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A one-page form letter of December 10, 1981, from Gayle L. Makings, supervisor of Johns-Manville's claims department, to the trust account of the law firm Lemle Kelleher Kohlmeyer & Matthes. It encloses J-M check no. 403983, dated December 9, 1981, for $14,075.00, as "Johns-Manville's contribution to the settlement" of the claim of James McDermott (J-M file 13-07150), and asks the firm to forward a copy of the plaintiff's release to "the proper J-M attorney." This copy is unsigned.
- Author
- Gayle L. Makings
- Sent to
- Lemle Kelleher Kohlmeyer & Matthes
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Date
- December 10, 1981
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 24620 · asbestosclaims.law/library/24620
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
These letters from J-M's claims department, late 1981 to early 1982, show the company still settling individual asbestos suits one by one, months before it filed for bankruptcy in August 1982. Others in this group: Neudel, Ryden, Phillips, Jerro, seven settlements.
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- Gayle L. Makings to Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin on J-M's Payment in the Anna Phillips Settlement (1981)
- Gayle L. Makings to Marshall Dennehey & Warner on J-M's Payment in the Neudel Settlement (1981)
- Gayle L. Makings to Meyer, Unkovic & Scott on J-M's Payment in the Ryden Settlement (1981)
- Gayle L. Makings to Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner on J-M's Payment in the Jerro Settlement (1982)
- Gayle L. Makings to Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner on J-M's Payments in Seven Settlements (1982)
- Johns-Manville's Asbestos Verdicts and Settlements, 1974–1982
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“Gayle L. Makings to Lemle Kelleher Kohlmeyer & Matthes on J-M's Payment in the James McDermott Settlement.” December 10, 1981. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 24620. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/24620.
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