224 results for “General Electric”, page 7 of 12
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 4, 2011
Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
…at issue, and circumstantial evidence that a manufacturer bought the supplier's asbestos can create a fact question on exposure. A raw-asbestos supplier also owes the general duty of reasonable care. Causation; Product Identification; Expert…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · September 16, 2019
Rosen v. Fisher Scientific Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…prima facie showing that its product did not contribute to the disease; conflicting expert evidence on general and specific causation under Parker and Cornell raises fact issues that cannot be resolved on papers. Causation; Product Identification…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Past and current asbestos exposure and future mesothelioma risks in Britain: The Inhaled Particles Study (TIPS)
…lung burdens in British birth cohorts from 1940 to 1992 were estimated for asbestos-exposed workers and the general population. Regression analysis of British mesothelioma death rates and average lung burdens in birth cohorts born before…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 13, 2015
Juni v. Ford Motor Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2015)
…which the court held control asbestos cases, plaintiffs must offer expert proof of general causation and a scientific expression of the plaintiff's exposure to the defendant's product. An unquantified 'cumulative exposure' opinion and proof…
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Court case · New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division · May 26, 2021
Fowler v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. (2021)
…be told this. In multi-defendant asbestos cases, medical causation instructions must include the frequency, regularity and proximity test, not just a general proximate cause charge. Causation; Product Identification; Failure to Warn; Design Defect; Sophisticated User…
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Court case · Missouri Supreme Court · September 10, 1991
Hagen v. Celotex Corp. (1991)
…A plaintiff must show through expert testimony that each defendant's product was a substantial factor in causing the harm. Evidence showing only asbestos exposure in general, or that a defendant's product may have contributed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Characterization and assessment of the potential toxicity/pathogenicity of fibrous glaucophane
…in California for building/construction purposes (see for example the Calaveras Dam Replacement Project - CDRP). Dust generated by these excavation activities may expose workforces and the general population to this potential natural hazard. In this work…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Evaluation of Deposition and Clearance of Asbestos (Detected by SEM-EDS) in Lungs of Deceased Subjects Environmentally and/or Occupationally Exposed in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy)
…certainly exposed to asbestos (mainly crocidolite and chrysotile) during their life. Moreover, we investigated possible correlations between the lung burden of asbestos (in general and considering each asbestos type), as well as their dimension (length, width…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Using GIS to Estimate Population at Risk Because of Residence Proximity to Asbestos Processing Facilities in Colombia
…geographic information system, demographic data obtained from the last two general population censuses were processed to determine the number of people living within the concentric circles surrounding the asbestos facilities and the mine. In previous studies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Assessing specific causation of mesothelioma following exposure to chrysotile asbestos-containing brake dust
…an analysis of various industry and academic perspectives contributing to the debate. A framework is presented for evaluating the general and specific causal relationship between brake dust exposure and mesothelioma utilizing the principles of forensic epidemiology…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Carcinogenesis and related cell and tissue responses to asbestos: a review
…of lung cancer. Several caveats important in the interpretation of these data include the general lack of dose-response protocols both for in vivo and for in vitro studies as well as the absence, in many…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Malignant pleural mesothelioma in US automotive mechanics: reported vs expected number of cases from 1975 to 2007
…not compare the reported number of cases to an "expected" value, even though pleural mesothelioma occurs in the general population in the absence of asbestos exposure. We compare the number of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cases…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Asbestos poisons World Trade Organization atmosphere
…controlled use" a fallacy, and used (for the first time) an exception clause in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that permits trade-restrictive measures to protect human life or health. At the same time…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Fiber counting and analysis in the diagnosis of asbestos-related disease
…large numbers. Numbers of asbestos bodies markedly underestimate total numbers of fibers present in lung. In patients from the general population, the mean number of asbestos fibers is about 1 X 10(6)/g dry lung;…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Mortality from occupational exposure to relatively pure chrysotile: a 39-year study
…was attributed to cardiovascular diseases in 23 subjects and to liver cirrhosis in 1. Overall mortality rate was significantly lower than that of the Greek general population, standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was 0.71 (95% CI…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Effect of particulates on metabolism and mutagenicity of benzo[a]pyrene
…a]P into microsomes with metabolism of B[a]P and with mutagenicity of B[a]P in the Ames test. In general, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) activity paralleled rates of uptake of B[a]P…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Airborne asbestos in buildings
…microscopy. The buildings that were surveyed were the subject of litigation related to suits alleging the general building occupants were exposed to a potential health hazard as a result the presence of asbestos-containing materials (ACM)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Cytotoxic effects of aggregated nanomaterials
…lung cell lines as comparators. The nanoparticulate materials exhibited varying degrees of cytoxicity for all cell lines and the general trends were similar for both the murine and human macrophage cell lines. These findings suggest that…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 7, 2019 · in the opinion
Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2019)
…to this case is thus incorrect. In any event, Dr. Staggs's general causation testimony clearly considers both types of asbestos and the possible differences between them. He acknowledges that, "some scientist\[s\] believe there's…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · July 13, 2022 · in the opinion
Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022)
…465 (5th Cir. 1991))). 473 While plaintiffs cite several pre-Davis cases that reiterate the general rule that end-users must be warned, these decisions do not address what happens when a manufacturer sells to a…