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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 · 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…

  3. Court case · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · August 24, 1989 · in the opinion

    District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)

    …hospitals, and government offices, are for the general use of the public, and hundreds or even thousands of people pass through each of them every day. Any child who grows up in the District and attends…

  4. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · September 26, 1990 · in the opinion

    Hoffman v. Allied Corp. (1990)

    …however, that no asbestos products were used within the ordnance repair shop itself. [\1381] Leo Rapacilo was an electrician who worked in close proximity to asbestos products on the ships in dry dock at the shipyard…

  5. 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…

  6. 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…

  7. 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…

  8. 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

  9. 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…

  10. 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…

  11. 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…

  12. 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…

  13. 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…

  14. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · January 21, 1985 · in the opinion

    Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)

    …As a consequence, federal courts would become increasingly responsible for establishing a general federal tort law in a manner we think is inconsistent with the teachings of Erie and the logic behind our federal system. Cf…

  15. Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · February 24, 1986 · in the opinion

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

    …reasons for the precepts and answers. 1. Legal Precepts There is general agreement upon the most basic principles of strict tort products liability. In order to recover from a manufacturer, the plaintiff must prove that the…

  16. Court case · Florida District Court of Appeal · February 5, 1985 · in the opinion

    Meehan v. Celotex Corp. (1985)

    …of the negligent act. Indeed, as Gaboury itself says: "In determining the proper forum in which to bring suit under the general statute fixing venue where the cause of action \arose', or \accrued', the \injury occurred…

  17. Court case · New Jersey Supreme Court · July 31, 1986 · in the opinion

    Fischer v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986)

    …after which defendant Bell withdrew its appeal. In addition to its general argument that the case before us is one of great public importance, Johns-Manville's petition urges that the Appellate Division's determination runs…

  18. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas · March 13, 1981 · in the opinion

    Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981)

    …to be persuaded that the choice of law made in Flatt is correct. That is, under any standard, federal law applies. Aerojet-General Corporation v. Askew, 511 F.2d 710 [\1361] (5th Cir. 1975); Willis v…

  19. Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · June 3, 1985 · in the opinion

    Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985)

    …Court has expressly held, in Turner v. General Motors Corporation,\[36\] that, although evidence of the expectations of the ordinary consumer and the care of a prudent manufacturer may be introduced at trial, "henceforth in the…

  20. Court case · Michigan Supreme Court · December 29, 1986 · in the opinion

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

    …The general position is that "\[t\]he only practical time when the cause of action can be deemed to have accrued is the time when the plaintiff knows or should have known that he had asbestosis…