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Court papers, 14 pages, in Luis Perez's suit against Johns-Manville Products Corporation in the federal court in Chicago. Perez said he had worked at the Waukegan plant about sixteen years, mixing cement and asbestos, for $20 a week, fell ill on August 13, 1933, and was discharged; he asked $50,000. The papers include two doctors' affidavits on his condition, his petition to advance the trial, and the court's memorandum of December 27, 1934, which denied J-M's motions to dismiss in his and eight other workers' cases.
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- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Series
- The Motley 1000
- Date
- September 18, 1934
- Numbers
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002482 – 002495; Motley 1000 no. 697
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 23920 · asbestosclaims.law/library/23920
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
The court noted that the motion was argued in the Perez case and that it was "typical of all the others." The question was whether the federal court could hear the cases or whether only the Illinois Industrial Commission could. The ruling let the Waukegan workers' damage suits go forward.
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Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:
Various pleadings filed in Luis Perez v. J-M Products Corp. Complaint was filed on 9/18/34 in the U.S.D.C., Illinois. Perez was a laborer at J-M's Waukegan plant for approximately 17 years.
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This is document 697 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-002482 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002495.
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“Perez v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Complaint, Affidavits and Ruling on Dismissal.” September 18, 1934. The Motley 1000, Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002482 – 002495, Motley 1000 no. 697. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 23920. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/23920.
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