38 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Court case · Kentucky Court of Appeals · February 6, 2009
RT Vanderbilt Company, Inc. v. Franklin (2009)
…General Electric Plastic; General Electric Appliance Park employee of Florida Tile Florida Tile plant Lawrenceburg 1968-1973; employee of General Electric Plastic General Electric Plastic 1973-1999; wife of a General Electric Appliance Park worker General…
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Asbestos type
Tremolite Asbestos: Talc, Vermiculite, and Libby
…644,138, 1972), Charles E. Stiefken Heat vulcanizable polysiloxane compositions containing asbestos (US Patent 3,715,329, 1973), General Electric Co Method for dispersing asbestos fibers (US Patent 3,721,637, 1973), F. Schultz, H. Fogel…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 10, 2024 · in the opinion
Fisher v. American International Industries (2024)
…576 (Pa. Super. 2014) (upholding the trial court's decision to enter summary judgment because the plaintiff "failed to establish that \[General Electric (GE)\] products containing asbestos were present at the worksite" and, as such, the…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 19, 2017 · in the opinion
Lyons v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (2017)
…1078 \[109 Cal.Rptr.3d 371\], the plaintiffs alleged that the decedent had been exposed to asbestos by Bechtel Construction at two Pacific Gas and Electric sites constructed by Bechtel, "Contra Costa Buildings 6 and 7…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · September 21, 2021 · in the opinion
Ann Strobel v. Johnson & Johnson (2021)
…upon, we think J&J has implicitly confirmed the reliability of Dr. Fitzgerald's sources by endorsing Dr. Sanchez's reliance on sources of the same general type. J&J attempts to argue that, without Dr…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Fiber size and number in workers exposed to processed chrysotile asbestos, chrysotile miners, and the general population
…chrysotile ore, 20 long-term chrysotile miners, and 20 members of the general population (controls). Significantly greater amounts of both chrysotile and tremolite were found in processed-ore workers and miners than in controls. On average…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · May 14, 2019
Mettias v. The Pep Boys Manny, Moe & Jack of California (Laosd Asbestos Cases, 2019)
…refusal to give general negligence instructions and the misstatements in reading the instructions caused no prejudicial error. A party is entitled to instructions on every theory supported by substantial evidence, but not to general negligence instructions…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 19, 2020
Luca v. American Int'l Indus. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…in an asbestos case by pointing to gaps in the plaintiff's proof, and conflicting expert reports on general and specific causation raise credibility issues that a court cannot resolve on motion papers. Causation; Expert Testimony…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington · August 10, 2018
Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2018)
…a pathologist's tissue analysis, an occupational physician's exposure opinions, a scientist's general testimony on how asbestos causes disease, a historian's account of what was known about asbestos hazards, and studies and videos…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 17, 2020
Peterson v. Vanderbilt Mineral (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2020)
…them earlier was inadvertent and the other side shows no prejudice. Conflicting expert reports on general and specific causation raise fact issues that bar summary judgment, and a venue change motion served long after the answer…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · March 22, 2019
Young v. Whittaker, Clark & Daniels (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…win summary judgment by pointing to gaps in plaintiff's proof; conflicting expert affidavits on general and specific causation raise issues of fact for trial, and plaintiffs need only show facts from which liability may reasonably…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 20, 2019
Alleyne v. Chanel (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…London. Chanel asked the court for summary judgment, arguing she could not show asbestos exposure from its talc and that her experts could not establish contamination or general causation. Chanel offered only an attorney's affirmation…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Malignant pleural mesothelioma associated with exposure to tremolite
…microscopy showed that rock and whitewash samples consisted primarily of asbestiform tremolite. Air sampling in two villages found no tremolite fibres in the general atmosphere. High concentrations were found in road dust clouds from a car…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Malignant mesothelioma caused by childhood exposure to long-fiber low aspect ratio tremolite
…his later work. The authors dissolved lung tissue and examined the recovered fibers by electron microscope. His chrysotile level was within the general population's range. His tremolite and actinolite level was slightly elevated, but far…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Tremolite/chrysotile ratios
…on lung fibers in processed-chrysotile workers, chrysotile miners, and the general population. That paper had reported a tremolite-to-chrysotile ratio of 9.7 for processed-ore workers. The letter writers said the paper's…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2025
Marble Waste Dump Yard in Rajasthan, India Revealed as a Potential Asbestos Exposure Hazard
…103,000,000 per gram. The authors concluded that this plausibly demonstrates that the marble industry poses an occupational and environmental hazard to workers, local inhabitants and the general public by exposing them to asbestos dust.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Assessment of environmental and domestic exposure to tremolite in New Caledonia
…concluded that the whitewash may produce high airborne fiber levels and lung contents comparable with occupational settings. They noted that samples came from sick patients and probably did not reflect the general population's lung burden.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Environmental airborne tremolite asbestos pollution and pleural plaques in Afghanistan
…and that this hazard may be encountered in Afghanistan. They could not obtain detailed information on how common pleural plaques on chest X-rays are in the general population of the Kabul area and Loghar region.
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Columbia · August 6, 2019 · in the opinion
Jackson v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2019)
Those sources can be grouped into four general categories: (1) talc from Cashmere Bouquet containers purchased by law firms on the internet or at antique fairs; (2) talc from Cashmere Bouquet containers that had previously been…
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Court case · Montana Supreme Court · December 14, 2004 · in the opinion
Orr v. State (2004)
In doing so, the Legislature created a number of statutes under the heading "State Board of Health," which created the board and set forth its general duties, one of which was to "make investigations, disseminate information…