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JOHNS-MANVILLE’S ASBESTOS LEGACY IN NEW JERSEY

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The residents of Manville, New Jersey, named after the global asbestos manufacturing giant Johns-Manville Corporation, are still suffering the effects of the decades of asbestos manufacturing in this town.

Despite the closure of the Johns-Manville plant in 1986, current and former residents of this factory town have increased rates of asbestos-related diseases, including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma, a terminal cancer with no cure.

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In 1912, The Johns-Manville Company opened its plant in Manville – a rural and agricultural town – and began manufacturing insulation, roofing materials, shingles, transite pipe, insulating boards, paper, rope and cloth using raw asbestos fiber imported from Johns-Manville’s own asbestos mines as well as mines in Canada, South Africa, and Russia.

There were also a number of Johns-Manville dumps around town for the asbestos waste created by the plant. When Johns-Manville opened its doors, the farmers of the Raritan River Valley in great numbers went to work at the plant. The plant drew workers from across New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, to work in manufacturing asbestos products and materials.

The Johns-Manville production facility was approximately 186 acres and included eleven manufacturing buildings, one central administrative building, one power plant, five warehouses, and a number of smaller service buildings.

The “A-1” Building was approximately 110,000 square feet and housed the Molded Packing operation, manufacturing seals, rings and cups. Prior to the Molded Packing operation, “A-1” was the location for production of Johns-Manville asbestos-containing clutch facings and brake linings.

The “A” Building was approximately 174,000 square feet and was known as the Mechanical Packings and Rubber Department (prior to this official title, the “A” Building was known as the “textiles” building). Mechanical Packings consisted of braiding and twisting operations, manufacture of expansion joints, ropes, seals, and custom engineered components.

Women were frequently employed in the “A” Building as weavers, spinning and weaving raw asbestos fiber into rope.

The “B” Building was known as the Rubber Department and involved the mixing and formulating of rubber compounds and cements, extrusion, calendaring, vulcanizing and sheeting processes. Raw asbestos fiber was used in the manufacture of these products. Also located in this building was the central maintenance department, including a machine shop, electrical, millwright, carpenter, tinsmith, pipefitting, and construction departments.

The “C” Building was approximately 180,000 square feet and used primarily for the manufacturing of pipe covering, molding, and insulating materials. High temperature aerospace insulating materials were also produced in the “C” Building. Raw asbestos fiber was used in significant quantity in this building.

The “D” Building was approximately 140,000 square feet and known as the Paper Mill prior to 1980. The Paper Mill contained the organic and asbestos paper mat production process, utilizing paper, wood and asbestos products as basic ingredients for the mats.

The paper mats were then taken to a different building on the plant premises to be used as a base material for the production of roofing shingles and rolled roofing. From 1980 until the plant closed, “D” Building was used as a warehouse for finished roofing products.

The “E” Building was approximately 175,000 square feet and was known for the manufacturing of “Thermo” pipe and block insulation. The process involved mixing, molding, curing, and finishing operations utilizing raw asbestos fiber.

The “F” Building was approximately 125,000 square feet and was known as Roofing. Prior to 1980, production of roll and shingle roofing occurred in the “F” Building, where workers received organic and inorganic asbestos-containing mats from “D” Building which they would saturate with asphalt material.

Granules were then applied to the felt to form roofing, which the workers then cut into shingles or rolled felt. In 1980, the base mat material which came from “D” Building was converted from asbestos paper to fiberglass. Johns-Manville did not manufacture the fiberglass mats.

The “G” Building was approximately 65,000 square feet and manufactured water-proofing roof coatings and industrial tile. The production of roof coatings involved the heating of cut-back asphalt and the addition of mineral wool and Kaycell fibers as well as raw asbestos fiber. Workers mixed the materials and poured the mixture into five gallon containers.

The heavy grade industrial tile was manufactured by mixing various grades of asphalt and adding asbestos fiber material and extruding the mixture into fillets, which workers then punched into 12” x 24” industrial tile.

