19 results for “General Electric”
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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 · 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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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Workplace exposures and oesophageal cancer
…between 1979 and 1985. It compared 99 men with oesophageal cancer (63 with squamous cell carcinoma) with 1,066 controls: 533 men from the general population and 533 men with other cancers. Chemists and industrial hygienists…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Diet and other risk factors for laryngeal cancer in Shanghai, China
…box) in urban Shanghai, China. The authors interviewed 201 people newly diagnosed during 1988-1990 (177 men, 24 women) and 414 residents randomly selected from the general population (269 men, 145 women). Interviews covered smoking, drinking…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 16, 2013
Watts v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2013)
…fault law a proven co-obligor's virile share reduces the recoverable award. Awards of general damages are not disturbed absent an abuse of the jury's great discretion. Statute of Limitations; Employer and Contractor Liability…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Meta-Analysis of the Association between Asbestos Exposure and Esophageal Cancer
…ranges below are also 95% intervals). The authors described this as exposed participants being 1.28 times more likely to die from esophageal cancer than the general population. The pooled SMR was significantly raised for chrysotile…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Occupational exposures to asbestos, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and solvents, and cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx: a quantitative literature review
…risk. On the other hand, no association was found with exposure to solvents in general (meta-RR 0.98; 95% CI 0.77-1.23) but the strong heterogeneity between studies suggested differences in exposures. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Dysphagia due to mesothelioma infiltrating the oesophagus: palliative treatment
…found a tumour completely blocking it. A guide wire could not be passed through the stricture, so a tube was placed in the oesophagus under general anaesthetic via a gastrotomy. Afterwards she improved quickly, went home…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Occupational exposure and laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer risk in central and eastern Europe
…For laryngeal cancer, the odds ratio for ever exposure to asbestos in general was 0.86 (95% CI 0.51 to 1.45), and for chrysotile asbestos it was 0.78 (0.44 to 1.40…
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Court case · North Carolina Court of Appeals · December 3, 2013 · in the opinion
Wise v. Alcoa, Inc. (2013)
The General Statutes provide that "the full Commission shall review the award, and, if good ground be shown therefor, reconsider the evidence, receive further evidence, rehear the parties or their representatives, and, if proper, amend the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1975
Letter: Asbestos exposure and cancer of the larynx
…prospective study of 4,000 factory workers with presumed exposure found two cases after 41 years, against a general population incidence of 1/50,000. One of the two had only one month of severe exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Mortality studies of machining fluid exposure in the automobile industry. III: A case-control study of larynx cancer
…This is the first study, however, to distinguish straight mineral oils from other types of MF. Based on these findings, a general reduction in concentrations of straight mineral oil particulate in occupational environments would be prudent.
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Court case · Ohio Court of Appeals · December 2, 2022 · in the opinion
Nuckols v. Consol. Rail Corp. (2022)
…Decedent reasonably did not know the purpose of the questioning. Perhaps Decedent could only have reasonably been expected to know of general impacts of the exposure to his health, but not that it could cause cancer…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · June 30, 2015 · in the opinion
Russell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2015)
…322 U.S. at 631. \[41\] In Babbitt, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that general release claims executed as part of a railroad's early retirement program were not valid under FELA; instead, "\[t…
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Disease
Asbestos and Throat and Esophageal Cancer
…it documents that a person's exposure was substantial. For the larynx, where the general science is already settled, asbestosis does a slightly different job, showing that you personally were exposed enough for asbestos to be…
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Blog · 2025
Strong Link Found Between Asbestos & Esophageal Cancer
…the scientific community’s understanding of asbestos-related diseases evolves, protecting workers and the general public from these long-term health threats should remain a top priority. Future studies might explore the association between cancer and…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 3, 2014 · in the opinion
Haver v. BNSF Railway Co. (2014)
…his clothing, tools, vehicles, and general surroundings. As a proximate result of her exposure to asbestos, Lynn suffered severe and permanent injuries including throat cancer and progressive lung disease, from which she died. DEMURRER AND RULING…
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Court case · Ohio Supreme Court · April 13, 1983 · in the opinion
O'stricker v. Jim Walter Corp. (1983)
…An action for bodily injury or injuring personal property shall be brought within two years after the cause thereof arose." In 1980, the General Assembly amended that statute by adding the following proviso, effective June 12…
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Court case · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · March 6, 1997 · in the opinion
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Henkel (1997)
…was rendered untimely by the enactment of Section 12-311. OCF acknowledges that "the general purpose underlying Section 12-311 was to expand the period of time in which plaintiffs could sue to recover for asbestos…