1999 · Illinois Supreme Court
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Corporate chronology; 1948 commercial Kaylo production; 1953 distribution; 1958 transfer; 1966 and 1970 labeling; Saranac correspondence.
Kaylo · historical documentary research
Kaylo in Historical Court Records
Trace the history of Kaylo through reported opinions, court documents and the original-document leads they identify. Follow the dates, products, workplaces and people behind the record.
Research milestones
1943: Owens-Illinois commissioned Saranac research on Kaylo dust. 1948: Commercial production began and Saranac reported concerning findings. 1953: Owens Corning took on distribution while Owens-Illinois manufactured Kaylo. 1958: Owens Corning purchased the Kaylo business. 1966 and 1970: Kaylo carton warnings changed. 1972: Owens Corning identified a substitute for asbestos in Kaylo. These dates and events are described in the Illinois Supreme Court's McClure opinion; product variations and actual use should be investigated by time and place.
Read the historical record
These are court records and documentary research leads, not nine newly recovered ToxicDocs originals. Opinions summarize evidence; a party's brief reports its position. Where a source is a mirror or a hosted copy, its publisher is identified.
2013 · Illinois Appellate Court
Gillenwater v. Honeywell International
Detailed discussion of the 1953–1958 distribution agreement and the historical Kaylo safety literature.
1990 · US District Court, SDNY
In re Southern and Eastern District Asbestos Litigation, 730 F. Supp. 582
Judicial treatment of Saranac study records and contested transfer/custody of Kaylo files after the 1958 sale.
1991 · US District Court, SDNY
In re Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation, 762 F. Supp. 519
Discussion of Kaylo manufacturing, industrial hygiene evidence, laboratory research, and disputed interpretations of historical exposure standards.
1996 · Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Maryland appellate opinion concerning Kaylo and Saranac records
Discusses 1948 and 1952 Saranac letters and disputes over whether historical study files reached Owens Corning.
1991 · Maryland Court of Appeals
Owens-Illinois v. Armstrong, 591 A.2d 544
Summarizes 1943 study commission, dust created by sawing and application, and subsequent laboratory warnings.
1998 · Oregon Court of Appeals
Purcell appellate opinion, 153 Or. App. 415
Addresses foundation for Saranac records and testimony about the movement of files during the Kaylo business transfer.
1993 · New Jersey Supreme Court
Owens-Illinois v. United Insurance, 625 A.2d 1
Chronology of Kaylo development and the 1943–1952 Saranac testing program.
2019 · Illinois Supreme Court filing
Appellate brief with exhibit references to Kaylo/Saranac
Party-submitted brief identifying trial exhibit numbers; use as a route to originals, not as an independent judicial finding.
Follow the original documents
For contemporaneous Kaylo correspondence, sales literature, warning discussions and historical testimony, continue to the Kaylo original documents at ToxicDocs →. To recognize pipe covering, blocks, packaging and the work involved, return to the Kaylo historical product library →.