Johns-Manville Claims Department to Moore, Clifford on the Benevento Settlement (1982)

A one-page form letter of January 18, 1982, from Gayle L. Makings, supervisor of Johns-Manville's Claims Department in Denver, to the law firm Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner. It sent J-M check number 416805, dated January 15, 1982, for $3,750.00 as "the corporation's contribution to the settlement" of the Benevento claim (J-M file 13-06422). It asked for the plaintiff's release and closing papers and, "since this concludes this case," the firm's "final bill for fees, services, and expenses within 30 days."

What it shows

The request for the firm's final bill shows that Moore, Clifford was J-M's own defense counsel in the case. The firm had received J-M's check for the Helen Altieri settlement the month before. The letter gives only the claimant's surname.