Concetta Perone v. Johns-Manville, Wrongful Death Suit for John Perone (1932)

Court papers from Concetta Perone, administratrix of the estate of John Perone, v. Johns-Manville Corporation, begun by a summons of January 25, 1932, in the New Jersey Supreme Court for Somerset County and removed to the U.S. District Court for New Jersey (Law No. 3018). The complaint, by attorney Samuel Greenstone, said John Perone worked at J-M's Manville plant until July 1927 "and for several years prior thereto," breathed asbestos fibers without warning, "became a victim of pulmonary troubles," and died on December 9, 1931, leaving his mother and brothers; it asked $50,000. The papers include J-M's removal petition and bond (Union Indemnity Company, surety), notices of trial, and an order of June 13, 1934, discontinuing the case as settled.

What it shows

This suit continued, after his death, the claim John Perone had brought in 1929 (Motley #741), when J-M questioned him at a sanatorium to try to have his suit dismissed. Both cases were settled on the same day in June 1934, as was the suit over the death of his father, Benjamin Perone (Motley #745A).

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Various pleadings filed in Concetta Perone v. J-M Corp. (Deceased: Michael Perone). Complaint was filed in 1/32 in the Supreme Court of Somerset County, New Jersey. Case was removed to the U.S.D.C., New Jersey. Perone was a textile worker at J-M's Manville plant for approximately eight months. Union Indemnity was the surety on the removal bond.

Related documents

• Perone and Barbati v. Johns-Manville, Suit for the Death of Benjamin Perone (1930-1934)

About this copy

This is document 745 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-003616 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-003636.