The “H” Building was approximately 257,000 square feet and was used for multiple purposes throughout the decades. In the early decades, the “H” Building contained shingle production operations and equipment to produce asbestos corrugated siding and flexboard asbestos sheathing.

Prior to the mid-1970s, the “H” Building was used for the production of asbestos cement extruded products, a process which involved the mixing, extrusion, and curing of asbestos and cement to form panels used in exterior industrial construction. By the late 1970s, the “H” Building was used as a warehouse for finished roofing products.

The “I” Building, approximately 246,000 square feet, was known as the Transite Pipe building. Prior to 1980, “I” Building was the facility where asbestos-cement pipe – one of Johns-Manville’s most popular products – was manufactured. The “I” Building was a revolving door of workers, employing high school students over the summers to help with the endless production needs. The JM Transite Pipe ranged from 2” through 36” in its normal production sizes.

Workers produced the Transite pipe using silica cement and asbestos fiber. The pipe was formed on four pipe machines, air cured and autoclaved. After final curing, the Transite pipe passed through machining and testing operations. Workers physically cut and moved the asbestos-containing pipe, exposing themselves and their surroundings to respirable asbestos fiber.

Workers also manufactured pipe accessories in “I” Building, including pressure pipe, sewer pipe, conduit, underdrain and air duct.

The “EP” Building was approximately 19,000 square feet and was not actively utilized after 1966. Prior to 1966, “EP” was used for the production of refractory fiber.

Asbestos fiber was used in the formulation of products in each manufacturing and production building on the plant complex, exposing each of the Johns-Manville plant workers to asbestos fiber.

However, the dedicated plant workers were not the only individuals exposed to asbestos from the Johns-Manville plant and they are not the only individuals suffering from asbestos-related diseases as a result of the plant.

Manville residents who never worked a day at the plant are being diagnosed with and suffering from asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, as a result of non-occupational exposure to asbestos from the plant.

Manville current and former residents often talk about the “snow” in the summer: “My father played a lot of baseball at Dukes Parkway park and still talks of when they used to stick their tongues out to catch the summer ‘snow’.” Gary Carmon.

“Well, sometimes in the mornings…stuff would be covered like your first snow…and you could go out and you could write on the cars or you could write on your toys and walk through the grass and it would leave your footprints going through the grass and it was just fun.” Deborah Ann Ketchem.

The “snow” Mr. Carmon and Mrs. Ketchem described was actually asbestos dust escaping from the Johns-Manville plant and dumps. And it is this type of exposure to asbestos that has been found to cause asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma.

In fact, according to the New Jersey Department of Health Environmental Health Services, the mesothelioma rates in Somerset County (where the Manville plant was located) are approximately five times higher – 105 per million males and 21 per million females – than the average New Jersey rate and about seven times the national rate. These numbers include not only individuals who worked at the Manville plant, but also household members of workers and residents of the town.

The asbestos litigation firm Levy Konigsberg LLP has been helping victims suffering from asbestos-related diseases caused by Johns-Manville asbestos pollution for over two decades. Although the Manville factory was shuttered 27 years ago, the effects of the asbestos pollution are still being felt today.

LK asbestos attorneys, led by New Jersey asbestos lawyer Moshe Maimon, are dedicated to making sure that victims of Manville asbestos exposure, regardless of their occupation and status, receive justice for their suffering and loss.

We handle mesothelioma lawsuits against major companies that exposed people to asbestos and put their health at risk.

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Why Choose Levy Konigsberg?

Since the 1980s, Levy Konigsberg has evolved into a nationwide powerhouse for mesothelioma litigation in the U.S. Our national mesothelioma lawyers have represented numerous individuals and groups of workers, successfully securing multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts.

