296 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 9 of 15
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 1991
Wehmeier v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1991)
…causation. Causation; Product Identification; Expert Testimony; Fear of Cancer and Medical Monitoring; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; UNARCO plant, Bloomington, Bloomington UNARCO employee (pipe department) UNARCO plant, Bloomington Bloomington…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 14, 1997
Van Winkle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997)
…for prior acts of coconspirators only if it knew of and approved those acts when it joined. Wrongful Death and Survival; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco asbestos plant…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · November 23, 1994
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1994)
…in furtherance, which may be intentional or negligent and may be committed by any conspirator. Wrongful Death and Survival; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco Industries asbestos plant, Bloomington…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 1991
Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1991)
The appellate court affirmed the jury verdict judgments for plaintiff Lois Thacker against the Manville Corporation Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund, rejecting its requests for judgment n.o.v. and a new trial. Evidence that asbestos dust…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · June 17, 1999
Burgess v. Abex Corp. (1999)
…the jury verdict and judgment for plaintiffs (the Burgess estate and Francis Burgess) against Abex Corporation and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation on a civil conspiracy theory. A defendant who understands the general objectives of a conspiracy to…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · August 11, 1998
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
…evidence, proximate cause need only be shown by a preponderance. Causation; Expert Testimony; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco plant, Bloomington, Bloomington; Unarco plant…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 21, 1999
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
…and convincing proof of the agreement element. The remaining contacts among the companies were as consistent with innocence as with guilt. Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Unarco Bloomington plant…
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Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · September 21, 1992
Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1992)
… Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Company) Bloomington plant; Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) Bloomington plant, Bloomington pipe-covering department worker Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) Bloomington plant Bloomington 1954-1962
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Survival of asbestos insulation workers with mesothelioma
This study followed 17,800 asbestos insulation union members in the United States and Canada from 1967 to 1987. Among 5026 deaths, 457 were from malignant mesothelioma (186 pleural, 271 peritoneal). Only cases whose tissue slides…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Lung function and chest radiograph abnormalities among construction insulators
In 1988 the authors surveyed British Columbia heat and frost insulators' union members aged 50 or older. Of those invited, 59 of 73 active and 29 of 42 retired workers took part. Of the 88 insulators…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Irregular opacities in the lung, occupational asthma, and airways dysfunction in aluminum workers
This exploratory case-match study compared 670 aluminum workers from a union at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with 659 regional pipefitters who were not exposed to aluminum. Both groups had worked with asbestos. The article does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Asbestos-associated deaths among insulation workers in the United States and Canada, 1967-1987
…insulation workers, the authors reported 20 years of mortality follow-up of insulators. The cohort comprised 17,800 men enrolled in the insulators' union in the United States and Canada on January 1, 1967. They were…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Beyond notification: a case study from Cloquet, Minnesota
…the Union was able to follow-up the notification and subsequent screening by sending members and their families the results of the initial screenings and other information concerning the status of any legal actions taken on…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Fissural thickening and exposure to asbestos: occurrence, determinants, and functional impact
This study examined 147 male construction insulators from Local 58 of the insulators' union in the Montreal area. All were 50 or younger and none was compensated for asbestosis. The authors tested whether thickened interlobar fissures…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Proportionate mortality among construction laborers
This report presents the results of proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) analyses and proportionate cancer mortality ratio (PCMR) analyses among the 11,685 members of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), who died between 1985…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Asbestos-related diseases in construction carpenters
…CI 0.3-7.1) defects. Although only 631 of a potential 7,649 active and retired union members participated in this first-time survey and were relatively young, these findings add new evidence to the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Assessing quality of life when planning and evaluating worker notification programs: two case examples
This short paper described two preliminary efforts, carried out with the United Paperworkers International Union, to take workers' quality of life into account when notifying them of health risks. The first case summarized an earlier project…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Lung cinescintigraphy in the dynamic assessment of ventilation and mucociliary clearance of asbestos cement workers
This Italian study compared 30 former asbestos cement workers, recruited through a union, with nine union members never exposed to respiratory irritant dust or fumes. The cement was 20% asbestos: 70%-80% chrysotile, 15%-20% crocidolite…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Asbestos screening and education programs for building and construction trades unions
…screening and education programs designed for the building and construction trades unions were a national multisite effort that focused on improving the health of eligible union members and retirees at high risk of developing asbestos-related…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Use of death certificates in epidemiological studies, including occupational hazards: variations in discordance of different asbestos-associated diseases on best evidence ascertainment
This was a prospective study of all 17,800 men on the rolls of the asbestos insulation workers' union in the United States and Canada. They were followed from January 1, 1967, through December 31, 1986…