Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust
A bankruptcy trust associated with Johns-Manville Corporation, connected here to H&S historical company, product, document and New York workplace research while current trust procedures remain governed by official Manville Trust materials.
Start with the Manville Trust, then follow the Johns-Manville record
The trust record and the historical company record answer different questions. Current trust materials govern present trust procedures; historical company, product and document research can help investigate what a person remembers about a workplace, product, trade or time period.
Official Manville Trust website
Open the trust's current public information and notices.
Governing documents and procedures
Review current trust documents, forms, instructions and procedural materials before relying on a trust-specific statement.
Johns-Manville company and trust research
Follow company names, historical documents, products, work activities and the current Manville Trust from one research page.
Names that may help reconnect a memory
A remembered company or trade name is a starting point. The next useful details are usually the workplace, approximate years, work being done and any remembered product or equipment name.
Products, industries and occupations already connected to this trust record
These broad categories remain useful as memory prompts, but they do not establish that a particular product was present at a particular workplace or that any individual was exposed.
Products
Industries
Occupations
Explore Johns-Manville products and product families
H&S has already developed deeper Johns-Manville research beyond the broad product categories in the trust census. These collections let a visitor start with the material or name they actually remember.
Historical product library
Browse Johns-Manville product families, trade names, work activities and approximate time periods.
Thermal insulation
Explore historical insulation materials and remembered work around heat, piping and equipment.
Insulation product timeline
Follow product and replacement chronology while keeping manufacturing, marketing and formulation dates distinct.
Transite
Explore the Transite name, historical product forms and fabrication or cutting context.
Transite pipe and duct
Follow pipe, conduit and duct forms into the historical record.
Industrial boards
Research names such as Ebony, Ohmstone, Chemstone and Marinite and the shop work associated with board fabrication.
Millboard, paper and felt
Explore another set of remembered Johns-Manville material forms.
Industrial cements and finishes
Follow cement and finishing-product research into source-supported historical records.
Read the historical documents behind the research
The Johns-Manville collection includes selected corporate reports, correspondence, interrogatory material, product and packaging descriptions, and other historical records. The source pages preserve the difference between what a document actually establishes and what still requires investigation.
Add the place to the company or product name
New York research should remain source-specific. A company reference, meeting record or regional connection does not by itself establish that a Johns-Manville product was present at a particular workplace. Use the workplace finder and Exposure Atlas to add location, years and work activity to the remembered company or product.
New York Workplace Finder
Search by remembered employer, workplace or city and continue into the available historical record.
New York Exposure Atlas
Combine place, time, trade, task and product memory without converting a research lead into an exposure conclusion.
Trust-listed New York workplaces
Search original trust-source workplace records and preserve the source context attached to each listing.
Move from memory to evidence, then back to the current trust documents
This sequence keeps historical evidence and present trust procedure separate. A historical product or company match can guide investigation, but it does not determine individual exposure, causation, claim eligibility or recovery.
Related H&S resources
Pipefitter
Installs, maintains, and repairs piping systems.
Boilermaker
Builds, repairs, and maintains boilers and pressure vessels.
Power Generation
Electric generating facilities historically used heat-resistant insulation and sealing materials.
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
Ship construction and overhaul historically involved extensive thermal insulation and machinery maintenance.
Pipe Insulation
Insulation historically placed around steam and process piping.
Sources and source transparency
Official source / trust website →
- 11 U.S.C. § 524(g) — U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Law Revision Counsel
- Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust — Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust
- Asbestos and Health: Frequently Asked Questions — Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Protect Your Family from Exposures to Asbestos — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Humpleby & Strauss separates documented facts, reported history, possible relationships and matters that still require investigation. General information cannot determine exposure, causation, liability or legal eligibility in an individual matter.