1,631 results for “General Electric”, page 34 of 82
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Cancer incidence of Taiwanese shipbreaking workers who have been potentially exposed to asbestos
…number of cancers for shipbreaking workers was calculated by using the age (5-year intervals) and calendar time-specific annual rates of cancer incidence with reference to the general population of Taiwan from 1985 to 2008…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Mesothelioma and lung cancer mortality: a historical cohort study among asbestosis workers in Hong Kong
…all 124 men newly diagnosed with asbestosis at Hong Kong's Pneumoconiosis Clinic between 1981 and 2008 until the end of 2008. Deaths were compared with male general population rates. Most worked in shipyards or construction…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
A retrospective study of chest pain in benign asbestos pleural disease
…recognized, particularly in those with folded atelectasis and is not restricted to litigants. Improved recognition of this entity is needed along with practical management guidelines for the general practitioner. Further studies are envisaged by the authors.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
A genome-wide association study for malignant mesothelioma risk
This genome-wide association study looked for inherited DNA variants (SNPs) linked to malignant mesothelioma risk. The authors compared 428 mesothelioma patients from Western Australia and Queensland with 1269 general-population controls from Busselton, Western Australia…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Does exposure to asbestos cause ovarian cancer? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
…The authors searched MEDLINE from 1950 to December 2008 and found 14 cohort studies and 2 case-control studies that reported on ovarian cancer in women exposed to asbestos at work or from their general environment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Compensation of pleural mesothelioma in France: data from the French National Mesothelioma Surveillance Programme
…the Compensation Fund for Asbestos Victims (FIVA) were analyzed. Approximately 30% of subjects presenting with pleural mesothelioma, affiliated to the General National Health Insurance fund, neither sought recognition as an OD nor claimed for FIVA compensation…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Tuberculosis and risk of cancer: a Danish nationwide cohort study
…Danish nationwide databases, we quantified cancer risk in TB patients during 1978-2011 compared with the general population. We observed 1747 cancers in 15 024 TB patients (median follow-up 8.5 years), reflecting a standardised…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · May 17, 2017
Hodjera v. BASF Catalysts LLC (2017)
…and makes Volkswagen vehicles, asked to be dismissed because Washington courts lacked personal jurisdiction over it. The court found no general jurisdiction, since Volkswagen AG is neither incorporated nor based in Washington. It also found no…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · March 30, 2018
Barabin v. Scapa Dryer Felts, Inc. (2018)
…call Dr. Arnold Brody, a cellular biologist, to give a general overview of how asbestos fibers affect the lungs and cells. Scapa objected that this would repeat testimony already given by Dr. Carl Brodkin, a physician…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia · September 8, 2015
Parker v. Hunting Point Apartments, LLC (2015)
…how or to what extent he was exposed. It found no specific act or omission by the defendants beyond a general reference to negligent construction and renovation. It also found no allegation that he had been…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 31, 2019
Carlstrand v. Mannington Mills (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof, and conflicting expert opinions on general and specific causation raise credibility issues of fact that cannot be resolved on motion papers. Causation; Product Identification…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas · December 21, 2018
Thomas v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2018)
…old brakes, since Arkansas has not adopted market share liability. All other claims survived. The court found factual disputes over general causation, frequency of exposure, design defect and the adequacy of Honeywell's warnings. It applied…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · August 2, 2018
Matter of Crozier v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…Avon's powder. They moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or on forum non conveniens grounds. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It found…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · October 27, 2017
Walsh v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…law, a plaintiff must show exposure to the defendant's product and that it was a substantial factor in causing the injury; general testimony about replacement parts, without evidence they were made by the defendant, does…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 27, 2018
Brewer v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2018)
…jurisdiction and on forum non conveniens grounds, arguing that everything happened in Minnesota. The court found no general jurisdiction, since neither company was incorporated or based in New York. It did find specific jurisdiction under New…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 18, 2018
Germain v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…The court found the defendants had made an initial showing, but the plaintiffs' experts raised fact issues on general and specific causation. It noted that conflicting expert evidence and credibility questions must be resolved by a…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 30, 2015
Assenzio v. AO Smith Water Prods. (2015)
…court overlooked or misapplied law, and renewal requires new facts or a change in law; a pending appeal and a judgment-molding calculation under General Obligations Law § 15-108 do not qualify. The court may still…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 14, 2017
Duty v. Trz Realty, LLC (2017)
…saying asbestos causes colon cancer. After a hearing, the trial court found he was not qualified on general or specific causation, mainly because he was not an epidemiologist or colorectal specialist. Plaintiffs then conceded they lacked…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 26, 2013
Bernard v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2013)
…a testing expert's opinion based on a self-modified TEM method for bulk talc samples that drops accepted fiber-count and fiber-identification criteria is inadmissible because it lacks general acceptance in the scientific community…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 23, 2018
Chen v. Volkswagen Group of America (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2018)
…asked to dismiss the case because Texas was a more convenient forum. The court held that it lacked general jurisdiction over Volkswagen and Nissan. It found long-arm jurisdiction proper because Chen's testimony and the…