125 results for “General Electric”, page 2 of 7
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Palliation of malignant ascites with a Tenckhoff catheter
This was a case report of one patient from the General Hospital, Birmingham. A 60-year-old man had a month of growing abdominal swelling and a painful, swollen right scrotum. For 20 years he had…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Peritoneal mesothelioma masquerading as an inguinal hernia
This was a case report about one patient treated in the Department of General Surgery at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, UK. An 80-year-old retired steel worker came to hospital with what looked…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1972
Exfoliative cytology of diffuse mesothelioma
This article was a case series from the Pathology Department of the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. The authors described the cells found in fluid samples from 14 patients with diffuse mesothelioma: pleural fluid from 11…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 6, 2022
Zicklin v. Bergdorf Goodman Inc. (2022)
The trial court denied Colgate-Palmolive's motion for summary judgment because conflicting expert opinions on general and specific causation raised fact issues; the plaintiff prevailed on the motion. Conflicting expert opinions on whether the product…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · May 24, 2010
Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
The court denied all four Daubert motions, allowing plaintiffs' causation experts (Brody, limited to general causation, and Legier), defense industrial hygienist Dyson's dose reconstruction testimony, and defendants' causation experts to testify. Expert testimony is admissible…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 6, 2019
Rothlein v. Imerys Talc America (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…of the remaining claims against Imerys, so the plaintiffs kept those claims. General jurisdiction over a corporation exists only where it is incorporated or has its principal place of business. A corporation that buys another's…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos exposure: a population-based case-control study in Lombardy, Italy
…to its rarity, PeM has rarely been investigated in community-based studies. We examined the association between asbestos exposure and PeM risk in a general population in Lombardy, Italy. From the regional mesothelioma registry, we selected…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
Peritoneal mesothelioma. A report of 4 cases
…reported four cases of peritoneal mesothelioma, a tumour of the lining of the abdomen. All four were seen within 12 months of each other at the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. The patients were a man who…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Lung cancer and mesothelioma in the pleura and peritoneum among Swedish insulation workers
…some years after the exposure had ended. In a cohort study the cancer morbidity and cause of death was investigated in 248 insulation workers and compared with the corresponding morbidity and mortality in the general population…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · March 24, 2022
Marino v. Abex Corporation (2022)
…harmless. A trial court may sanction a party for violating a discovery consent order by directing a verdict on duty and breach, and on general causation, where the violation was deliberate and the sanction fit it…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · March 15, 2019
Douglas v. Imerys Talc America, Inc. (2019)
…only Missouri defendant. Johnson & Johnson then asked the court to dismiss the case for improper venue or transfer it to the Eastern District of Tennessee, relying on the general venue statute and § 1406. The court denied…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · February 14, 2019
Douglas v. Imerys Talc America, Inc. (2019)
…sister company is generally not liable for another company's acts absent a pleaded alter ego or agency theory, and general allegations of commonality do not plead alter ego under Delaware law. Product Identification; Successor Liability…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 22, 2019
Young v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiff's proof; conflicting expert affidavits on general and specific causation raise issues of fact for trial, and plaintiffs need only show facts from which liability may reasonably…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · May 26, 2021
Pistone v. American Biltrite, Inc. (2021)
…plaintiffs' claims against them continue. In toxic tort cases an expert opinion must show exposure, general causation and specific causation, and conflicting expert opinions on these points raise a credibility question for the jury rather than…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · June 24, 2019
Djokic v. Steel Grip (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…s proof; it must show its product did not contribute to the disease, and conflicting expert opinions on general and specific causation raise fact issues. A consortium claim fails where the exposure preceded the marriage. Causation;…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida · July 10, 2018
Stevenson v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (2018)
…in part that the Florida federal court lacked personal jurisdiction over it. The plaintiff conceded there was no general jurisdiction and argued for specific jurisdiction. She relied on the predecessor's Florida business registration and registered…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · April 9, 2020
Nemeth v. Brenntag N. Am. (2020)
…can support specific causation. Where the trial court effectively apportioned 0% to settling defendants who were left off the verdict sheet, General Obligations Law § 15-108 offsets are computed by the aggregate method. Causation; Product Identification…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 20, 2012
Bischofsberger v. AO Smith Water Products (2012)
…time of exposure, disease, discovery status and counsel. It found that the cases shared only general testimony on asbestos science, state of the art and the nature of mesothelioma. They had different exposure periods, different types…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · October 20, 2020
English v. Avon Prods., Inc. (2020)
…the New York court to dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court found it could not exercise general jurisdiction because Shulton was not incorporated or headquartered in New York. It found specific jurisdiction…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Patterns in the incidence, mortality and survival of malignant pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma, New South Wales, 1972-2009
…in 2009. The rate for men peaked at 5.7 per 100,000 (95% CI 4.7–6.6) in 1994. Relative survival compares patients with the general population. For people diagnosed 2000 to 2006, five…