889 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 27 of 45
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Survival of asbestos insulation workers with mesothelioma
This study followed 17,800 asbestos insulation union members in the United States and Canada from 1967 to 1987. Among 5026 deaths, 457 were from malignant mesothelioma (186 pleural, 271 peritoneal). Only cases whose tissue slides…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 29, 2023
Barker v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023)
…personal duty of care to him and he breached it; general administrative responsibility is not enough. Employer and Contractor Liability, and Workers' Compensation; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Borden plant Asbestos Workers Union insulator Borden plant
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Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · December 21, 2006
Gilcrease v. Garlock, Inc. (2006)
…award even if the credits offset it. Punitive Damages; Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Asbestos Trust Claims in Court; Venue, Removal and Transfer; Wrongful Death and Survival; Settlements and Releases union pipefitter and plumber 1957 onward
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 14, 2006
Rettig v. Gen. Motors Corp. (2006)
Lee Rettig, a union electrician for forty-two years, was dying of malignant mesothelioma. He sued General Motors and Toledo Edison, among others, claiming he was exposed to asbestos while doing electrical work for contractors at…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin · September 30, 2016
Suoja v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2016)
Oswald Suoja, a union asbestos insulation worker for about 40 years, died of mesothelioma in 1996. His wife, and later his son Gary as estate administrator, sued Owens-Illinois, which made the asbestos pipe insulation Kaylo…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a respiratory screening program
This study followed 17,345 sheet metal workers who had been union members for 20 or more years and were screened by chest x-ray at 62 sites nationwide between 1986 and 2004. The authors traced…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1964
Asbestos exposure and neoplasia
This study followed 632 men who were members of two asbestos insulation workers' union locals, in New York and in Newark, New Jersey, as of 1942. It traced their deaths from January 1, 1943, through December…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Single-center study to determine the safety and efficacy of CT-707 in Chinese patients with advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer
This single-center, open-label phase I trial was run at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China. It tested CT-707, an experimental oral ALK-targeting drug, in adults with advanced ALK-rearranged cancers. Thirteen patients…
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Court case · Rhode Island Superior Court · March 26, 2008
Dyer v. Aurora Pump Co. (2008)
…alleged that Mr. Dyer, a union insulator from the late 1950s until he retired in 1994, developed malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related injuries from exposure at jobsites across Rhode Island and New England. After amending…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 9, 2013
Lindsay v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2013)
…inferred. Deposition testimony that he disturbed insulation on the defendant's boiler raises a fact issue, and credibility is for the trier of fact. Product Identification; Trial Procedure and Discovery union electrician early 1960s to 1978
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · March 28, 2022
Pritt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022)
…fireman and later machinist's mate in the forward engine room USS Purdy 1961 to about 1964; sailor standing watch while electricians worked on the docked ship Brooklyn Naval Shipyard Brooklyn; union electrician Indianapolis 1972-1980
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · June 19, 2012
Landry v. Eagle, Inc. (2012)
…enforceable under state law. The removing defendant must prove this by a preponderance of the evidence, and any doubt is resolved in favor of remand. Personal Jurisdiction; Venue, Removal and Transfer; Settlements and Releases union plumber
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of New York · February 4, 2010
Garner v. Dii Industries, LLC (2010)
…subject matter jurisdiction. A list of federal statutes with no supporting facts does not establish federal question jurisdiction, and diversity must be pleaded with facts about the parties' citizenship. Asbestos Bankruptcies union insulation mason 1937-1966
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · October 18, 2010
In re Lindemann v. Edison (2010)
…rule applies after removal. Premises Owner Liability; Choice of Law; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Bruce Mansfield Power Plant; Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Shippingport union laborer (boiler clean-up) Bruce Mansfield Power Plant Shippingport 1974-1988
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Exposure to insulating materials and risk of coronary artery diseases: a cross-sectional study
…CAD among insulators. In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 643 adults (≥18 years), full-time insulators from the Local 110 Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Union in Edmonton, Alberta. We obtained demographic information…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Australia's Ongoing Legacy of Asbestos: Significant Challenges Remain Even after the Complete Banning of Asbestos Almost Fifteen Years Ago
…The sustained efforts of trade unions and non-governmental organisations were essential in forcing the Australian government to finally implement the 2003 asbestos ban. Trade unions and non-government organisations continue to play a key role…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Mesothelioma among machinists in railroad and other industries
…29 cancer deaths, there were nine mesotheliomas and one endothelioma of the pleura. Additional retrospective surveys of deaths among members of the railroad lodges of the international union, together with the cohort study, identified a total…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Lung cancer and mesothelioma during prospective surveillance of 1249 asbestos insulation workers, 1963-1974
…for 1249 union asbestos insulation workers in the New York metropolitan area, followed from January 1, 1963 to December 31, 1974. They were 370 older men who were already union members by 1942 and 879 younger…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Re: "Changing attitudes and opinions regarding asbestos and cancer 1934-1965"
…not an original research study. Its author, the administrator of an insulators' union health program, was responding to Dr. Philip Enterline's 1991 review of how scientists' opinions on asbestos and cancer changed between 1934 and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Asbestos disease in sheet metal workers: proportional mortality update
…workers. They examined death certificates for 331 white male members of Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association whose deaths were reported to the union benefit fund between January 1983 and October 1986. Deaths…