8 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Benavidez v. Fluor Corp. (2021)
…fact. Benavidez testified at his March 2018 deposition that during his first job at the Anheuser-Busch facility, Fluor employed electricians working at the site. Benavidez said he had "no idea" who employed the pipefitters. He…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Northern District of California · March 30, 2023 · in the opinion
Elorreaga v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. (2023)
…reliability, the Court "assess\[es\] the \[expert's\] reasoning or methodology, using as appropriate such criteria as testability, publication in peer reviewed literature, and general acceptance." Id. at 564. III. DISCUSSION As an initial matter, the…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · February 1, 2024
Ciolino v. Keystone Shipping Co. (2024)
…merchant seaman, sued Keystone Shipping Co. and Keystone Management Services, Inc. under the Jones Act and general maritime law. He claimed negligence, unseaworthiness, and maintenance and cure for injuries from asbestos exposure on Keystone vessels. He…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Asbestos, Pleural Plaques, and Lung Cancer: Untangling the Relationships
…depends on precise exposure estimates. The author concluded that people with known moderate to heavy exposure should not be denied CT screening because they lack plaques. In general populations, the author wrote, bilateral plaques should prompt…
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Court case · West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals · June 5, 2024 · in the opinion
Murphy v. ST. Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. (2024)
…occupational pneumoconiosis, our sister state of Kentucky has instructed that: The legislature has labeled the presumptions "rebuttable." It is therefore clear that the legislature intended the general rules applicable to rebuttable presumptions to apply. Such presumptions…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina · December 6, 2021 · in the opinion
Settlemyer v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2021)
…October 14, 2020, Dr. Staggs sets forth the general principles of asbestos-related disease; discusses the studies and reports identifying a causal relationship between asbestos-containing products and diseases such as asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Clinical feature of diagnostic challenging cases for pleural biopsy in patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma
This retrospective study from one hospital in Japan reviewed 400 consecutive patients suspected of having malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). All had a surgical pleural biopsy by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) between 2004 and 2017. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Treatment of bronchial fistula after extraplural pneumonectomy using flexible bronchoscopy with the administration of OK432, fibroblast growth factor basic and fibrin glue sealant
This case report describes one patient, a 49-year-old man with malignant pleural mesothelioma. He had his right lung and surrounding pleura removed (a right extrapleural pneumonectomy) after chemotherapy given before surgery. The article does not…