary disease of life to which the general public is exposed. These statutes require that a causal connection between the claimant's…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · March 23, 1984 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)
…not prove that he presently suffers from that disease. In arguing that the cancer evidence was properly admissible, Jackson relies on the general rule of tort law that allows for recovery of all harms — past, present…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · April 13, 1989 · in the opinion
Kaiser v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1989)
…late 1985 or early 1986 that he suffered from asbestosis. The Kaisers filed this lawsuit seeking general and special damages for Kaiser's asbestos-related injuries on August 15, 1986. III. All parties accept in their…
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Court case · Washington Supreme Court · October 15, 1987 · in the opinion
Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc. (1987)
…jury. The evidence before the jury included expert testimony on asbestos and the disease of asbestosis, the dangerousness of asbestos to individuals in general and to shipyard workers, and the effects of combining smoking with asbestosis…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 15, 1985 · in the opinion
Dartez v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985)
…any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts; and (C) the general purposes of these rules and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into evidence. However…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · April 13, 1982 · in the opinion
Director, Office OF Workers'comp. v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (1982)
…Corp. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently has held that the Director has standing to appeal because of his general administrative responsibility and his financial interest in the special fund…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · December 15, 1988 · in the opinion
Whatley v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1988)
…474 (5th Cir.1985); see Shipp v. General Motors Corp., 750 F.2d 418, 425 (5th Cir.1985) (Duncan placed the allocative burden of comparative causation on the defendant). Sufficiency of the Evidence Whatley contends that…