442 results for “General Electric”, page 6 of 23
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas · March 31, 2021
LaFRENTZ v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (2021)
The court denied 3M and General Dynamics' request for an adverse inference jury instruction for spoliation, but granted a lesser remedy: a limited jury instruction describing the unanswered preservation request and the burial of the lung…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · January 25, 2016
Dennis v. Gen. Motors Corp. (2016)
The court of appeals affirmed the trial court's denial of General Motors' motion for summary judgment, so the widow Fayrene Dennis kept her jury verdict allowing her to participate in the workers' compensation fund. Asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · July 31, 2002
In re Federal-Mogul Global, Inc. (2002)
Tens of thousands of people sued in state courts across the country, claiming that asbestos in friction products such as brake pads gave them or their relatives mesothelioma, lung, laryngeal or esophageal cancer, or asbestosis. They sued makers and…
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Court case · Wisconsin Court of Appeals · November 19, 2013
Lemberger v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2013)
Colleen Lemberger sued Honeywell and other companies for the wrongful death of her husband Steven. As a young man he worked about a year as a parts driver at an auto parts store in Milwaukee, where the job allegedly involved shaping…
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Court case · Indiana Court of Appeals · July 20, 2001 · in the opinion
Black v. ACandS, Inc. (2001)
…concluded that the plaintiff in McIntosh was not entitled to a remedy under Section 12 because "the General Assembly has determined that injuries occurring ten years after the product was delivered to a user are not…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · September 30, 1996
Blase v. Allied Signal Inc. (1996)
Mildred Blase sued several companies after the death of her husband, Harold Blase, an auto mechanic at Bell of Pennsylvania. She claimed that working with the defendants' products, which allegedly contained asbestos, caused his lung cancer and…
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Court case · North Dakota Supreme Court · December 22, 1999
Black v. Abex Corp. (1999)
…Court affirmed summary judgment for Allied-Signal, Borg-Warner, Chrysler and General Motors, dismissing Rochelle Black's market share and alternative liability claims. Even assuming market share liability were recognized, a plaintiff must present admissible evidence…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Detection of mineral fibre carcinogenicity with the intraperitoneal test--recent results and their validity
The general experimental design of intraperitoneal (i.p.) carcinogenicity studies with inorganic fibres in rats is described. In a current study, in addition to glass microfibres, size-separated fine respirable fractions of commercial insulation wools (MMVF…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Identifying patients with suspected lung cancer in primary care: derivation and validation of an algorithm
…derive and validate an algorithm incorporating information on symptoms, to estimate the absolute risk of having lung cancer Cohort study of 375 UK QResearch® general practices for development, and 189 for validation. Selected patients were aged…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Inequities in reporting asbestos-related lung cancer: influence of smoking stigma and physician's specialty, workload and role perception
…claims for asbestos-related cancers, focusing on smokers' stigma and physicians' speciality and role perception. Cross-sectional telephone study of 486 randomly-selected general practitioners (GPs) and pulmonologists in south-eastern France. Standardised questionnaires explored their…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Impact of induction therapy on postoperative outcome after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: does induction-accelerated hemithoracic radiation increase the surgical risk?
This retrospective study from Toronto General Hospital, Canada, reviewed patients who had extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma between January 2001 and December 2014. In this operation the lung, outer chest lining, diaphragm and heart sac…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Glypican-1 immunohistochemistry does not separate mesothelioma from pulmonary adenocarcinoma
This laboratory study from Vancouver General Hospital in Canada tested whether a tissue stain for a protein called glypican-1 could help pathologists tell pleural mesothelioma apart from pulmonary (lung) adenocarcinoma. These two cancers can look…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
This case report from Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, described one patient with diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, a cancer of the abdominal lining. The patient was a 54-year-old male construction worker admitted with two…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1975
Proceedings: Asbestos carcinogenesis
This summary of a talk at the 16th Annual General Meeting of the British Association for Cancer Research reviewed cancers in people exposed to asbestos dust and whether they were linked to specific fibre types. Lung…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Malignant mesothelioma of tunica vaginalis testis: Report of a very rare case with review of the literature
This article was a case report from the Department of Urology of the General Hospital of Bolzano, Italy, followed by a discussion of earlier published reports. It described a 40-year-old patient admitted for routine…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Usefulness of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase and BRCA-associated protein 1 immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma in effusion cytology specimens
This retrospective study, using cases from Vancouver General Hospital in Canada and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, asked whether a laboratory stain for a protein called MTAP helps tell malignant mesothelioma apart from harmless (reactive…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
A feasibility study evaluating Surgery for Mesothelioma After Radiation Therapy: the "SMART" approach for resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma
This phase I/II feasibility study came from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto General Hospital, Canada. It tested a treatment, SMART, for surgically removable malignant pleural mesothelioma. It did not study asbestos exposure. From November…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Individual experiences and impacts of a physiotherapist-led, non-pharmacological breathlessness programme for patients with intrathoracic malignancy: a qualitative study
This qualitative interview study, from North Tyneside General Hospital in the UK, asked patients with intrathoracic malignancy (lung cancer or pleural mesothelioma) about a physiotherapist-led breathlessness programme that did not use drugs. The programme taught…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1977
The significance of asbestos exposure in the diagnosis of mesothelioma: a 28-year experience from a major urban hospital
This retrospective study reviewed all 36 patients coded with diffuse malignant mesothelioma at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, from 1945 through 1972. The authors classed 17 cases as asbestos related, 14 through shipyard trades. They classed 19…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Homozygous deletion of p16INK4a and tobacco carcinogen exposure in nonsmall cell lung cancer
This study examined 177 consecutive non-small cell lung cancers removed at Massachusetts General Hospital from November 1992 to January 1996. Smoking history and occupational asbestos exposure came from an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The authors tested…