Asbestos Cases A–Z: J

95 decisions whose name begins with J.

• John Crane, Inc. v. Wommack (Georgia Court of Appeals, 1997). The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the jury verdict for Edgar Wommack against John Crane, Inc., upholding denial of Crane's motions for directed verdict and new trial and its evidentiary and procedural rulings.
• Johns-Manville Corp. v. US (U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1988). The Federal Circuit vacated the Claims Court's judgment for the United States because the Claims Court lacked jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1500, and held the merits appeal moot; Johns-Manville's judgment was not reviewed on the merits.
• Johns-Manville Products Corp. v. Superior Court (California Supreme Court, 1980). The California Supreme Court denied Johns-Manville's petition for a writ of mandate, leaving in place the trial court's denial of judgment on the pleadings, so the employee's fraud and conspiracy claims for aggravation of his asbestos disease could go forward against his employer.
• Johnson & Johnson v. Shiver (Georgia Court of Appeals, 2021). The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the four trial courts' denials of Johnson & Johnson's motions to dismiss, ruling for J&J and requiring dismissal of the estates' complaints without prejudice.
• Johnson County, Tenn. v. US Gypsum Co. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1984). The court adopted the magistrate's recommendation and granted in part the manufacturers' motions to dismiss: Johnson County's warranty, Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, nuisance and declaratory relief claims were dismissed, while its negligence, strict liability, fraud and punitive damages claims survived.
• Johnson v. Aerco Intl., Inc. (New York Supreme Court, 2021). The court denied McCord Corporation's motion for summary judgment, so plaintiff Sheila Johnson's complaint and all cross-claims against McCord remained pending.
• Johnson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2025). The district court denied plaintiff Shirley Johnson's motion for relief from the deadline to file her motion to exclude defense experts, finding she was not diligent, so the defendants prevailed on this motion.
• Johnson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2024). The court denied Johnson's motion to remand and her fee request, holding that defendant PSCC's removal to federal court was timely, and it fined PSCC $250 for violating the court's order on footnote citations.
• Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 2014). The district court granted summary judgment to Gardner Denver, Bechtel, FMC, CBS (Westinghouse's successor) and General Electric, ruling against the estate of H. Paul Johnson, because no evidence tied any of their asbestos to him.
• Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 2014). The court granted summary judgment to Gardner Denver, Bechtel, FMC, CBS (Westinghouse's successor) and General Electric, against the estate of H. Paul Johnson, because no admissible evidence tied any of their asbestos to Mr. Johnson; it also held the statute of repose barred claims against Bechtel, CBS and GE.
• Johnson v. American Standard (Pennsylvania Superior Court, 2009). The Superior Court affirmed the summary judgments for Crown Cork & Seal, holding that the estates' representatives (Johnson, Mauger and Stea) lacked standing to raise their constitutional challenges to the statute that shielded Crown.
• Johnson v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. (California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2017). The Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for ArvinMeritor, Maremont and Carlisle, so Johnson lost his claims against them.
• Johnson v. Ashland Oil, Inc. (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1996). The court reversed the summary judgment that had dismissed the Johnson family's tort claims against Morton International and remanded the case for further proceedings.
• Johnson v. Celotex Corp. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1990). The Second Circuit affirmed the jury judgment for plaintiffs John and Ann Marie Johnson, including compensatory and punitive damages, against Celotex and Owens-Illinois; one judge dissented as to punitive damages.
• Johnson v. Certainteed Corporation (California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2010). The Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for CertainTeed, holding it owed Johnson no duty in negligence and was not strictly liable, so Johnson lost.
• Johnson v. Covil Corporation (North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2011). The Court of Appeals reversed the Industrial Commission's death-benefit calculation for the widow, Edith Johnson, ruling that the 2006 maximum compensation rate applies and that she is owed 66 2/3% of average weekly wages ($538.41), and remanded for more specific findings and recalculation against Covil and its carriers.
• Johnson v. Dock (California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2017). The Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for Moore Dry Dock, finding plaintiffs Richard and Marcella Johnson had no admissible evidence that Johnson was exposed to asbestos from the defendant's products.
• Johnson v. Edward Orton JR. Ceramic Foundation (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2019). The district court granted Orton's motion to supplement its notice of removal and denied the Johnsons' motion to remand, finding complete diversity of citizenship.
• Johnson v. Edward Orton, JR. Ceramic Foundation (U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2023). The Seventh Circuit reversed summary judgment for Orton and remanded, holding that a jury could find Orton owed Bruce Johnson a duty before and after September 1981; it declined to reach causation.
• Johnson v. Johnson & Johnson (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2024). The court granted in part the motion to dismiss filed by Johnson & Johnson and LTL Management: it dismissed with prejudice Ashley Johnson's unopposed construction/composition defect claim but let her express warranty claim go forward.
• Johnson v. Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation (Montana Workers' Comp. Court, 2009). The Workers' Compensation Court held that Raymond Johnson has an occupational disease from his Libby mill work, that Liberty Northwest (Stimson's insurer) is liable under the last injurious exposure rule, and awarded him permanent total disability benefits, a 25% impairment rating, medical expenses and costs.
• Johnson v. Orton (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2021). The court granted in part and denied in part Vanderbilt Minerals' Daubert motions: it excluded Dr. Arthur Frank and cumulative-exposure testimony and limited Rossol and Castleman, but allowed Longo's talc study and Dr. Emory's causation opinions.
• Johnson v. Orton (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2021). The district court granted Orton's motion for summary judgment against plaintiff Deborah Johnson, finding no evidence Orton knew or should have known its vermiculite packing contained asbestos, and denied Orton's Daubert motions as moot.
