Johns-Manville Claims Department to Freeman & Hawkins on the Georgia Group I Settlement (1982)

A form letter of January 27, 1982, from Gayle L. Makings, supervisor of Johns-Manville's Claims Department in Denver, to the law firm Freeman & Hawkins, with a one-page list. It sent J-M check number 418272, dated January 26, 1982, for $15,000.00 as "the corporation's contribution to the settlement" of the "Georgia Cases - Group I Settlement": $3,000 each for Gilbert Mingledorff, Helen P. Harrelson, Carolyn Sheppard, Iris D. Todd and Maxine Matthews. It asked for the releases and closing papers and for the firm's "final bill for fees, services, and expenses within 30 days."

What it shows

The five Georgia claims were settled as a group, at the same $3,000 apiece. The request for the firm's final bill shows that Freeman & Hawkins was J-M's defense counsel in these cases. The list gives J-M's file number for each claim but not the disease or exposure.