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18 Nov 2011, 8:48 am
The Manville Corporation, formerly the Johns-Manville Corporation, was one of the first asbestos companies to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [read post]
22 Aug 2022, 1:08 am by Simmons Hanly Conroy
The Johns Manville Company finally buckled under the weight of asbestos litigation, filing for bankruptcy in 1982 and setting aside $2.5 billion in an asbestos trust fund in 1988 to compensate former workers who had been exposed to asbestos and developed diseases. [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 12:08 am by Simmons Hanly Conroy
In the 1920s, Johns Manville employees started claiming asbestos-related disabilities. [read post]
7 Oct 2012, 10:36 am
Two years after the chief researcher of that study died, the laboratory sent the final report to Johns-Manville, one of the companies that was a primary supplier of asbestos to Abex (and one of nine companies that had funded the study). [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 11:30 pm by Lawrence Cohan
For example, the Johns-Manville Trust may pay victims only ten percent (10%) of the full value of their claim. [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 10:00 am by Greene LLP
The False Claims Act can succeed in addressing fraud involving any government-funded program. [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 5:39 am
John Crane Company Johns-Manville Corporation Kaiser Aluminum Kelly-Moore Kentile Floors Leslie Controls Lincoln Electric Company M.H. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 11:03 am by Rebecca Shafer, J.D.
Please do an internet search for a case study of the bankruptcy of the Johns Manville Corporation to see how workers comp claims alone can bankrupt a company. [read post]
25 Feb 2023, 6:50 pm by admin
Irving John Selikoff registered for the draft, in Port Chester, New York. 1941. [read post]
20 May 2011, 2:17 pm
Since the first major bankruptcy filing by Johns-Manville Corp., in 1982, nearly 70 companies that either made or installed asbestos insulation or that sold or used products containing asbestos have filed for bankruptcy. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 9:22 am by Schachtman
Irving John Selikoff agree that he was a charming, charismatic, and courageous man, a compassionate physician, and a zealous advocate for worker safety and health. [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 10:53 am
Shortly after, more and more liable companies followed Johns Manville's example, having to establish their own asbestos trust funds as a requirement for entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 1:37 pm by Asbestos Legal Center
ASARCO supplied and sold asbestos fiber to a number of former “Fortune 500 Companies,” including Johns Manville, General Motors, and Owens Corning, as well as other Nationwide “specialized” asbestos companies, including Garlock Gaskets. [read post]
8 May 2012, 5:15 pm
Normally bankruptcy does not expand pre-petition contracts or impose different risks on contracting parties, but it appears that when the courts are firmly convinced of the public good of creating an asbestos trust, insurance contracts at least can be re-written. 11 U.S.C §524(g) was added to the Bankruptcy Code after the historic Johns Manville asbestos bankruptcy case to codify the use of a trust and channeling injunction to allow asbestos defendants to channel all their… [read post]
2 Jun 2021, 4:57 am
However, the following are the most notorious, as they had to file for bankruptcy due to the overwhelming number of lawsuits filed against them: Johns Manville Raybestos John Crane National Gypsum W.R. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 11:58 am by Wolfgang Demino
She acknowledged as part of the agreement that she would be responsible for repaying any funds which were not used for educational expenses related to the community college. [read post]
22 Aug 2017, 9:55 am
Grace & Corporation Armstrong World Industries Johns-Manville Celotex Corporation Fibreboard Corporation National Gypsum Corporation Flintkote Company Unarco Southwest Electric Power Company Throughout the past century, asbestos had been manufacturers' favorite material, with more than 3.000 products containing the mineral at the time. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 9:47 am by Schachtman
Bartrip, “Irving John Selikoff and the Strange Case of the Missing Medical Degrees,” 58 J. [read post]