5 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Railroad workers with pleural plaques: II. Small airway dysfunction among asbestos-exposed workers
…groups the VTG:TLC ratio was elevated compared with controls. Increased VTG is a sign of small airways dysfunction. In asbestos-exposed subjects, it might be caused by an early peribronchial reaction to inhaled asbestos fibers.
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Court case · Mississippi Supreme Court · February 15, 2018 · in the opinion
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Oakes EX rel. Hagan (2018)
…the Supreme Court noted that a setoff had occurred in Ayers, and there was no negative reaction or treatment of the setoff in the opinion. According to Ayers: "After reduction for three claimants' comparative negligence from…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · June 23, 1997 · in the opinion
Metro-North Commuter R. Co. v. Buckley (1997)
…reaction to an increased risk of dying. An external circumstance—exposure—makes some emotional distress more likely. But how can one determine from the external circumstance of exposure whether, or when, a claimed strong emotional reaction…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · March 10, 2003 · in the opinion
Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers (2003)
…See id., at 433. The distress the employee alleged, including his emotional reaction to an incremental, increased risk of dying from cancer, was beyond the ability of a jury to evaluate with precision, heightening the danger…
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Court case · Tennessee Court of Appeals · June 30, 2015 · in the opinion
Russell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2015)
…throat as well.... He went on to answer the following question about both asbestos and tobacco smoke: Q. Do the larynx and the oropharynx have the same reactions to carcinogens? A. Can they both become cancerous…