Colombo v. Johns-Manville Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The obligation of the United States to provide a safe workplace and to warn employees about the hazards of certain materials arises solely out of the employment relationship. There is, in effect, no alternative capacity in which to sue an employer on these theories”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re ALL MAINE ASBESTOS LITIGATION (PNS CASES). Petition of UNITED STATES of America
  First Circuit· 1985-10-30· cited 32×
• Wallace v. Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Co., Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 1989-03-09· cited 25×
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1988-05-10· cited 23×
• Lopez v. Johns Manville
  W.D. Washington· 1986-05-19· cited 19×
• Taynton v. Dersham
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-27· cited 11×
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. United States
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-03-18· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1986-08-26
• Pilotti v. Lukens, Inc.
  Chester County Court of Common Pleas· 1985-10-16

Cites

53 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Feres v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1950-12-04· cited 1,830×
• Richards v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-02-26· cited 1,608×
• Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-18· cited 929×
• Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-21· cited 649×
• Reed v. the Yaka
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-27· cited 443×
• Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-15· cited 431×
• Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-27· cited 424×
• Cooper Stevedoring Co. v. Fritz Kopke, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 263×
• Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 259×
• Merritt v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-03-02· cited 252×
• Margaret Austin, Etc. v. Unarco Industries, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1983-03-30· cited 251×
• Keene Corporation v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1983-02-10· cited 247×
• United States v. United Continental Tuna Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-30· cited 240×
• Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1980-08-22· cited 233×
• Housing Corp. of America v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1972-11-10· cited 172×
• Schwartz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-01-12· cited 165×
• Hess v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-01-18· cited 163×
• Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1975-08-11· cited 149×
• Tsarnas v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-20· cited 107×
• Richard Lambertson v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1976-01-14· cited 85×