42 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 3
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Court case · Texas Supreme Court · December 5, 2008
N RE General Electric Company (2008)
The Texas Supreme Court held the trial court abused its discretion in denying General Electric, Warren Pumps and Ingersoll-Rand's forum non conveniens motions, and conditionally granted mandamus directing dismissal, against plaintiff Richards. Under Tex…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 8, 2014
Krauss v. Trane US Inc. (2014)
The Superior Court affirmed the trial court's summary judgment for General Electric, Georgia-Pacific, CBS/Westinghouse, Goulds Pumps, Zurn Industries and Trane (American Standard), and the executrix lost. A plaintiff must produce evidence that the…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 25, 2010
Miranda v. Abex Corp. (2010)
Four plaintiffs, Ernesto Miranda, Antonio DiBenedetto, Lutz Sommer and Gordon Cheney, sued Abex Corporation and other companies in New York County. They alleged they had mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, and two of the four had died. Miranda and…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · September 1, 1998
Sporio v. Wcab (Songer Const.) (1998)
Lawrence Sporio worked as a bricklayer for about twenty-five years. In 1983 he filed workers' compensation claims against several employers. A referee found he had been exposed to silica, asbestos and other dusts and had mixed dust pneumoconiosis,…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 26, 2013
Baiocco v. AC & S., Inc. (2013)
…s Mate and fire control mechanic United States Navy and shipyards 1950s-1980s; signalman Boston & Maine Railroad 1950s-1980s; Pipe Coverer United States Navy 1950s-1980s; winder General Electric Schenectady 1950s-1980s; bricklayer factories, churches, schools…
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 31, 2007 · in the opinion
Penn v. A-Best Prods. Co. (2007)
…Rimmel, for appellee Mobil Corporation. Oldham & Dowling, Reginald S. Kramer, and Terri L. Nass, for appellees General Electric Company and CBS Corporation. Trenz, McKay & Knabe Co., LPA, and Tim McKay, for appellee R.E. Kramig. Tucker…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2016 · in the opinion
Stein v. Pfizer Inc. (2016)
…Glass Company; General Refractories Company; Koppers Company, Inc.; Universal Refractories Company; A.W. Chesterton Company; CBS Corporation; J.H. France Refractories Company; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; MCIC, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; General Electric Company;…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 2, 1994
Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (1994)
…Service Refinery approximately 35 years; electrician Cities Service Refinery 22 years; various crafts Cities Service Refinery 18 years; pipe fitter Cities Service Refinery 35 years; general craft foreman Cities Service Refinery 32 years; laborer Cities Service…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 5, 2018
Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018)
…Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn 1953-1957; boilermaker, truck mechanic, and general helper Thatcher Glass Elmira 1957-1996; fireman USS Des Moines 1957-1961; boiler maintenance mechanic Happauge School District 1976-1982; welder USS Mindoro 1948-1952…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · July 27, 2020 · in the opinion
Piepke v. Insulation Distributors (In re Eight Judicial District Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…Individually as the Surviving Spouse of HEINRICH O. PIEPKE, Plaintiff, v. CBS CORPORATION F/K/A VIACOM INC., Successor by merger to CBS CORPORATION F/K/A/ WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, etal. Defendants. Docket No. Index No…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York · July 23, 1993 · in the opinion
Maiorana v. United States Mineral Prods. Co. (In re Joint Eastern & Southern Dist. Asbestos Lit., 1993)
…in which HRH complained that the general contractor was not cleaning up the dust from the asbestos spraying. Although Castagna dismisses the examples of constructive notice as "these obscure references" which are "wholly insufficient as a…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · April 6, 1995 · in the opinion
Maiorana v. United States Mineral Prods. Co. (In re Joint Eastern & Southern Dist. Asbestos Lit., 1995)
…479 (1986). \[4\] Bjorn Hilt et al., Asbestos Exposure, Smoking Habits, and Cancer Incidence Among Production and Maintenance Workers in an Electrochemical Plant, 8 AM.J.INDUS.MED. 565, 571 (1985). \[5\] The court pointed out…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Antioxidants in the chemoprevention of colorectal cancer and colorectal adenomas in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
…to assess the present evidence on the effect of antioxidants on the incidence of colorectal neoplasms in the general population. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials was undertaken comparing antioxidants alone or in combination with…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 9, 2014
Houston v. AO Smith Corp. (2014)
The court granted general contractor Morse Diesel's motion for summary judgment and dismissed all claims and cross-claims against it; the action continued against the remaining defendants. A general contractor is not liable under Labor…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Squamous cell carcinoma of the colon in an asbestos worker
This case report from Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, UK, described one 66-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the colon at the hepatic flexure. He was known to have pleural plaques caused by…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · August 14, 2017
Duty v. Trz Realty, LLC (2017)
…saying asbestos causes colon cancer. After a hearing, the trial court found he was not qualified on general or specific causation, mainly because he was not an epidemiologist or colorectal specialist. Plaintiffs then conceded they lacked…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · February 25, 2019
Gallagher v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…the plaintiffs' claims against it go forward. A defendant cannot get summary judgment by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof. Where the parties' experts conflict on general and specific causation, issues of fact remain…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 29, 2019
Albin v. Mannington Mills (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…make a prima facie showing that its product did not contribute to the illness, and conflicting expert affidavits on general and specific causation raise fact issues for trial. Causation; Expert Testimony Worksites: House on Beach Street…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Synchronous Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Sigmoid Adenocarcinoma: a Challenging Clinical Entity
…the final diagnosis was sigmoid adenocarcinoma with synchronous MPM. The patient was started on palliative chemotherapy (capecitabine) without active management of MPM because of her general condition. She was followed up with a good clinical course…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
A case-control study of the relationship between the risk of colon cancer in men and exposures to occupational agents
…who were diagnosed with colon cancer between 1979 and 1985. They compared them with 2047 control men: 1514 with other cancers and 533 from the general population. Chemists and industrial hygienists turned each man's job…