12 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 8, 1998 · in the opinion
Ford Motor v. Wood (1998)
…a duty to warn of dangers inherent in maintaining and repairing the manufacturer's products, do not persuade us to the contrary. Bich v. General Electric Co., 27 Wash.App. 25, 614 P.2d 1323 (1980)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Asbestos lung burden and asbestosis after occupational and environmental exposure in an asbestos cement manufacturing area: a necropsy study
This necropsy (autopsy) study examined lung tissue from the consecutive autopsies done at the General Hospital of Casale Monferrato, Italy, home to a large asbestos cement factory, from July 1985 to July 1988. Of 55 autopsies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Malignant mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos in dental practice
…found 0.7 x 10^6 crocidolite fibres per gram of dry lung. The authors described this as lower than expected with longstanding occupational exposure but higher than in the general population. No chrysotile fibres were found…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Malignant mesothelioma after environmental exposure to blue asbestos
…or as employees of CSR or ABA, the cohort was 4890 (2187 men, 2703 women). Residents were exposed through general contamination from milling, mill tailings used on roads, yards and playgrounds, and household contact with workers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Efflux of reduced glutathione after exposure of human lung epithelial cells to crocidolite asbestos
…hour in that medium, so the authors suggested it was released from the cells continuously. They found no sign of general membrane damage. Activity of the enzyme gamma glutamylcysteine synthetase fell by 47%, while four other…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
The production of TNF-alpha and IL-1-like activity by bronchoalveolar leucocytes after intratracheal instillation of crocidolite asbestos
…both substances. The authors noted that low-level endotoxin in culture media could have contributed to background release. They concluded that, in general, asbestos exposure increased production of both substances, with short-term variations after instillation.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Asbestos exposure and ovarian fiber burden
Epidemiologic studies suggest increased risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in female asbestos workers and increased risk of malignancy in general in household contacts of asbestos workers. Ovaries were studied from 13 women with household contact with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Cancer mortality and exposure to crocidolite
…a further 800 f/ml shorter than 5 µm. Samples from the general area outside the plant showed up to 2 f/ml longer than 5 µm. Rogers noted that de Klerk et al had applied…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Silicosis among gemstone workers in South Africa: tiger's-eye pneumoconiosis
…to be confined to stone sculptors. Tried and proven techniques of general and local exhaust ventilation combined with water or oil to control dust at source were capable of effectively reducing dust emission to acceptable levels.
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 20, 1998 · in the opinion
Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998)
…The "minimum contacts" prong of the test can be broken down into two types of personal jurisdiction, specific and general. A state exercises "specific jurisdiction" over a non-resident defendant when the lawsuit arises from or…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · April 13, 1999 · in the opinion
Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999)
…regard to either theory. The facts presented in this case show that H & V and Lorillard had a much closer relationship than that of a general component part manufacturer supplying parts to an end product manufacturer…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · September 19, 1994 · in the opinion
Lesnick v. Hollingsworth & Vose Co. (1994)
…it "bound itself to work in virtual partnership with Lorillard to develop a filter for general distribution through integration into Lorillard's cigarettes." Lesnick contended that Hollingsworth & Vose should be imputed with Lorillard's clearly adequate…