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  1. Court case · Virginia Supreme Court · March 6, 1981 · in the opinion

    Locke v. Johns-Manville (1981)

    …the defendants in the November 1978 order appealed from. The record shows that since approximately 1948 plaintiff had been employed as an industrial electrician by various contractors at sites in Virginia, New York and North Carolina…

  2. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · August 31, 1990 · in the opinion

    Celotex Corp. v. Tate (1990)

    …into a hopper, scooped it from the hopper onto a scale, and carried it to the mixer. Tate also worked as an electrician at the plant, and the evidence reflected that, in this capacity, he was…

  3. Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 5, 1984 · in the opinion

    Weinberg v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)

    …Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof." 28 U.S.C…

  4. Court case · Texas Court of Appeals · July 16, 1991 · in the opinion

    Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (1991)

    …1969). Quantifying probability, it means a more than fifty percent chance. See Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Underwriters v. Gary Douglas Electric, 48 Ohio App.2d 319, 357 N.E.2d 388, 392 (1974). Dr. J.D. Britton…

  5. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · January 30, 1986 · in the opinion

    Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1986)

    …a given industry. They are often set forth in some type of code, such as a building code or electrical code, or they may be adopted by the trade organization of a given industry. State of…

  6. Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · October 25, 1983 · in the opinion

    Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983)

    …2d 199, 214-15, 90 S.Ct. 1583, 1595-96 (Black, J., dissenting); General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division, v. Benefits Review Board (2d Cir.1977), 565 F.2d 208, 212; Williams v. Ray (1978), 146…

  7. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1984 · in the opinion

    Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984)

    …Cf. Andries v. General Motors Corp., 444 So.2d 1180, 1183 (La.1983) (affirming trial court's jury instructions that "manufacturer of a product must give an adequate warning of any danger inherent in any product…

  8. Court case · U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia · July 19, 1984 · in the opinion

    Joyce v. AC & s., Inc. (1984)

    …asbestos insulation materials. Plaintiff, an industrial electrician who had worked with asbestos insulation from 1948 to 1972, claimed that inhalation of asbestos fibers and dust during that period had caused him to develop mesothelioma, a cancerous…

  9. Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · April 19, 1982 · in the opinion

    Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1982)

    …Rather, defendants state, the cost "will be borne by the public at large and reflected in a general, across the board increase in premiums to compensate for unanticipated risks." There is some truth in this assertion…

  10. Person · People and organizations

    N. W. Hendry

    General Sales Manager, Asbestos Fiber Division Vice President at Johns-Manville Sales Corporation General Sales and Merchandising Manager, AFD Chief Geologist and Exploration Manager, Asbestos, PQ General Manager, Filtration and Minerals Division General Manager, Mining Division

  11. Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · December 4, 1941

    D. L. Greaves of Johns-Manville Sales Corporation to Raybestos-Manhattan on Verifying Its Account (1941)

    …1941, from D. L. Greaves, general auditor of Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, to Raybestos-Manhattan for the attention of Sumner Simpson, with the account statement as of November 30, 1941. Greaves asked the company to compare…

  12. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · July 2, 1990

    White v. Celotex Corp. (1990)

    …The Ninth Circuit affirmed. It held that the defendants' general sale of asbestos insulation during those years was not evidence that they supplied the asbestos Edward encountered. It also found market share liability unsuited to asbestos…

  13. Trade catalog or brochure · WARD Documents · 1976

    Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Recommended Work Practices for Shop and Field Fabrication of Asbestos Sheet Products (c. 1976)

    …It covers flat and corrugated asbestos-cement sheets, asbestos calcium silicate sheets and sandwich panels, summarizes the 1972 OSHA asbestos standard, gives general rules on dust collection, housekeeping and personal hygiene, and then shows, with drawings…

  14. Court case · Minnesota Supreme Court · May 14, 1982 · in the opinion

    DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982)

    …the court concluded that because the tolling provisions of the general limitations statute were in existence prior to the enactment of the wrongful death statute the legislature "could not possibly have had in mind that the…

  15. Person · People and organizations

    Vandiver Brown

    …Corporation Director at Johns-Manville Sales Corporation Assistant Secretary at Johns-Manville Secretary at Johns-Manville Products Corporation Board of Trustees General Counsel at Johns-Manville Director of JMSC, JMPC General Counsel and Secretary of JMC…

  16. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 22, 1986 · in the opinion

    Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986)

    …they have already been punished enough. They stated to the trial judge that punitive damages serve to motivate "private attorneys general" to bring suit, but argued that persons injured by asbestos have motivation enough to sue…

  17. Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · May 28, 1992 · in the opinion

    Cole v. Celotex Corp. (1992)

    …the Tab?, 48 Fordham L.Rev. 657, 684 n. 152 (1980) (quoting Elliott, The New Comprehensive General Liability Policy, in Liability Insurance Disputes 12-3, 12-5 (S. Schreiber ed. 1968)); See also Nothstein, Toxic Torts…

  18. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · July 26, 1982 · in the opinion

    Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)

    …Borel, we conclude that Borel, while conclusive as to the general matter of a duty to warn on the part of manufacturers of asbestos-containing insulation products, is ultimately ambiguous as to certain key issues. As…

  19. Court case · Pennsylvania Supreme Court · June 10, 1986 · in the opinion

    Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)

    …Inc., Rapid American, Uni-Royal, Carolina Asbestos Co., J. Franklin Burke General Asbestos Co., Ruberoid Company, Keaseey Mattison Co., Asten Hill Manufacturing Co. Argued December 17, 1985. Filed June 10, 1986. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [\60…

  20. Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Kansas · August 19, 1986 · in the opinion

    Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1986)

    …the cause in fact of his injuries does not undermine the principle that a defendant should only be held responsible for the damage it caused. As long as a plaintiff can prove general causation, i.e.…