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Johns-Manville Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Founded as the H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company in New York in 1858; an early asbestos manufacturer in the United States. The Canadian branch of the corporation was involved in the extremely violent Asbestos Strike in Canada in 1949. The corporation also faced major class-action lawsuits in the 1980s based on asbestos-related injuries, and filed for bankrupty protection in 1982, then the largest country in US history to do so. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johns-Manville_Corporation

Johns Manville Company History Johns Manville announces an offer to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway for share tender price of $13 per share. Schuller announces that the Board voted unanimously to ask the shareholder to approve changing the company's name back to Johns Manville Corporation at annual meeting, May 2, 1997. Manville and certain of its subsidiaries file (individually) for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. www.jm.com /corporate/56.htm

The new Johns Manville July 2001 Professional Roofing Magazine Johns Manville had been seeking a buyer for some time, primarily to relieve itself from the control of the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, a controlling body set up soon after Johns Manville emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Henry was confronting several issues involving Johns Manville, the buyers and the trust, as well as personal issues. "Johns Manville is a focused corporation—we can now pay more attention to operating our business." www.professionalroofing.net /past/july01/feature.asp

Johns-Manville Corporation ( Famous Asbestos Bankruptcy) - New York 1984 In August 1982, Johns-Manville Corporation filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code which automatically suspended all personal injury lawsuits and allowed Manville Corporation ("Manville") to reorganize, thus preserving its financial viability to compensate asbestos claimants. Johns Manville employs approximately 9,000 people and operates 46 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China. Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality building and specialty products. www.media2020.com /scripophily/joconewyo19.html

Welcome to Manville Trust The Trust was formed in 1988 to settle asbestos personal injury claims resulting from exposure to asbestos related products mined or manufactured by the Johns-Manville Corporation and its affiliated entities. Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust Account of Trustees for the period of January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust Account of Trustees for the period of January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 www.mantrust.org

Johns Manville Corporation - Fact Sheet - Hoover's Johns Manville Corporation - Fact Sheet - Hoover's MANVILLE -- John "Yogi" Rosocha, 58, entered eternal rest Monday at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. Born in New Brunswick to Mary Rosocha and John Rosocha, he had been a Manville resident all of his life. www.hoovers.com /johns-manville/--ID__10953--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml

HACK v JOHNS MANVILLE CORP - Legal Case Documents Johns Manville Corp. is a Delaware corporation with executive offices at `717 17'h Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. The Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust (the "Trust") was formed to settle asbestos health claims against JMC and certain of its affiliates, and is entitled to approve two of the Company's nominees for the Board of Directors. JMC is a holding company with subsidiaries which manufacture and sell various construction products. www.legalcasedocs.com /120/240/272.html

Johns Manville Corporation: BIBCA Newsletter September/October 2000 Last year, the committee designed an acoustic test program that was conducted at the Johns Manville Technical Center, (JM's world-class RandD and material testing facility), which resulted in a BIBS sound brochure and spec sheet available to all BIBCA members. Ever since Johns Manville joined the Blow-In-Blanket System® family, we have been continually impressed with the caliber of the contractor owners and installers who embrace BIBS. Johns Manville has been manufacturing and marketing premium-quality building products for 142 years. www.bibca.org /articles/0009jmcorp.ccml

Manville on Encyclopedia.com Johns Manville to Be Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway; Announces Agreement to Repurchase Shares From Majority Owner. Retiree Association Questions Accuracy of Financial Reports for Retiree Health Plans by Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway Company; Letter Asks for Department of Labor Investigation Because the Company May Have... Lesley Manville et Timothy Spall sur le tournage de "All or nothing" Le cinéaste britannique Mike Leigh brosse le portrait. www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Manville.asp

fnweb: Der Marktführer im Glasvliesbereich (21.07.2001) Johns Manville Europe ist als Rückgrat des Wertheimer Arbeitsmarktes als Arbeitgeber nach wie vor nicht aus der Region wegzudenken und weit über die Grenzen der Kreisstadt hinaus als Wirtschaftsfaktor von immenser Bedeutung. Globale Nummer 1 ist Johns Manville sowohl was die Herstellung und den Vertrieb von Vliesstoffen aus Glas angeht, als auch im Bereich der textilen Glasfasergewebetapeten. Technologien von Johns Manville decken im Bautechnikbereich ein weites Anwendungsfeld ab und sind in ihrer Reichweite international. www.fnweb.de /archiv/2001/m07/21/we/wertheim/20010721_w020856003_17901.html

Johns Manville Corporation On the liability side, does Johns Manville Corporation typically have a higher percent of payables compared to the benchmarks, or does it hold a higher concentration of long-term debt? Important Disclaimer: This report was not prepared on behalf of or for Johns Manville Corporation. For each part of the financial statement, the larger structural differences and gaps between Johns Manville Corporation. www.icongrouponline.com /pr/Johns_Manville_Corporation_US/PR.html

