449 results for “General Electric”, page 14 of 23
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
The role of cytologic evaluation of pleural fluid in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma
…cytologic slides of patients with pleural MM were reviewed. Medical records were reviewed from two institutions: a large general hospital and a cancer hospital. Twenty-nine patients ranging in age from 32 to 81 years (mean…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
An updated mortality study of workers at a petroleum refinery in Beaumont, Texas
…analyses based on standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) showed overall mortality was significantly lower than expected compared with the U.S. general population (SMR = 82, 95% CI = 79-86)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Shedding of CD44 from PMA-differentiated U-937 cells is enhanced by treatment with mineral particles
…some (TiO2 and amosite) had no effect on this process. These results indicate that shedding enhancement was particle-specific rather than a general consequence of phagocytosis. The ability of the particles to enhance CD44 shedding was…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Direct-reading instruments for aerosols. A review
…variety of instruments are commercially available and are briefly reviewed. Two general classes of instruments used for industrial hygiene measurements are covered: field instruments and research instruments. The International Symposium on Air Sampling Instrument Performance held…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Induction of heme oxygenase in mammalian cells by mineral fibers: distinctive effect of reactive oxygen species
…and erionites also induced HO synthesis with varying degree of efficiency. In general, chrysotile and crocidolite were more efficient inducers of HO than tremolite and erionite when compared at fiber doses that resulted in approximately 50…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Effect of air pollutants on the pulmonary surfactant system
…on its concentration and the duration of exposure. Hereby the following general rules apply: the smaller the agent's size and the less water soluble the pollutant is, the greater the tendency to reach the alveoli…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 27, 1992 · in the opinion
United Nat. Ins. Co. v. JH France Refractories Co. (1992)
… rather, it seeks to apply the general rule which requires an action to be brought within the statutory period from the time when the right to institute and maintain the suit arose. Because Appellant had that…
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Court case · Michigan Court of Appeals · July 18, 1994 · in the opinion
Beaudrie v. Anchor Packing Co. (1994)
…Royal, of Counsel), for the plaintiffs. Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Morrison Zack, Assistant Attorney General, for the Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund. [\247] Before: CAVANAGH, P…
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Court case · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · March 5, 1999 · in the opinion
Letteney's (dependent's) Case (1999)
…MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ. David J. McMorris for the employee. Paul R. Ingraham, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Workers' Compensation Trust Fund. Alan S. Pierce for the employer. FRIED, J. Only employment referred to in G. L…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · May 28, 1992 · in the opinion
Cole v. Celotex Corp. (1992)
…the Tab?, 48 Fordham L.Rev. 657, 684 n. 152 (1980) (quoting Elliott, The New Comprehensive General Liability Policy, in Liability Insurance Disputes 12-3, 12-5 (S. Schreiber ed. 1968)); See also Nothstein, Toxic Torts…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · August 16, 1995 · in the opinion
State ex rel. Liposchak v. Indus. Comm. (1995)
…Jaffy, for relator. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Yolanda L. Barnes, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent. Per Curiam. Claimant's mesothelioma undeniably arose from his employment at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel. Claimant's mesothelioma undeniably prevents…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · April 7, 1999 · in the opinion
State ex rel. Thompson v. Ohio Edison Co. (1999)
…and Rachel B. Jaffy, for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Gerald H. Waterman, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees Industrial Commission and Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Roderick, Myers & Linton, Robert F. Linton and Matthew W…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · December 4, 1992 · in the opinion
In re Joint E. & So. Dist. Asbestos Litigation (1992)
…Plan-related documents. We therefore consider whether the changes were authorized by the more general reserved power of the Bankruptcy Court to modify the Plan "to the full extent permitted by the Code." Plan § 10.1…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · December 13, 1995 · in the opinion
Stonewall Ins. Co. v. Asbestos Claims Management (1995)
…FM Insurance Company, Republic Insurance Company, First State Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Houston General Insurance Company, Twin City Fire Insurance Company, Old Republic Insurance [\1179] Company, American Centennial Insurance Company, The Constitution State…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · February 27, 1992 · in the opinion
Betts v. Manville Personal Injury Trust (1992)
…that would include fibrosis of the lungs. Plaintiffs do not contend the answers to the special interrogatories are inconsistent with the general verdicts as to Deitz and Lehr. The language employed is not ambiguous or confusing…
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Court case · Michigan Court of Appeals · November 21, 1997 · in the opinion
Faulkner Const. v. Silicosis Fund (1997)
…or other dust disease posing such a general threat to the industry. Hence whenever an employer asserts that the limitation of \[the predecessor statute\] should be applied to the dust disease causing the disability for which…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · February 13, 1998 · in the opinion
LaBounty v. Coughlin (1998)
…70] Vincent Leong, Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York (Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara G. Billet, Solicitor General, Thomas D. Hughes, Assistant Solicitor General, New York…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York · November 30, 1990 · in the opinion
In re Joint Eastern & Southern Dist. Asbestos Lit. (1990)
…Unliquidated Claims on File $4.794 billion Unpaid Settlements .434 billion 47,000 Future Claims 1.840 billion \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Total $7.068 billion\[3\] (1) The Trust, as movant, represented by its General Counsel, David T. Austern…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · July 25, 1991 · in the opinion
Mendelowitz v. Xerox Corp. (1991)
…78 AD2d 834; Bertocci v Fiat Motors, 76 AD2d 779; Savitsky v General Motors Corp., 40 AD2d 1025). IAS agreed, stating that "\[p\]laintiff has not shown that other copier models are substantially similar to those…
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · July 14, 1998 · in the opinion
In re Ethyl Corp. (1998)
…184, 133 L.Ed.2d 122 (1995); see also Friendly, Federal Jurisdiction: A General View 120 (1973) (condemning "blackmail settlements"), quoted in In re Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc., 51 F.3d at 1298. On the other…