40 results for “Reaction Department”, page 2 of 2
-
Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984 · in the opinion
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…Perhaps, even more pertinent is the reaction of the trial courts. In dealing with the precise dilemma faced by appellant herein, the Honorable Lois Forer of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia has stated: The…
-
Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · November 12, 1990 · in the opinion
Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1990)
…Asbestos fibers, once inhaled, remain in place in the lung, causing a tissue reaction that is slowly progressive and irreversible. Typically, the disease does not manifest itself until years after initial exposure to asbestos fibers. The…
-
Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · August 17, 1998 · in the opinion
Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1998)
…the judge. When the proceedings resumed, the district court reprimanded plaintiffs' counsel. Pittsburgh Corning mentions adverse audience reaction on a couple of occasions, but the district court properly handled those matters. Neither of these occurrences, or…
-
Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 3, 1982 · in the opinion
Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1982)
…24 Wayne L.Rev. 1641 (1978) (British reaction to first breath rule announced in Cartledge). Other jurisdictions have viewed subjecting the plaintiff to exposure as a continuing tort and have adopted what may be called the…
-
Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 7, 1998 · in the opinion
ACandS v. Abate (1998)
…they may pierce through the smallest airways into the pleura. The fibers that reach the pleura cause a localized reaction which results in a deposit of scar tissue. When the scarring of the pleura is localized…
-
Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 21, 2002 · in the opinion
Ballard v. Armstrong World Indus. (Matter of Seventh Jud. Dist. Asbestos Litig., 2002)
…substantially the same questions of fact, as happens when large numbers of plaintiffs allege that they have developed similar illnesses in reaction to a particular toxic substance \ \ \ In such circumstances, consolidation permits the federal court to…
-
Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 11, 1994 · in the opinion
DiDio v. Philadelphia Asbestos Corp. (1994)
…565a-566a, 571a-575a. James Didio testified that he suffers great anxiety as a result of his diagnosis and described his initial reaction to the diagnosis of his conditions as devastation. N.T. 9/20/91…
-
Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Asbestos and the pleura: a review
…in pleural disease, laboratory research on how asbestos damages cells, and United States public policy. They described four benign pleural reactions (effusions, circumscribed plaques, diffuse pleural thickening and rounded atelectasis) as well as mesothelioma. Citing other…
-
Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Pathogenesis of the eosinophilic pleural effusions
…pulmonary emboli, asbestos exposure, and drug reactions. Differences in the clinical features suggest that a variety of mechanisms operate to induce eosinophilic pleural inflammation and pleural fluid accumulation. Human and animal studies indicate that interleukin (IL…
-
Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Radiological features of asbestos-related visceral pleural changes
…Generally, visceral pleural reactions follow the mesothelial cells response to various injurious substances, including asbestos, and even saline. The changes are nonspecific. They may occur subsequent to pleural reactions associated with many conditions, which include tuberculosis…
-
Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Pleural disease during treatment with bromocriptine in patients previously exposed to asbestos
Bromocriptine, which is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, can cause adverse pleuropulmonary reactions. Exposure to asbestos can result in similar lesions. Fifteen patients with former exposure to asbestos, who developed pleural fibrosis after…
-
Medical study · Medical research · 1998
The value of anti-calretinin antibody in the differential diagnosis of normal and reactive mesothelia versus metastatic tumors in effusion cytology
…effusions. Metastatic carcinoma cells were detected with anti-Ber-EP4 in 83% of malignant effusions. Non-specific positive reactions for Ber-EP4 in single mesothelial cells were observed in 16% of all cases and, moreover, frequently…
-
Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Non-neoplastic and neoplastic pleural endpoints following fiber exposure
…diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Translocation and retention of fibers are fundamental processes in understanding the interactions between the dose and dimensions of fibers retained at this anatomic site and the subsequent pathological reactions. The initial interaction…
-
Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · December 15, 2008 · in the opinion
Sarkozy v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2008)
…Riegel even beyond the claimed date of 1977. The judge did not allow redaction of the sales strategy information because "there's an inference to be made from that, that they were pushing the asbestos felt…
-
Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 25, 2005 · in the opinion
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2005)
…asbestos related ailments, including lung cancer, excessive cigarette smoking, heart disease, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. Mr. Summers has three of those conditions — excessive cigarette smoking, asthma, emphysema (a cause of chronic obstructive lung disease). ¶ 22…
-
Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 22, 2000 · in the opinion
Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000)
…obesity, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. All three appellant-husbands smoked cigarettes at some point in their lives and the record reflects that appellant Watkins is overweight and suffers from heart problems. Taylor, 666 A.2d…
-
Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · January 22, 1997 · in the opinion
Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997)
…obesity, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions." In view of the above-stated principles, the court finds that it is compelled to review the contents of Dr. Altschuler's testimony quite carefully to determine (1) whether it…
-
Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 14, 2006 · in the opinion
Quarles v. Advocate Mines Limited (2006)
…something beyond asbestosis, and with asbestosis, you see scarring not seen with the other forms. With the scarring and other complications of asbestos, particularly pleural reactions, come a greater risk of developing cancer. Also, while age…
-
Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 21, 2010 · in the opinion
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2010)
…excessive cigarette smoking, heart disease, obesity, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. 1171 Id., at 687 n. 2. The condition the majority herein describes as compensable injury is "shortness of breath." Majority Op., at 1164. Despite Simmons…
-
Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · June 3, 1985 · in the opinion
Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…cumulative. Because inhaled fibers are not all exhaled, but some remain in the lungs and cause reactions there, the later inhalation of added amounts will cause injury that might not have occurred had exposure ceased. There…