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5 Jul 2011, 9:33 am by Adam Levitin
The Boston Herald has a piece questioning Elizabeth Warren's consumer bona fides because she worked on a 2008 Supreme court appeal for Traveller's Insurance involving the validity of Traveller's settlements for asbestos liability relating to Johns Manville's bankruptcy in the 1970s. [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… [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 7:36 pm by Jon Gelman
"The Summer Simpson Papers," see Austin v Johns-Manville, corporate conspiracy.Additionally, new and expensive treatment modalities/protocols, pharmaceutical regimens and wage equality, as well as other factors, increased costs to the compensation system.The need increased over the decades for injured workers to have legal knowledgeable legal representation. [read post]
27 Jan 2018, 8:50 am by Schachtman
In May 1989, when Sandy and defense counsel announced “ready” before Judge Gordon, Johns Manville was in bankruptcy. [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]
3 Dec 2018, 10:06 am by Schachtman
Court of Appeals (Nov. 27, 2018).4 In a short, concise opinion, with a single dissent, the Court held that plaintiffs’ evidence (any exposure, no matter how trivial) in a mesothelioma death case was “insufficient as a matter of law to establish that respondent Ford Motor Co. [read post]
7 May 2021, 4:13 am
Grace Corporation Johns-Manville J-M Manufacturing Co. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 1:33 pm by Schachtman
  The exchange on S-M Waukegan worker Dominic Bertogliat shows that J-M was aware that workers exposed only to the general in-plant atmosphere were in some cases developing severe asbestosis (1948). [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 5:36 am by Schachtman
  In the case of the Navy, the withholding may have gone the other way around. [read post]
4 Oct 2014, 12:09 pm by Schachtman
Bartrip, “Irving John Selikoff and the Strange Case of the Missing Medical Degrees,” 58 J. [read post]
25 Feb 2023, 6:50 pm by admin
And there is the matter that the anonymous critic was offering a criticism that was also not peer reviewed. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 4:11 am
Some of the companies listed as defendants were Fibreboard, Johns-Manville, and Owens Corning Fiberglas. [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]
8 Aug 2017, 4:11 am
Some of the companies listed as defendants were Fibreboard, Johns-Manville, and Owens Corning Fiberglas. [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]
27 Sep 2014, 10:06 am by Schachtman
This last hypothetical, however, ignores the reality of market dominance of a few manufacturers, such as Johns-Manville up through the end of asbestos use in insulation. [read post]