 

Our top-rated mesothelioma lawyers have:

  • A massive knowledge of asbestos law and science
  • Decades of experience to their legal practices
  • Tried hundreds of asbestos and mesothelioma cases before juries
  • Secured record mesothelioma and asbestos compensation verdicts
  • Achieved some of the highest peer reviews and ratings available
  • Helped hundreds of satisfied clients

Additionally, we offer:

  • A caring and understanding approach to your case
  • Personalized attention and counsel based on each unique case
  • No upfront costs for handling your mesothelioma case
  • Fast and efficient handling of your mesothelioma case
  • Frequent case updates and reliable attorney accessibility

Understanding the science of asbestos exposure is an invaluable resource. One of the many benefits of our early involvement in mesothelioma litigation is our access to pioneering researchers and experts in this complex and ever-changing medical field. We put these experts to work on behalf of our clients, in the courtroom and in treatment of their disease.

Our lawyers bring to bear on every case a level of experience that can only come from decades of working together toward a common goal—maximum compensation for mesothelioma victims and their families.

Each new generation of mesothelioma attorneys at the firm acquires the skills, techniques, and knowledge of our senior partners through mentoring relationships. Not only does this benefit every lawyer, but it also benefits our clients in the form of consistently successful representation.

 

A Long History of Success in Mesothelioma Cases

Countless lawyers who advertise themselves as mesothelioma attorneys have never actually handled an asbestos case before. In fact, they refer them out to real mesothelioma lawyers for a fee.

That is not how we operate.

We are true, experienced mesothelioma attorneys who personally work on each case from beginning to end. We are always happy to meet our clients, whether at our New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Washington, or Maryland offices, at a client’s home or hospital, or anywhere in the country.

Our legal team has succeeded by negotiating tirelessly with manufacturers of asbestos products and their insurance companies, no matter how influential or uncooperative they are. We are even often able to recover compensation from companies that have long been bankrupt.

Most defense lawyers are familiar with our solid reputation and credentials and know in advance that we will not settle for less than the best possible offer. They know that we build every mesothelioma and asbestos case as if it is going to trial, and we have taken hundreds of cases to juries when a fair settlement had not been offered.

The mesothelioma attorneys at Levy Konigsberg have also served as lead counsel in major state and federal mass consolidation cases designed to benefit many hundreds of people diagnosed with mesothelioma and other types of asbestos-related diseases.

We are proud of the work our lawyers do on behalf of our clients, often in groundbreaking cases against the toughest defendants. Our law firm has obtained landmark asbestos and mesothelioma jury verdicts for exposures to welding rods, cable, asbestos gaskets and packing, commercial talc, and industrial equipment, including the first-ever jury verdicts against welding rod, cable, and commercial talk manufacturers.

Our law firm is frequently referenced by the legal press for our association with the largest and landmark asbestos and mesothelioma verdicts in virtually every category, including various jurisdictions, types of asbestos products involved, and forms of asbestos exposure.

We have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for victims of mesothelioma and asbestos cancers, and we are prepared to fight for you.

 

Providing Your Case with the Individual Attention It Deserves

Unfortunately, many law firms today use a generalized approach to handling cases of the same type, even those as complex as mesothelioma cases.

With a goal of cutting back on the time spent on each case, they use broad-brush practices and techniques to process cases as fast as they can, often risking the possibility of missing important details in a case and, thus, undermining the goal of negotiating the best possible compensation for their clients.

Contrary to such mentality, we treat every case as if it was our only one. We investigate each case with a team of lawyers, paralegals, and leading experts in the field, all while being in constant communication with the clients, to ensure that we have done everything we could to reach the full potential of each individual case.

In many courts, mesothelioma cases are treated urgently and given high priority. This is particularly true if the claimant is alive. In some jurisdictions, the entire case can be resolved within four to five months; in others, it can take longer.

Here, at Levy Konigsberg, our mesothelioma cancer attorneys do everything possible to avoid delays and move our clients’ cases as quickly as we can. We accomplish this in large part due to the coordinated work of our team members and the fact that every mesothelioma case goes through a strict control and supervision, including regular follow-ups and reviews by the lead lawyers.

