95 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 5 of 5
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Company document · JM Document Review · January 31, 1983
Lois Gaul's Johns-Manville Memo on the Rhode Island Medical Journal (1983)
…not mention asbestos in its section on dust diseases. She quoted Drinker's account that in 1944 a union on the West Coast had prevented the Maritime Commission, Navy and Public Health Service from giving chest…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 1972
Waukegan Plant List of Red Slip Pneumoconiosis Cases, with Dates Diagnosed and Dates Informed (1972)
…Hite's 1971 letter on the red slip cases and the union. In Johns-Manville's chronology Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows: This is a list…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 21, 2016 · in the opinion
Baeza v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (2016)
…warnings, safety requirements, and union strike activities—were relevant to the jury's evaluation of plaintiffs' design defect claim. The court overruled Farrise's objection. The court stated that the jury had been properly instructed, further…
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Company document · WARD Documents · November 14, 1978
Testimonies of Francis H. May and G. Earl Parker of Johns-Manville Before the House Subcommittee on Compensation, Health and Safety (1978)
…survey be included and that none of the unfavorable be unintentionally pictured in darker tones than the circumstances justify." Parker told the subcommittee that J-M and the insulators' union had helped draft the Fenwick bill…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 3, 1968
J. R. M. Hutcheson to N. W. Hendry on a Caution Label for Asbestos Fiber Bags (1968)
…asbestos customers be advised in advance of this step, "otherwise they might have union problems." Hendry and others go about drafting a letter indicating that beginning shortly, J-M will be labeling each bag of chrysotile…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 21, 1971
Johns-Manville Environmental Health Task Force Policy Committee Minutes, May 1971 (1971)
…Dr. T. H. Davison noted that under the new federal safety law Selikoff, through the union, might get them anyway. Other items: Dr. Wright advised replacing crocidolite in J-M products wherever possible, a manager proposed…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 30, 1966
W. P. Raines Confidential Memo on a Dinner with Dr. Irving Selikoff (1966)
…Sinai. He will continue to be the doctor for the Asbestos Workers Union. Dr. Selikoff expressed great interest in the QAMA Scientific Committee and Raines speculates that Selikoff wants to have "his ego flattered" by the…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
Quave and against Asbestos Corporation Limited, James O'Donnell, Steven Kennedy, John Chantrey, and Peter Territo in the amount of $3,368.40, including legal interest from date of judicial demand and all costs, including costs…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 9, 2001 · in the opinion
Emery v. Owens-Corporation (2001)
…s claim for fear of cancer had prescribed. Although Exxon correctly points out that Wayne Bendily started undergoing annual medical screenings through his union commencing in the 1980's, there is no evidence establishing he was…
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Company document · WARD Documents · November 11, 1968
D. Poutiatine's Call Report on Eternit Germany's Fiber Tests and Opposition to Caution Labels (1968)
…about which they, and others, are perfectly aware." They felt "it is unnecessary to advertise its possible danger to labor unions or to dockworkers who only handle bags of asbestos, but do not work with it."
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Company document · WARD Documents · November 16, 1973
F. J. Solon Jr. to J-M Managers on the Reopening of the OSHA Asbestos Standard (1973)
…the 2 fibers per cubic centimeter limit would take effect in July 1976, unless OSHA came under "undue pressure." He writes that the unions and Dr. Selikoff were attacking the 2-fiber standard as "phony" because…
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Company document · WARD Documents · March 10, 1969
Stanley Green to F. L. Pundsack on Selling a J-M Safety Mask Through Insulation Contractors (1969)
…Burleson saw "one possible disadvantage: it would be awkward for contractors in dealing with unions on mask usage if they also were in the business of selling them," but later sent word that he could market…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · 1940
Johns-Manville Report, Industrial Relations Activities During 1938 and 1939 and Their Results (1940)
…cover labeled for Enders M. Voorhees, a J-M director. It reviews the Industrial Relations Department set up in 1937: labor policy, unions and strikes, labor turnover, wages and hours, and community relations. Under "Safety and…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 29, 1963
Dr. Kenneth W. Smith and C. L. Sheckler at the J-M Industrial Relations Managers' Meeting (1963)
…or possibly customer liability claims." He warned that unions were pressing for "review of our J-M dust counts or other Industrial Hygiene records," and that poor conditions lead to "incurable and often fatal occupational diseases…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 30, 1993 · in the opinion
Adcock v. Brakegate, Ltd. (1993)
…this case, knew the health hazards associated with the inhalation of asbestos fibers; that he embarked upon a strategy to use this information to benefit Owens-Corning during negotiations with its labor unions; and that, when…