Lewis H. Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia At age 35, Lewis H. Brown left Montgomery Ward and became the youngest man ever to become chairman of the Johns-Manville Corporation, an asbestos manufacturer in the United States. After the war, Brown worked for Montgomery Ward and was promoted to Assistant General Operating Manager in only eight years. On April 3, 1939, Lewis H. Brown was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, with the caption "Businessman Brown -- Public Relations Begins at Home." en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lewis_H._Brown

Mesothelioma Law Firm: Attorneys for Asbestos Injury J-M A/C Pipe Corporation claimed it had never been sued in an asbestos case before, but apparently forgot that our firm sued the company as successor to the old Johns Manville Corporation in 1983 after it bought and continued to operate Johns Manville's asbestos cement pipe operation. The Bankruptcy Court halted that law suit which sought to hold J-M A/C Pipe liable for the predecessor Johns Manville Corporation's negligence. The jury, according to Frank Fernandez, also Hardcastles' trial counsel, "unanimously found that J-M A/C Pipe Corporation acted maliciously and with conscious disregard for workers' health and that the resulting asbestos dust caused terminal injury to Bill Hardcastle and exposed hundreds of other workers to extraordinary risk. www.kazanlaw.com /verdicts/oakland_verdict.cfm

Spring Run History The first housing development came to Martinsville in 1946 when the Bolmer farm, one mile west of the village, was sold to Johns-Manville Corporation. Original members of the corporation, all employees of Johns-Manville, included G. Granger Bierworth, Joseph Dec, John J. Drury, John F. Herr, Walter K. Hesse, Elmer R. Ihne, John Plauka, Raymond G. Riede, David Sinclair, Robert N. Stafford, William L. Stafford, and Joseph H. Zettel. Johns-Manville, one of the nation's leading building products manufacturers, was expanding its research and development facilities in the post-war boom. www.geocities.com /springrunnj/history.html

Johns Manville Tender Offer Extended The tender offer was commenced on December 29, 2000, by J Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Johns Manville, at the cash price of $13.00 per share. The Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, owner of approximately 72% of the outstanding Johns Manville shares, tendered all its shares of Johns Manville following its receipt, on January 23, 2001, of an order of the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approving the tender of the Trust’s shares. This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities of Johns Manville. www.berkshirehathaway.com /news/jan2901.html

Market*Access International - Simon W. "Skip" Ulmer While at Johns Manville Corporation, he had $150 MM P/L responsibility for thermal and acoustical fiber glass and foam insulations including commercial/military aircraft; heating/ventilation/AC; acoustical systems; appliances; automotive; and, marine applications. While at Johns Manville, he instituted extensive performance-based management initiatives that resulted in significant profit and revenue improvements for the company. From 1993-1998, he was Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Insulations, Johns Manville Corporation in Denver, Colorado. www.marketaccess.org /bio_ulmer.asp

APP.COM - George Mindos Sr., with Johns-Manville for 36 years He worked for the Johns-Manville Corporation in Manville for 36 years before retiring in 1982. Mindos was a resident of Manville for the past 64 years. MANVILLE -- George Mindos Sr., 80, died Friday (June 10, 2005) at home with his family by his side. www.app.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/B1/20050611/NEWS04/506110369/1039/OBITUARIES

Clay v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp In these two cases plaintiffs John Ed Clay and Curtis Bailey, each joined by his wife, brought actions for damages against defendants Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., on the basis of products liability claims resulting from plaintiffs' exposure to asbestos containing products manufactured by the defendants. At the time of the DeRocco proceeding, Dr. Smith was 63 years of age and had acquired his knowledge about asbestos disease in the employment of the Johns-Manville Corporation, the largest asbestos manufacturer in the field. The cases were tried in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and ended in jury verdicts for the defendants. www1.law.ucla.edu /~sklansky/evidence/cases/Cases%20for%20TOA/Clay%20v.%20Johns-Manville%20Sales%20Corp.htm

Heller Ehrman - Attorney Bio Levin served as trial counsel for Johns-Manville Corporation in its coverage litigation involving asbestos-related bodily injury claims, as well as for Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc. in connection with coverage for the cleanup of dioxin contamination in Times Beach, Missouri. Represented Johns-Manville Corporation as trial counsel in the Coordinated Asbestos Insurance Coverage Actions, involving Johns-Manville’s claims for insurance coverage arising out of its asbestos-related liabilities. Represented Univar Corporation and Van Waters and Rogers in connection with an insurance coverage action pending in King County, Washington, arising out of claims of alleged environmental contamination. www.hewm.com /attorneys/attorneyBio.asp?attorneyID=506

asbestos_alert_manville.txt The Manville Trust has exceeded the $2.054 billion made available when it was formed in 1988 to settle both present and future personal injury claims caused by exposure to asbestos produced by the Johns-Manville Corporation. The Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust was created as an independent organization in 1988 to distribute funds to those exposed to asbestos related products mined or manufactured by the Johns-Manville Corporation and its affiliated entities as equitably as possible, while balancing the rights of current claimants against those of future, unknown claimants. In September the RAND Corporation projected that asbestos litigation will affect 85 percent of the US economy. www.litigationdatasource.com /asbestos_alert_manville.txt

