655 results for “General Electric”, page 17 of 33
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 2001
Union Carbide's Objections and Answers to Plaintiff's Second Set of Interrogatories, Requests for Production and Requests for Admission, McDonald v. GAF Corporation (2001)
…s counsel, and certificate of service dated July 27, 2001 General objections and objections to definitions and instructions, including the description of Union Carbide's asbestos-containing products Responses to Requests for Admission Nos. 1-15…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Occupational and environmental medicine: moving the factory fence or hedging our bets?
…medicine evolved out of concern for the effect of work hazards on health. The experienced gained in considering such hazards has been extended to understanding general risks in the environment. As we look toward the future…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Genotoxic mechanisms of asbestos fibers: role of extranuclear targets
…fibers are carcinogenic to both humans and experimental animals. The continued discoveries of exposure routes whereby the general public is exposed to asbestos suggest a long-term, low-dose exposure for a large number of people…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Transcriptional profiling of mesothelioma using microarrays
…lacking. Large-scale transcriptional profiling using microarrays is frequently a part of studies to explore gene expression patterns in cancer and other diseases. In general, microarray based experiments can facilitate the identification of tumor molecular markers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Asbestos content in the lymph nodes of nonoccupationally exposed individuals
…However, no information exists as to asbestos content in lymph nodes from the general population. The study cohort consisted of 21 individuals previously defined as nonoccupationally exposed to asbestos. Tissue burden of asbestos obtained from lung…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Expiratory and inspiratory forced vital capacity and one-second forced volume in asymptomatic never-smokers in Norway
…objectives of this study were to examine within and between individual variation detected during forced expiratory (FE) and forced inspiratory (FI) manoeuvers in a general population and to investigate the dependence of these variables on age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Mortality and cancer incidence of Australian participants in the British nuclear tests in Australia
…were compared with rates in the general male Australian population. Dose reconstructions were carried out by a panel of health physicists. Mortality and cancer rates were compared with the general population and between groups of subjects…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Pleural mesothelioma incidence in Europe: evidence of some deceleration in the increasing trends
To summarize the geographical and temporal variations in incidence of pleural mesothelioma in Europe, using the extensive data available from European general cancer registries, and consider these in light of recent trends in asbestos extraction, use…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Updated epidemiological study of workers at two California petroleum refineries, 1950-95
…cohort study of workers at two petroleum refineries in California was undertaken. Mortality analyses were based on standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) using the general population of California as a reference…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
A cancer incidence and mortality study of Dow Chemical Canada Inc. manufacturing sites
…cancer incidence risk among chemical manufacturing sites. We followed 5277 men and 1301 women from 1950 to 1999. Employees experienced lower mortality and cancer incidence rates than the general population for several major causes of death…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Identification of specific gene copy number changes in asbestos-related lung cancer
…vivo experiments have shown that asbestos can cause chromosomal damage and aberrations. Lung tumors, in general, have several recurrently amplified and deleted chromosomal regions. To investigate whether a distinct chromosomal aberration profile could be detected in…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut · September 18, 2008 · in the opinion
Pantalone v. Aurora Pump Co. (2008)
…and which were purportedly critical to the removal determination), Buffalo Pumps instead proffered its factual basis for removal in broad, general terms. According to the notice, Buffalo Pumps had satisfied the statutory requirements for removal during…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · January 2, 2008 · in the opinion
Weyerhaeuser Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company (2008)
…2008) WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, and OLD REPUBLIC…
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Court case · Montana Supreme Court · December 14, 2004 · in the opinion
Orr v. State (2004)
In doing so, the Legislature created a number of statutes under the heading "State Board of Health," which created the board and set forth its general duties, one of which was to "make investigations, disseminate information…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Delaware · September 13, 2005 · in the opinion
In re Federal-Mogul Global, Inc. (2005)
…will probably have a decreased purchasing power at the time of the dollar's theoretical use in the future. In general, plaintiffs will try to project lower future interest rates than will be suggested by defendants…
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Court case · North Carolina Court of Appeals · March 7, 2006 · in the opinion
Williams v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2006)
…range of facts that may be inquired into \[on cross-examination\] is virtually unlimited except by the general requirement of relevancy and the trial judge's discretionary power to keep the examination within reasonable bounds." State…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · September 25, 2009 · in the opinion
In re Wilhite (2009)
…at most, that the plaintiffs are suing the same defendant for injuries caused by asbestos exposure at the same general location during the same period of time, but the documents do not show that these injuries…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 1, 2004 · in the opinion
Coalition for Reasonable Regulation OF Naturally Occurring Substances v. California Air Resources Board (2004)
…to serpentine if the physical and chemical conditions are right." Further, "\[t\]he occurrence of asbestos varies with different rock types and geologic conditions. In general, the vast majority of serpentine rock potentially contains asbestos. However…
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · April 1, 2005 · in the opinion
Parker v. Henry A. Petter Supply Co. (2005)
…Mine and Mill Supply's liability and that Parker could have pursued IRECO as a defendant. The general rule regarding liability of a corporate successor in Kentucky is that a purchasing corporation does not assume liability…
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · May 4, 2006 · in the opinion
Robinson v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (2006)
Therefore, unlike the Texas Legislature, the New Jersey Legislature has the general power to enact retroactive civil statutes that do not impair contractual obligations or remedies. See Nobrega, 772 A.2d at 378-82; Phillips, 608…