655 results for “General Electric”, page 10 of 33
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · November 20, 2008
Pennsylvania Gen. Ins. Co. v. Park-Ohio Industries, Inc. (2008)
The appeals court reversed the trial court's judgment denying Pennsylvania General Insurance equitable contribution from Nationwide and Continental, and remanded for further proceedings on the shares each owes. Under Ohio's all-sums approach, an…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware · September 29, 2009
In re WR Grace & Co. (2009)
The State of California, Department of General Services, filed sixteen property damage claims in W.R. Grace's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The claims concerned asbestos-containing materials Grace made that were in sixteen state-owned buildings…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · October 1, 2009
Union Carbide Corporation v. Smith (2009)
…Texas City; Hexion (Smith-Douglas) facility, Texas City, Texas City pipefitter and general laborer Union Carbide Texas City plant Texas City; pipefitter Union Carbide Texas City plant Texas City; pipefitter Hexion (Smith-Douglas) facility, Texas City…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · May 9, 2006
In re Asbestos Litigation (2006)
The court denied DaimlerChrysler's motion in limine to exclude the plaintiffs' experts on general causation, so the plaintiffs' experts may testify that automotive friction products increase the risk of asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. Under…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 14, 2007
Terrance v. Dow Chemical Company (2007)
The court affirmed the judgment on the jury's $5,000,000 general damages verdict for the Terrance estate and surviving spouse against Exxon, and denied Exxon's JNOV, new trial and remittitur motions. Mesothelioma was…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Homozygous deletion of p16INK4a and tobacco carcinogen exposure in nonsmall cell lung cancer
This study examined 177 consecutive non-small cell lung cancers removed at Massachusetts General Hospital from November 1992 to January 1996. Smoking history and occupational asbestos exposure came from an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The authors tested…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · March 10, 2006
Boyle v. Certainteed Corporation (2006)
…judgment for CertainTeed, holding San Francisco's General Order No. 157 invalid, and remanded; plaintiffs recovered costs. A local court's general order allowing expedited summary judgment in asbestos cases on 60 days' notice, supported only…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 2002
Union Carbide Corporation's Amended Responses to Plaintiff's Request for Admissions (Set One) in Brauch v. Bondex International, with Calidria Tape Joint Brochure and Verification (2002)
Union Carbide's Amended Responses to Plaintiff's Request for Admissions (Set One), with general objections, responses to Nos. 1-45, and signature block dated March 25, 2002 Exhibit A slip sheet Union Carbide Calidria asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Asbestos content of omentum and mesentery in nonoccupationally exposed individuals
…electron microscopy for defining the asbestos burden in digested lung, omentum, and mesentery tissues from individuals considered as representing the general population in East Texas. The findings, when compared with previous data from occupationally exposed individuals…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report
This article reports a single patient's case, followed by a general review of asbestos-related diseases. An 86-year-old woman came to the Logan College of Chiropractic clinic with 3 months of right-sided…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Immunohistochemistry in the distinction between malignant mesothelioma and pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a critical evaluation of new antibodies
This laboratory study, based on archived tissue at Southampton General Hospital, tested whether newer antibody stains could help pathologists tell malignant mesothelioma apart from lung adenocarcinoma. The authors stained tissue from 41 malignant mesotheliomas (1990 to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Promoter methylation of DAP-kinase: association with advanced stage in non-small cell lung cancer
…NSCLC). One hundred and eighty-five patients diagnosed with NSCLC undergoing surgical resection from June, 1992 through December, 1996 at Massachusetts General Hospital participated in this study. Methylation-Specific PCR (MSP), performed using fresh-frozen tissue…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Mesothelioma risk and environmental exposure to asbestos: past and future trends in Japan
Although asbestos has been widely distributed in the environment, health risks due to general environmental exposure to asbestos have not been estimated. Future mesothelioma risk from environmental exposure to asbestos in Japan was estimated by comparing…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Cancer incidence among Australian nuclear industry workers
This retrospective cohort study compared cancer rates among workers at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre with rates in the general New South Wales (NSW) population. Of 7,076 workers employed 1957 to 1998, the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 3p21 is associated with mutant TP53 and better patient survival in non-small-cell lung cancer
This study examined tumors from a random subset of 260 patients with surgically removable non-small-cell lung cancer treated at Massachusetts General Hospital from November 1992 through December 1996. The authors looked for loss of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Occupational lung cancer risk for men in Germany: results from a pooled case-control study
This study pooled two German case-control studies (1988 to 1996): 3,498 men with lung cancer and 3,541 men from the general population. Lifelong job and smoking histories were collected; experts rated workplace exposures…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · August 13, 2007
Rochon v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2007)
…Rochon's employer and landowner duty theories, reversed the dismissal of her general negligence claim, and remanded for further proceedings. A defendant who takes affirmative action creating an unreasonable risk of harm has a duty to…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · July 7, 2000
Bille v. Hedman Resources (Matter of Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation v Hedman Resources, Ltd., 2000)
…and other makers and distributors of asbestos products in 1987 over injuries from asbestos exposure. In 1991 Bille settled with Hedman and signed a general release. At that time he had been diagnosed with pleural disease…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 2001
Union Carbide Corporation's Responses to Bobby Lloyd Gilmore's Requests for Disclosure, with Witness and Exhibit Lists, Gillum v. GAF Corp. (2001)
…witnesses (Bakelite resin and labeling witnesses, outside experts) Exhibit B: Defendants' list of potential deposition and trial testimony, with line and page designations Exhibit C: CCR Defendants' general list of medical, state-of-the-art, economic…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2000
Union Carbide's Responses to Plaintiff Rafael W. Hany's First Request for Admissions and Second Request for Production, Jacobs v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Calhoun County, Texas (2000)
…suit to Plaintiff Rafael W. Hany's First Request for Admissions and Second Request for Production. It sets out general objections and a preliminary statement, then answers Requests for Admission Nos. 1-61 and Requests for…