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9 Jun 2022, 9:16 am by Simmons Hanly Conroy
In the United States, asbestos processing began as early as 1858, when the Johns Company, later renamed Johns Manville, began mining fibrous anthophyllite from a quarry on Staten Island, New York. [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 1:30 am by Simmons Hanly Conroy
The Johns Company, which later became known as Johns Manville, started mining fibrous anthophyllite, a type of asbestos, from a quarry on Staten Island, New York. [read post]
11 May 2010, 10:39 pm by Randall Reese
"  Therefore, Valeo asserts that enforcing the orders violates Valeo's due process rights, citing In re Johns-Manville Corp., 2010 WL 1007832 (2d. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 10:51 am by Schachtman
  According to Castleman, when Schepers planned to return to South Africa, he found himself bullied by Vandiver Brown, a lawyer for Johns Manville Corporation, over turning in a report of his American research and observations to the South African government. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 8:07 am
The settlement would also block any new lawsuits against Travelers stemming from its relationship with Johns Manville Corp., once the world's largest producer of asbestos. [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]
22 Nov 2018, 8:11 am
In 1982 one of the biggest manufacturer asbestos products, John-Manville, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as a result of thousands of individual lawsuits based on asbestos-related injuries, such as asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. [read post]
22 Nov 2018, 8:11 am
In 1982 one of the biggest manufacturer asbestos products, John-Manville, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as a result of thousands of individual lawsuits based on asbestos-related injuries, such as asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. [read post]
7 May 2021, 4:13 am
Grace Corporation Johns-Manville J-M Manufacturing Co. [read post]
5 Mar 2016, 12:10 pm by Adam Levitin
We've seen courts grant them generally in two situations: mass torts (e.g., Johns Manville for asbestos, before the adoption of section 524(g)) and when there is a high degree of overlapping identity between the debtor and the third parties (e.g., officers and directors of closely held companies, when the company is sort of an alter ego). [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 8:03 am by Schachtman
One other chrysotile supplier had settled, and the third, Johns-Manville was in bankruptcy. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 9:22 am by Schachtman
Irving’s father, Abraham, was self-employed as a hat manufacturer, doing business later as United Headwear Corporation.8 The family had two children, Irving, and his older sister, Gladys. [read post]
7 Jul 2013, 11:39 am by Schachtman
Starting in 1969, Webb worked for a plumbing supply company, Pyramid Pipe and Supply (Pyramid), where he regularly handled a Johns-Manville (JM) asbestos pipe, known as Transite. [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 8:22 am
Some Pennsylvanian companies which have been sued for asbestos-related personal injuries are: Pittsburgh Corning Corporation NARCO Amatex Corporation United Gilsonite Laboratories Pacor Incorporated Combustion Engineering Asbestos exposure was accountable for the death of 14,216 Pennsylvania residents between 1999 and 2013, with a terrible death rate of 7.5 (the nationwide average is only 4.9). [read post]
20 May 2019, 9:18 am by Schachtman
Thus a federal trial court in Kentucky, applying Indiana law, granted summary judgment to a respirator manufacturer, on the basis of the sophisticated intermediary defense, in a post-OSHA asbestos lung cancer case.[11] Similarly, a Virginia state trial court, notwithstanding the application of Virginia law in the Willis and Oman federal cases upheld the sophisticated intermediary defense as a complete legal defense for asbestos sales after 1970.[12] The decisions in these asbestos cases with only… [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 2:30 pm by Bexis
JohnsManville Corp., 539 A.2d 871 (1988), where the defendants were asbestos manufacturers headquartered in Pennsylvania and the plaintiff was a New Jersey resident injured, mostly, in New Jersey (but also a little in Pennsylvania). [read post]
5 May 2022, 9:01 pm by Kate Waldock
§ 1102(a)(1). [12] See In re Johns-Manville Corp., 26 B.R. 919 (Bankr. [read post]