8 results for “Reaction Department”
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 20, 1992 · in the opinion
Marinari v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1992)
…become imbedded in lung or other tissue. The reaction consists of the body "walling off" the foreign matter with fibrous cells such that it eventually produces scar-like tissue which builds up over many years. ..... Pulmonary…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · January 27, 1984 · in the opinion
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984)
…Perhaps, even more pertinent is the reaction of the trial courts. In dealing with the precise dilemma faced by appellant herein, the Honorable Lois Forer of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia has stated: The…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · September 3, 1982 · in the opinion
Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1982)
…24 Wayne L.Rev. 1641 (1978) (British reaction to first breath rule announced in Cartledge). Other jurisdictions have viewed subjecting the plaintiff to exposure as a continuing tort and have adopted what may be called the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 11, 1994 · in the opinion
DiDio v. Philadelphia Asbestos Corp. (1994)
…565a-566a, 571a-575a. James Didio testified that he suffers great anxiety as a result of his diagnosis and described his initial reaction to the diagnosis of his conditions as devastation. N.T. 9/20/91…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 25, 2005 · in the opinion
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2005)
…asbestos related ailments, including lung cancer, excessive cigarette smoking, heart disease, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. Mr. Summers has three of those conditions — excessive cigarette smoking, asthma, emphysema (a cause of chronic obstructive lung disease). ¶ 22…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 22, 2000 · in the opinion
Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000)
…obesity, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. All three appellant-husbands smoked cigarettes at some point in their lives and the record reflects that appellant Watkins is overweight and suffers from heart problems. Taylor, 666 A.2d…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas · January 22, 1997 · in the opinion
Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997)
…obesity, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions." In view of the above-stated principles, the court finds that it is compelled to review the contents of Dr. Altschuler's testimony quite carefully to determine (1) whether it…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · July 21, 2010 · in the opinion
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2010)
…excessive cigarette smoking, heart disease, obesity, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. 1171 Id., at 687 n. 2. The condition the majority herein describes as compensable injury is "shortness of breath." Majority Op., at 1164. Despite Simmons…