297 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 15 of 15
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · June 5, 1995 · in the opinion
Ripa v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1995)
…an "itch factor." After the company's campaign concerning asbestos' danger, the union dropped the request for premiums to work with fiberglass, apparently also as a result of a study of asbestos conducted by their own…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 7, 1998 · in the opinion
ACandS v. Abate (1998)
…About two years after the symptoms began, Ciotta received a letter from his trade union regarding asbestos-exposure and was urged to have a chest X-ray. Ciotta got the X-ray and the doctors recommended…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · April 14, 1995 · in the opinion
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995)
…defendants, including Owens-Corning Fiberglas [\152] Corporation ("Owens-Corning").\[2\] Kirk alleged that her husband's mesothelioma was caused by exposure to dust from asbestos products during his employment at the New York Shipyard in Camden…
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Court case · West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals · November 15, 1996 · in the opinion
Marlin v. Bill Rich Const., Inc. (1996)
…out overhead insulation materials, which created substantial amounts of airborne dust and debris. According to appellants, Herb Stevey, a union steward, eventually questioned Jim Long, a "coordinator" for the Board's construction projects, about the existence…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · November 5, 1997 · in the opinion
Ciletti v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 1997)
…an overwhelming amount of evidence in favor of the movant that reasonable and fair minded persons could not arrive at a verdict against it. Cruz v. Local Union Number 3 of IBEW, 34 F.3d 1148…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · February 8, 1993 · in the opinion
Boyett v. Keene Corp. (1993)
…for the same injury and one of the joint tortfeasors has paid more than his fair share of the common liability." Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of America, 451 U.S. 77, 87-88…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of the Virgin Islands · September 27, 1991 · in the opinion
Dunn v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass (1991)
…using fiberglass material than when using asbestos-containing material. These workers believed that fiberglass could produce health hazards. As a result of the union's demands, Edward Ames, Owens's public relations officer and assistant to…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · November 4, 1994 · in the opinion
US Gypsum Co. v. Admiral Ins. Co. (1994)
…provision, the general choice of law rules of the forum state, Illinois, control. (Thieme v. Union Labor Life Insurance Co. (1956), 12 Ill. App.2d 110, 138 N.E.2d 857.) In insurance coverage actions, like…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · February 4, 1991 · in the opinion
Koker v. Armstrong Cork, Inc. (1991)
…respondents. \[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals March 6, 1991.\] GROSSE, C.J. The Celotex Corporation\[1\] and Raymark Industries, Inc. (collectively referred to as appellants) appeal a jury verdict and award to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Beta-Carotene, vitamin A, and lung cancer chemoprevention: results of an intermediate endpoint study
…of 755 people in Texas with documented occupational asbestos exposure. They were former workers from a Tyler manufacturing plant and members of pipe fitters and insulation workers unions. The treated group (378 people) took 50 mg…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Difficulties of attribution of effect in workers exposed to fiberglass and asbestos
This study examined 175 workers from a rotary spun fiberglass plant in production since 1947. They were invited through their unions. The workers had chest X-rays, lung function tests, questionnaires and chest examinations. Of these…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Dangerous and cancer-causing properties of products and chemicals in the oil refining and petrochemical industry: Part V--Asbestos-caused cancers and exposure of workers in the oil refining industry
…mailed a questionnaire on asbestos use, disposal and handling to Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers local unions representing many oil companies. The article does not say how many unions replied. About 400 bulk samples from one…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Abnormal pulmonary function associated with diaphragmatic pleural plaques due to exposure to asbestos
…most of them members of boilermakers', pipefitters', metal, or chemical unions. Their mean age was just over 60, with over 30 years of asbestos exposure. Results for 21 non-smokers and 43 current smokers were compared…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Asbestos Program 1987-1992
In 1987-1992, the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) implemented a nationwide asbestos program aimed at preventing asbestos-related risks in good cooperation with governmental authorities, industry, trade unions, the health care and insurance systems…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Recruitment for the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial (CARET) to prevent lung cancer in smokers and asbestos-exposed workers
…Haven. Asbestos-exposed men aged 45 to 69 were recruited through physicians, workers' compensation programs, labor unions, plaintiffs' attorneys and a Navy asbestos surveillance program. Smokers aged 50 to 69 were recruited mainly from health insurers…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 30, 1993 · in the opinion
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1993)
…this case, knew the health hazards associated with the inhalation of asbestos fibers; that he embarked upon a strategy to use this information to benefit Owens-Corning during negotiations with its labor unions; and that, when…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana · February 7, 1995 · in the opinion
Castor v. US (1995)
…have opposed the motion to dismiss in unison and the cases have been consolidated for the purpose of resolving the United States' motion. The plaintiffs have been appropriately notified of the nature of the United States…