Seifert v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Complaint and Motion to Dismiss (1935)

Court papers, nine pages, in Fred Seifert's suit against Johns-Manville Products Corporation. His complaint, filed May 9, 1935, in the Circuit Court of Lake County, said he had worked as a laborer at the Waukegan plant since 1926 handling asbestos and other materials, that J-M knew the dust endangered his life and refused to provide masks or respirators, and that he had siderosis, pneumoconiosis, silicosis and tuberculosis; he asked $25,000. After the case moved to the federal court in Chicago, J-M moved to dismiss in July 1935.

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 Fred Seifert v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. Complaint was filed on 5/9/35 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Case was removed to the U.S.D.C., Illinois. Seifert was a laborer at J-M's Waukegan plant for approximately 7 years.

About this copy

This is document 700 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-002524 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002532.