PR Newswire : Johns Manville Reports Third Quarter 2000 Results. @ HighBeam Research Johns Manville Corporation (NYSE: JM) today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2000. Start / P / PR Newswire / October 19, 2000 / Johns Manville Reports Third Quarter 2000 Results. Reported results in 1999 included the benefits resulting from the share repurchase program from the Manville Trust that significantly reduced Johns Manville's effective tax rate. static.highbeam.com /p/prnewswire/october192000/johnsmanvillereportsthirdquarter2000results/index.html

PR Newswire : Johns Manville Purchases Shares from Majority Owner @ HighBeam Research Johns Manville receives a tax deduction when the Trust distributes proceeds from its ownership of company stock to a settlement fund. Jerry Henry, Johns Manville's Chairman and CEO said, "given our strong cash position, we believe repurchasing shares represents an opportunity to increase shareholder value without adversely affecting our financial flexibility. The shares were purchased on April 13, 1998 at a sales price of $13.00 per share reflecting the average of the daily New York Stock Exchange composite closing price between March 12, 1998 and April 8, 1998. static.highbeam.com /p/prnewswire/april151998/johnsmanvillepurchasessharesfrommajorityowner/index.html

JM Retirees Organization The Johns Manville logo is the property of Johns Manville Corporation and is used with permission. Johns Manville Retirees Organization is not affiliated with or sponsored by Johns Manville Corporation or its subsidiaries. Johns Manville's official web site is found at www.jm.com www.jmretirees.org

fnweb: Das Unternehmen Johns Manville im Profil (21.07.2001) Die Johns Manville Corporation, durch den Erwerb der Schuller GmbH seit 1971 auch in Wertheim vertreten, beschäftigt aktuell 625 Mitarbeiter in ihrer Niederlassung in Bestenheid. Die Johns Manville Corporation, seit diesem Jahr ein Unternehmen der Berkshire Hathaway Gruppe mit Stammsitz in Denver, Colorado/USA, zählt weltweit zu den führenden Herstellern von Bau- und Isolationsprodukten. Das 1858 in New York von H. Johns als Hersteller von Bedachungsmaterialien gegründete Unternehmen betreibt zurzeit 55 Werke in Nordamerika, Europa und China und beschäftigt weltweit etwa 10 400 Mitarbeiter. www.fnweb.de /archiv/2001/m07/21/we/wertheim/20010721_w020856002_17901.html

Cash Tender Offer for Johns Manville Successfully Completed Berkshire Hathaway and Johns Manville expect to consummate the merger as soon as practicable. As previously announced, Berkshire Hathaway will acquire the remaining Johns Manville shares in a merger in which each share of Johns Manville common stock will be converted into the right to receive $13.00 in cash and following which Johns Manville will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. Payment for shares properly tendered and accepted will be made as promptly as practicable and, in the case of shares tendered by guaranteed delivery procedures, promptly after timely delivery of shares and required documentation. www.berkshirehathaway.com /news/feb2401.html

Johns Manville Corporation - Waterville, OH, 43566-9731 - Citysearch Johns Manville Corporation - Waterville, OH, 43566-9731 - Citysearch Sign In · Help · Aug 14 2005 toledo.citysearch.com /profile/7906953

Heller Ehrman - Attorney Bio Represented Johns Manville Corporation as Co-lead Counsel in the Asbestos Insurance Coverage Cases (pretrial, phase one trial, and settlement, 1980-87), California Coordination Proceeding No. 1072. Represented Johns Manville Corporation in complex litigation involving coverage for commercial roofing insulation materials. Represented Johns Manville Corporation as Lead Defense Counsel in a national class action products liability litigation involving commercial roofing insulation, Sebago, Inc./Karam, et al. www.hewm.com /attorneys/attorneyBio.asp?attorneyID=615

Johns Manville Corporation Additional Information: In addition to insulation products for buildings and equipment, Johns Manville produces and markets commercial and industrial roofing systems, and fibers and nonwoven mats used as reinforcements in building and industrial applications. Thank you for your interest in Johns Manville. Please visit our worldwide web site at http://www.jm.com for additional information about Johns Manville and its products, or call our Product Information Center at 1-800-654-3103. www.naima.org /pages/about/members/profiles/johnsmanville.html

Ken-Caryl Ranch In 1914 industrialist and newspaper tycoon, John C. Shaffer built the luxurious Manor House on an expansive estate. Though known for living a "clean" lifestyle, he and his wife, Virginia, became known as one of Denver's more sociable couples, throwing some of the most extravagant parties the area had ever seen. Colorow had a special penchant for biscuits and molasses, which pioneer housewives would bake when he and his followers appeared in the area. www.ken-carylranch.org /InnerPage.asp?pk=69&sse=1

Johns Manville Corporation - Career, Employment and Hiring Information: Vault Vault.com is not associated or affiliated with Johns Manville Corporation. We provide a free insider employer profile on, based on interviews and surveys of Johns Manville Corporation employees. We annually survey and interview 10,000s of employees and job seekers to bring readers the inside scoop on careers, employment and hiring at top industries and employers. www.vault.com /career-company/JohnsManvilleCorporation.html

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