220 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 7 of 11
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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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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Historical state of knowledge of the health risks of asbestos posed to seamen on merchant ships
…authors reviewed studies, air-sampling reports, government, union and industry documents, and 1980 Congressional hearings. They found maritime health and safety organizations first addressed it in the mid- to late 1970s and early 1980s. The Coast…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Airway obstruction in asbestos-exposed shipyard workers: with and without irregular opacities
This cross-sectional study measured breathing function by spirometry in 296 male Caucasian boilermakers from a Jacksonville, Florida union local. All had been exposed to asbestos in shipyards, mostly in ship repair, at least 15 years…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Asbestotic radiological abnormalities among United States merchant marine seamen
…United States merchant marine seamen, taken in 1985-7. Members on union lists of about 10,000 active and retired seamen were invited for an x-ray, and roughly half came. One experienced B reader read…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos disease in United States shipyards
…turnover. About one in 500 private-shipyard workers was an "asbestos worker," but other trades also had opportunity for exposure. They followed 440 insulation workers in nine shipyard union locals from 1967 through 1976. Of these…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · January 29, 1998
Adams v. Owens-Illinois (1998)
…verdicts, jury instructions about Bethlehem Steel, Hopeman and Foster Wheeler, and evidence that unions knew of asbestos hazards. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed. It found no abuse of discretion or prejudice in jury selection, held…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Parenchymal asbestosis due to primary asbestos exposure among ship-breaking workers: report of the first cases from Bangladesh
…among current workers in Bangladesh. They said their sample was small, biased and selected by the union. They also said exposure could not be measured and that workers moved between jobs, so different tasks could not…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 2018 · in the opinion
Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018)
…MELANCON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LAMORAK INSURANCE COMPANY, as successor in interest to the liability for policies of insurance Commercial Union Insurance Company, Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company, and American Employers Insurance Company issued by; HUNTINGTON INGALLS…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · April 13, 2009
Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2009)
…and Settlement Credits; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: his home and side construction jobs; engine rooms on ships union cement mason on residential and commercial construction projects 1946-1966; side construction jobs hanging drywall; home remodeling…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Industrial hygiene and occupational health studies in Australian (New South Wales) shipyards
…noise, asbestos and solvents. In welding investigations, done mainly at the request of union representatives, four were judged hazardous. Total fume in the breathing zone frequently exceeded 15 mg/m3 when men welded over coated surfaces…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
The doctors and the dockers
…provided jointly by a Consultant Chest Physician, the Port Medical Officer, and the Medical Advisor to the Trades Union Congress, declared that they knew of no disease affecting dockers, and stated that intermittent exposure to asbestos…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · January 19, 2018 · in the opinion
Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018)
…Mathilde Villere Semmes, Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC & Troy Nathan Bell, Courington, Kiefer & Sommers, LLC. McCarty Corporation, successor to McCarty Branton, Inc. and predecessor and successor to McCarty Insulation Sales, Inc. & Eagle, Inc., formerly known as Eagle…
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Court case · Georgia Court of Appeals · March 14, 2001 · in the opinion
Hoffman v. AC&S, Inc. (2001)
…J., concur. \[1\] Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lungs. \[2\] Hoffman's husband also filed a claim for loss of consortium. \[3\] See Wade v. First Union Nat. Bank, 231…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 11, 2019 · in the opinion
Parfait v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2019)
…Dist., 28 F.3d 521, 525 (5th Cir. 1994) (citing Aaron v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 876 F.2d 1157, 1160-61 (5th Cir. 1989) (An initial pleading sets forth a removable claim "when \[it…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Aquitato v. AMCHEM PRODUCTS, INC. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…contractors who scored, snapped, sanded and installed asbestos-containing floor tiles. Roger Sahm: (Deceased Mesothelioma) Exposed to asbestos while working as a union carpenter and building maintenance from 1957-2001. Replaced asbestos containing tiles, repaired building…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 21, 1985 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)
…responsibility in the absence of legislation, to fashion federal common law in cases raising issues of uniquely federal concern." Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of America, 451 U.S. 77, 95, 101 S.Ct…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · May 9, 2022 · in the opinion
Badamo v. Chevron USA Inc. (2022)
…863, 865 (7th Cir. 1996) (involving knee pain and stating that medical opinion that injury was work-related was not necessary for claim to accrue); Sweatt v. Union Pac. R. Co., 796 F.3d 701, 708…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · December 13, 2017 · in the opinion
Brooks v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2017)
…performed on the ship by other crewmen (1952-54). Also exposed to asbestos containing products while working as a union insulator in commercial buildings and powerhouses, by chipping off old insulation and mixing dry powder cement…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York · November 28, 1994 · in the opinion
Penny v. United Fruit Co. (1994)
…Tung, Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Ltd., British Royal Navy c/o Secretary of the Admiralty, London, England, Union Castle Lines, Defendants. Amelia B. PENNY, as Administratrix of the Estate of Sidney J.R. Penny, deceased, and…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · March 4, 2021 · in the opinion
Wineland v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2021)
…not in the record.) In January 1983, Todd Shipyards received a third citation based on a union representative's complaint that crewmen aboard the SS NEWARK had removed asbestos insulation without proper ventilation, personal protective equipment…