• Johnstone v. American Oil Co. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1993). The Fifth Circuit reversed the magistrate judge's judgment notwithstanding the verdict for the Johnstone plaintiffs and remanded for entry of judgment for Keene Corporation in accordance with the jury's verdict; it did not reach the settlement set-off issue.
• Jolly v. Fisher Controls International, LLC (South Carolina Supreme Court, 2024). The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals, upholding the trial court's new trial nisi additur for the Jollys and its partial setoff of settlements, and remanded for Fisher and Crosby to accept the additur or elect a new trial.
• Jolly v. General Elec. Co. (South Carolina Court of Appeals, 2021). The Court of Appeals of South Carolina affirmed the circuit court's denial of Fisher Controls and Crosby Valve's directed verdict, JNOV and motion to quash, its grant of new trial nisi additur to the Jollys, and its partial grant of setoff, so the Jollys kept their verdict.
• Jones v. 84 Lumber Company (Rhode Island Superior Court, 2015). The Rhode Island Superior Court granted the defendants' motions and took judicial notice of four areas of Tennessee law (modified comparative fault, the $750,000 noneconomic damages cap, the nonparty fault defense, and the innocent retailer statute).
• Jones v. John Crane, Inc. (California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2013). The Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment for John Crane Inc., holding that the earlier federal dismissal with prejudice barred the wrongful death and survival claims of the Estate, Karen Jones and the adult children.
• Jones v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2012). The district court denied, without prejudice, the plaintiffs' (Michael and Paulette Jones) motion to remand, finding the defendants' notice of removal plausibly alleged federal enclave jurisdiction, so the defendants kept the case in federal court for now.
• Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC (Illinois Appellate Court, 5th District, 2021). Affirmed the trial court's summary judgment for Pneumo Abex and Owens-Illinois on the Joneses' civil conspiracy claims, after the Illinois Supreme Court remanded for a proper analysis.
• Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC (Illinois Supreme Court, 2019). The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's reinstatement of the civil conspiracy claims against Owens-Illinois and Pneumo Abex and remanded to the appellate court to review the circuit court's summary judgment for those defendants under the correct standard.
• Jones v. Pneumo Abex LLC (Illinois Appellate Court, 5th District, 2018). The appellate court reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Pneumo Abex and Owens-Illinois on the civil conspiracy claims and remanded for further proceedings, ruling for plaintiffs John and Deborah Jones.
• Jordan v. Thatcher Street, LLC (Louisiana Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2015). The appellate court affirmed summary judgment for Progressive Care Center (formerly Virginia Hall Nursing Home) dismissing the Jordan plaintiffs' premises liability claims.
• Joseph v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (Louisiana Supreme Court, 2020). The Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the trial court's denial of the exception of res judicata, sustained the exception as to the survival action (a win for Huntington Ingalls and Lamorak against the Joseph children), and remanded for further proceedings.
• Jourdan v. Equitable Equipment Co. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1989). The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment enforcing the Supplemental Order of Default against Equitable Equipment Co. for death benefits owed to Mrs. Jourdan, rejecting Equitable's Rule 4, statutory and due process challenges.
• Joyce v. AC & s., Inc. (U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, 1984). The court granted summary judgment to Celotex and the joining defendants (Owens-Corning, Armstrong, Eagle-Picher, Keene, Pittsburgh Corning), holding all of plaintiff Joyce's asbestos-related claims barred by Virginia's two-year statute of limitations.
• Joyce v. AC and S., Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1986). The Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Joyce's claims against the asbestos manufacturers as time-barred, the dismissal of his intentional failure-to-warn claim against DuPont under workers' compensation exclusivity, and summary judgment for DuPont on his fraudulent concealment claim.
• Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2013). The court let plaintiff Joyner amend his complaint to disclaim all damages tied to Crane Co.'s valves, remanded his remaining Cranite gasket claims against Crane Co. to the Baltimore City Circuit Court, and denied the motion to strike and the motions for reconsideration by Crane Co. and Owens-Illinois as moot.
• Joyner v. AC & R. Insulation Co. (U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2013). The court held Crane Co. properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute, severed Joyner's claims against Crane Co. and kept them in federal court, and remanded his claims against the other defendants to Baltimore City Circuit Court.
• JT Thorp, Inc. v. Workers'comp. Appeals BD. (California Court of Appeal, 3rd Appellate District, 1984). The Court of Appeal affirmed the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's award to William Butler, rejecting the employer J.T. Thorp's challenge, and held Butler could recover predisability medical expenses for his asbestosis without a date of injury being set.
• Juni v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (New York Supreme Court, 2014). The court denied defendant Dana Companies, LLC's motion for summary judgment, so plaintiffs Arthur and Mary Juni kept their claims against Dana.
• Juni v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (New York Supreme Court, 2013). The court denied defendant Lipe Automation Corporation's motion for summary judgment, so plaintiffs Arthur and Mary Juni's claims against Lipe continue.
• Jurich v. Garlock, Inc. (Indiana Supreme Court, 2003). The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer, vacated the trial court's summary judgment for the defendants, and remanded for the trial court to decide whether a reasonably experienced physician could have diagnosed Mr. Jurich within the ten-year repose period while he had no reason to know of it.
• Jurich v. Garlock, Inc. (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2001). The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for Anchor Packing, Garlock, John Crane and WTI Rust Holdings, holding the ten-year statute of repose unconstitutional as applied to Carole Jurich's claims, and remanded for further proceedings.
• Jurich v. John Crane, Inc. (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2005). The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for John Crane, WTI Rust Holdings and Mallinckrodt, holding the plaintiffs' claims were barred by the ten-year product liability statute of repose, to the loss of the Jurich and Serna estates.