Sentences with phrase «on alleged exposure»

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After the heightened news exposure surrounding the presence of wood pulp and cellulose fillers in parmesan cheese, aggressive plaintiffs» attorneys pounced on the opportunity and filed a spate of lawsuits alleging fraud in advertising and labeling of cheese products.

The report accuses the company of having broken international regulations on the exposure of workers to radioactivity and quartz dust, and alleges inadequate health monitoring, environmental mismanagement and misleading its workforce and the press.

Advised client on compliance with various OSHA standards, including retention of health and safety consultant to review compliance with OSHA standards, and coordinated with litigation counsel in anticipation of possible litigation resulting from alleged worker exposure.

Our lawyers have defended class actions and individual cases alleging personal injury and property damage from environmental contamination or exposure to chemical products based on all types of legal theories, including negligence, fraud, failure to warn, negligent misrepresentation, trespass, private and public nuisance and damage claims such as «fear of cancer» and medical monitoring.

Third, with regard to the closeness of the connection between Crane Co.'s conduct and the alleged injury, the Court listed several measures Crane Co. could have taken to prevent take - home exposure, such as providing uniforms, on - site showers and laundry services, and / or requiring employees to change their clothes before leaving the facility.

Following discovery, Crane Co. moved for summary judgment on all counts asserting that it had no duty of care to Ms. Jones, its employee's sister - in - law, and that the plaintiffs had failed to establish that the alleged exposure to asbestos from Mr. Nichols» clothing caused Ms. Jones» disease.

They attempted to distinguish Corson's situation from other cases that followed Napier, focusing on the fact that Corson's injuries were the result of alleged chemical exposure, not a physical accident.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

Judge rules in Ecolab's favor On July 5, 2005, Magistrate Alonzo P. Wilson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana entered summary judgment in favor of Ecolab Inc. and dismissed the claims of two nurses who alleged that their exposure to fumes of an Ecolab institutional floor wax stripper containing glycol ethers caused their two babies to suffer from the fatal birth defect anencephaly.

While mesothelioma case filings are predicted to decline in the coming years, plaintiffs lawyers intend to transfer their focus on cases alleging lung cancer as a result of asbestos exposure.

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«The recent revelations regarding Facebook's actual practices with respect to user privacy and data security have severely damaged the Company's reputation and imposed significant costs on it, including regulatory investigations, lost business, exposure to litigation, and other damages,» the complaint runs, before going on to allege that Facebook sought to «downplay concerns about access to user information» and «continued to assure investors that Facebook maintained effective» internal controls and systems that automatically detected «suspicious activity»».

Reports have alleged that many Chinese cryptocurrency investors are seeking middle - men agencies on Wechat to facilitate their transactions in order to bypass the nation's prohibitive virtual currency regulations and access exposure to initial coin offerings (ICOs).

Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged child abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of child abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not, based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological maltreatment (threats to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate autonomy).

The highest court in Maryland has considered whether a leasing representative could be liable under the state's lead paint laws for a tenant's alleged exposure to lead paint while living on the leased premises.