Our mesothelioma attorneys update clients on a regular basis, so that they always know of every important development on their case and that it is being taken care of. Our lawyers and support staff take every phone call with a high level of priority and try to answer them on the spot.

If unavailable at that very moment, we call clients back as promptly as possible. It is not uncommon that our mesothelioma attorneys provide clients with their personal cell phone numbers to address any urgent questions that the clients may have in the future.

 

Reach Out to Our Award-Winning Mesothelioma Attorneys Today for a Free Consultation

Our mesothelioma attorneys fight for justice on behalf of innocent people, including the victims of deadly asbestos exposure. Companies that knew the threat asbestos poses must be held accountable for the illnesses and harm that resulted from their negligence. If you were exposed to asbestos, the mesothelioma lawyers at Levy Konigsberg are ready to help.

Our partners have been honored with an AV® Preeminent™ rating, the highest given, from the nationwide Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™. Year after year, our partners are designated by their peers as Super Lawyers® and as the Best Lawyers® in America.

While we are proud of our awards and accolades, our clients remain the central and most important part of our practice. Their satisfaction is our top priority. We understand that every client’s case is their whole life. Our attorneys treat each client with the care they deserve, addressing their unique needs and doing our utmost to help them put their life back together as much as possible.

We offer a free initial consultation, and cover the expenses of building your case, so there is no cost to you unless we recover compensation for you.

We have offices located in New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Washington, and Maryland. Many of our mesothelioma lawyers are licensed to practice law in a number of U.S. states and have the capability and extensive experience of representing mesothelioma clients throughout the United States. You are encouraged to contact us with any questions.

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ATTENTION: Mesothelioma has no known cure and often causes severe pain, suffering, and other types of damage, such as loss of consortium, and loss of income. Additionally, due to the exceedingly high cost of mesothelioma treatments, many families exhaust savings and accumulate financial debt in order to pay for the medical expenses of their family member.

Under the law of most states, pain and suffering from mesothelioma may be compensated through the award of money damages, usually obtained with the help of experienced mesothelioma attorneys. In some states other types of damages may also be recovered.

Asbestos litigation affords mesothelioma victims the opportunity to receive financial compensation and hold accountable the companies that caused their asbestos exposure.

IMPORTANT: If you or your family member has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you should get in touch with a mesothelioma lawyer as early as possible to determine if you have a mesothelioma case and to:

  • Preserve your rights to bring a legal action against the responsible parties within the limited time frame allowed by law, known as statute of limitations;
  • Obtain maximum compensation in your case by being able to:
    • Preserve evidence and establish facts of the asbestos exposure while the claimant is still alive and able to provide information;
    • File and resolve a lawsuit against the responsible parties before they file for bankruptcy or, if they already have, to obtain compensation before their bankruptcy trust funds run out of money;
  • Expedite your case, as courts tend to give higher priority to mesothelioma lawsuits where the claimant is still alive.

NOTE: We have offices located in New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Washington, and Maryland. Many of our mesothelioma lawyers are licensed to practice law in a number of U.S. states and have the capability and extensive experience of representing mesothelioma clients throughout the United States. You are encouraged to contact us with any questions.

Since the 1970s, our founding partners were pioneers in championing the rights of asbestos and mesothelioma victims. In fact, Stan Levy was the first personal injury lawyer in the Northeast to pursue an asbestos case and one of the first mesothelioma attorneys in America.

Later, in 1985, he formed Levy Konigsberg with a mission to apply his extensive experience and legal knowledge to seek justice and financial compensation on behalf of asbestos and mesothelioma victims across the United States.

Find out whether you have a case by speaking to one of our experienced mesothelioma lawyers.

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Levy Konigsberg LLP, a nationally recognized law firm, has built a legacy over three decades, securing billions in compensation for its clients. Led by award-winning attorneys, we specialize in representing individuals and families across the country who have suffered from asbestos exposure and devastating illnesses such as mesothelioma. Our top-rated trial practice holds corporations accountable for exposing workers and communities to asbestos, with numerous testimonials and successful case results.

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