112 results for “General Electric”, page 3 of 6
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Fibers Per Gram
…what type of asbestos was involved. Counts well above the background range found in the general population support a causal link between exposure and disease, which can be important when defendants argue the exposure was trivial…
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IARC Classification
…in 1971, and asbestos was among the first agents it evaluated. Significance in Asbestos Context The Group 1 classification is one of the strongest pieces of general-causation evidence available in an asbestos case. It reflects…
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Colorectal Cancer
…the U.S. Institute of Medicine in 2006 and IARC in 2012, judged the evidence suggestive or limited rather than sufficient. Significance in Asbestos Context Colorectal cancer is common in the general population, and age, diet…
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Kent cigarettes
…1956 but continued to sell the Kent brand for decades afterward with a different filter. Significance in Asbestos Context Kent cigarettes are one of the clearest documented examples of consumer products that exposed the general public…
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Memorial Sloan Kettering
…Cancer Hospital, the first cancer-dedicated hospital in the United States. It later merged with the Sloan-Kettering Institute, established in 1945 with funding from General Motors executives Alfred P. Sloan and Charles F. Kettering, to…
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Excursion Limit
…in the late 1980s. It appears in both the general industry standard (29 CFR 1910.1001) and the construction standard (29 CFR 1926.1101). Significance in Asbestos Context Many asbestos jobs involve short, dusty tasks: cutting…
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Negligence
…Stevenson, which established the general duty to avoid foreseeable harm to others. Significance in Asbestos Context Negligence is one of the most common legal theories used in asbestos lawsuits, often pleaded alongside strict liability and failure…
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Heterologous Elements
…mainly in sarcomatoid and biphasic tumors, and they can lead a pathologist to mistake mesothelioma for a primary bone or soft-tissue sarcoma. Origin The term comes from general pathology, where heterologous means derived from a…
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Incidence
…whether a particular person's disease was caused by asbestos. Example Sentence The study found a mesothelioma incidence among former insulators many times higher than in the general population of the same age. Related Terms Prevalence…
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Société Nationale de l'Amiante
…put Quebec's natural resources under provincial control. It formally acquired its stake in Asbestos Corporation Limited in 1981 after a prolonged legal and financial battle with General Dynamics, the prior American owner. Significance in Asbestos…
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Subject Matter Jurisdiction
…cases (Article III). State courts are generally courts of "general jurisdiction," meaning they can hear most types of disputes unless a law says otherwise. Significance in Asbestos Context For asbestos patients, subject matter jurisdiction usually decides…
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Trial Preference
…long wait. In asbestos litigation it is one of the most important procedural tools available to a dying patient. Origin Trial preference rules grew out of the general docket-management powers courts have long held. Many…
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Presumed Asbestos-Containing Material (PACM)
…owners and employers must treat it as asbestos unless testing or other proof shows it is not. Origin OSHA introduced the PACM presumption in its 1994 revisions to the asbestos standards for construction and general industry…
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Service of Process
…or certified mail, and set deadlines; in federal court the general deadline is 90 days after the complaint is filed. Significance in Asbestos Context In asbestos cases, the complaint may name dozens of companies, some of…
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Third-Party Release
…Purdue Pharma L.P., decided in June 2024, the Supreme Court held that the general Bankruptcy Code provisions do not authorize them. The decision did not address Section 524(g), the provision Congress wrote specifically for…
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VA Disability Compensation
…The VA has no single asbestos regulation; it handles asbestos claims under general service-connection rules and internal guidance that lists military jobs with likely asbestos exposure, such as many Navy shipboard ratings. Significance in Asbestos…
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B-Reader
…3, and specific codes for pleural plaques), a B-Reader's report carries more evidentiary weight than a general radiology read in both medical and legal settings. Defense experts often challenge plaintiff B-Reader findings, so…
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Carcinogenic
…that asbestos is capable of causing the patient's disease. In litigation, defendants rarely contest that asbestos is carcinogenic in general; the fight usually moves to whether their specific product, at the dose the patient encountered…
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Case-Control Study
…you specifically to asbestos-containing products. Example Sentence The plaintiff's epidemiologist relied on several case-control studies showing that brake mechanics had a higher rate of mesothelioma than the general population. Related Terms Cohort Study…
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Cohort Study
…case. Example Sentence The expert cited a cohort study of over 17,000 insulation workers to show that the patient's trade carried a mesothelioma risk many times that of the general population. Related Terms Epidemiology…