825 results for “General Electric”, page 21 of 42
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Blog · 2025
Asbestos News: European Commission Calls for Help With New Asbestos Regulations
…guidelines. Among other things, a revised Asbestos at Work Directive significantly lowered the binding occupational exposure limit for asbestos exposure. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion (DG EMPL), in conjunction with…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 15, 2023
Stauder v. Shell Oil Company (2023)
…interest running from the original 2016 petition, rejecting Union Carbide's challenges. An appellate court may disturb a general damages award only after finding the jury abused its vast discretion, and prior awards are compared only…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · January 29, 2020
Joseph v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2020)
…action (a win for Huntington Ingalls and Lamorak against the Joseph children), and remanded for further proceedings. A compromise worded in general terms, releasing present and future occupational lung disease and all other personal injury claims…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · April 25, 2023
Fiffie v. Taylor-Seidenbach (2023)
…Geismar. When all federal claims have been dismissed before trial, the general rule is that a district court declines supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state-law claims. Here the statutory and common-law factors favored remand…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Identifying predictors of personal exposure to air temperature in peri-urban India
…To date, no study evaluating personal air temperature in the general population has been conducted in a low-and-middle income country. We used data from the CHAI study consisting of 50 adults monitored in up…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana · May 19, 2020
McAllister v. McDERMOTT, Inc. (2020)
…McAllister plaintiffs' damages claims, but limited recovery of loss of income and household services to the surviving spouse as executrix of the estate. Under general maritime law and the Jones Act, a decedent's pre-death…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California · August 5, 2021
Darden v. Western Asbestos Settlement Trust (In re Western Asbestos Co., 2021)
…Trust, holding that Edward Darden's 1986 release and claim preclusion barred his June 2017 trust claim. Under California law a third party may enforce a general release if the contracting parties intended to benefit it…
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Court case · Washington Court of Appeals · December 13, 2021
Wright v. 3M Company (2021)
…settlement reasonableness hearing because the settling parties never provided the full settlement agreements. An owner does not retain control over an independent contractor's work merely by requiring compliance with safety laws and general safety rules…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Utah · March 23, 2023
Riegler v. Carlisle Companies, Incorporated (2023)
…Staggs's specific causation opinion, and granted in part and denied in part the motions to exclude: Ewing's opinion and Staggs's general causation opinion were admitted. Under Rule 702, a medical expert's specific…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Asbestos-Environment Pollution Characteristics and Health-Risk Assessment in Typical Asbestos-Mining Area
…has been confirmed as a major pollutant in asbestos-mining areas that are located in western China. In general, asbestos-fibre dust will is released into the environment due to the effect of intensive industrial activities…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Well-Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma With Two Synchronous Serous Gynaecologic Carcinomas in a 62-Year-Old Woman: Lessons Learned for the Gynaecologic Surgeon
…of WDPM in a woman with synchronous serous carcinomas of the gynaecologic tract and highlight lessons learned for general gynaecologists and gynaecologic oncologists alike. A 62-year-old woman was referred for assessment and management of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Asbestos in High-Risk Communities: Public Health Implications
…lung cancer, and asbestosis-are well known as occupational diseases. As industrial asbestos use is eliminated, ARDs within the general community from para-occupational, environmental, and natural exposures are more prominent. ARD clusters have been studied…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Pleural plaques by inhalation of asbestos fibers
…up to 3 to 58% of workers who were exposed to asbestos fiber, and 0.5 to 8% in the general population. The objective of this article is to present a case report of a patient…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 1, 2022 · in the opinion
Labarre v. Bienville Auto Parts Inc. (2022)
…1980s and 1990s) raising the question of Bienville's general knowledge about the dangers of asbestos-containing products.\[63\] Because there is at least some evidence that Bienville knew or should have known that the products…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina · April 15, 2021 · in the opinion
Reed v. Reichhold Liquidation, Inc. (2021)
…Iowa State Bar Association indicate that a "harm is within the scope of a defendant's liability if that harm arises from the same general types of danger that the defendant should have taken reasonable steps…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Utah · August 31, 2022 · in the opinion
Hipwell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2022)
…2020) ("For maritime tort cases in particular, \we rely on general principles of negligence law.'" (citation omitted)). \[2\] This ruling does not preclude Hipwell from moving before trial to exclude specific pieces of evidence related to…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Pennsylvania · December 8, 2022 · in the opinion
In re All Matters Related TO North American Refractories Company (2022)
…therefore, the Trust would have the burden of showing why this general principle should be set aside in this particular instance. The Trust has not cited to any authority in support of its position and the…
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Court case · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of North Carolina · August 23, 2021 · in the opinion
In re Aldrich Pump LLC (2021)
…Omega team members took place with increasing frequency and included weekly "all hands" team meetings chaired by Old IRNJ's general counsel.\[59\] At all of these meetings (or at least the significant ones) both in…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · April 11, 2023 · in the opinion
Jordonek v. Hennessy Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2023)
…rationale for why it should can be gleamed from the California law cited by the plaintiff. California follows the general rule of no duty to warn, but recognizes exceptions to that doctrine.\[13\] In Sherman v…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Central District of California · December 12, 2024 · in the opinion
Dunlavey v. 3M Company (2024)
…2024. United States District Court, C.D. California. CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL MICHAEL W. FITZGERALD, District Judge. Proceedings (In Chambers): ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO REMAND TO STATE COURT \[49\] Before the Court is a Motion to…