In Washington, asbestos followed the federal government: the buildings it worked in, the hospitals and universities that grew up around it, the power plants that heated them, and the Navy Yard that armed the fleet, with a century of hotels, offices, and stores besides. The trusts' entries for the District center on:
- Pepco's power plants — the Benning Road generating station, the worksite most trusts recognize in the District, and Buzzard Point;
- the federal core — the U.S. Capitol and the Rayburn House Office Building, the White House, and the Department of Agriculture buildings;
- hospitals and universities — St. Elizabeths Hospital, Georgetown University and its hospital, and Walter Reed;
- Foggy Bottom and the Potomac waterfront — the Watergate complex, the Kennedy Center, and the World Bank;
- the Navy's Washington installations — the Washington Navy Yard and the Naval Research Laboratory; and
- hotels and stores — the Shoreham and Statler hotels and Woodward & Lothrop's department store.
The District had no refineries or steel mills; its asbestos was in the boiler rooms, steam tunnels, fireproofing, plaster, and ceilings of its public and commercial buildings.
When these companies went bankrupt, the trusts set up to pay their asbestos claims each published a list of locations where its products were proven to be present. For Washington DC, those lists hold 660 entries, all filed under the city of Washington, from 19 asbestos trusts. One building can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. Several of our clients worked at District job sites.
Every asbestos trust claim has to prove two things: that a company's asbestos-containing product was present at a job site, and that the worker handled that product, or worked close enough to it, to breathe its dust. If you or your loved one worked at a site on those lists during the applicable years, the first half is already established, because the trust has acknowledged its products were there.
We help workers who are alive and recently diagnosed, adult children and spouses researching on behalf of someone who is sick, and families of workers who have already passed away from mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis. If you are a worker who has just been diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open for your family. There is still a claim to be made for families of workers who have already passed; we handle wrongful death cases routinely.
You don't need the product names or old records. No fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
Washington DC filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
Washington DC gives a diagnosed worker at least three years to file a personal-injury claim, counted from when the claim arises. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count three years from the date of diagnosis. A separate deadline applies once a worker has passed away. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.
Washington DC deadlines, the wrongful-death rule, and how they apply to your family
Most workers exposed before 1983 can also file against the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust independently of anything documented at a specific site. How trust eligibility works.
We help families of workers who have already passed away. Wrongful death and survival claims are part of our regular caseload.
The sites profiled below show confirmed asbestos products based on the asbestos trusts established for companies that did business there. Those trusts exist because Clarence Borel, a Gulf Coast insulator, chose to sue in 1969 — not for himself, but because he realized his coworkers would die the same way he was dying. His decision created the legal framework that produced the trust system you're about to scan.
Today the choice is yours. You can file trust claims based on the documented exposure at your loved one's worksite — paper claims, no courtroom. Or you can follow Clarence Borel and also sue the manufacturers and premises owners directly, which allows us to build a full exposure profile for every site your loved one worked at and recover from defendants the trust system doesn't reach. Read his story.
Asbestos trust coverage across the District of Columbia
The Johns-Manville Settlement Trust is open to most workers exposed before 1983, regardless of which specific worksite the exposure occurred at. Johns-Manville supplied so much asbestos and so many asbestos products across so many American industries that the trust does not require site-specific documentation. For mesothelioma claims, even one day of asbestos exposure before December 31, 1982 (at work or through a family member's work clothes brought into the home) can qualify a worker for Johns-Manville Settlement Trust compensation.
For lung cancer, asbestosis, and other non-mesothelioma asbestos diseases, the threshold is 60 months of total asbestos exposure with at least 6 months occurring before December 31, 1982. The one-day-of-exposure threshold for mesothelioma reflects how the disease actually develops (even brief exposure can cause it) and most major asbestos trusts apply similarly low-threshold eligibility for mesothelioma claims.
Because Johns-Manville keeps no site list of its own, every worksite on another trust's list also qualifies for Johns-Manville. Eighteen other trusts list District worksites. The number of District entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- Owens Corning: 144 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- U.S. Gypsum: 135 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
- Babcock & Wilcox: 119 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- Fibreboard: 55 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- Armstrong World Industries: 49 entries (insulation contracting and floor products)
- Eagle-Picher: 35 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- W.R. Grace: 31 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 23 entries (Unibestos pipe insulation)
- Combustion Engineering: 16 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Turner & Newall: 15 entries (Limpet sprayed asbestos and asbestos textiles)
- A.P. Green: 14 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- Owens-Illinois: 11 entries (Kaylo pipe and block insulation)
- ACandS: 5 entries (insulation contracting)
- GAF: 3 entries (roofing and building products)
- Burns & Roe: 2 entries (power-plant engineering and construction)
- ABB Lummus: 1 entry (refinery and petrochemical engineering)
- Flintkote: 1 entry (roofing, flooring and building products)
- Kaiser Aluminum: 1 entry (refractory and insulating products)
The mix tells the District's story. U.S. Gypsum, whose joint compound, plaster, and acoustical products went into office buildings and renovations, has nearly as many District entries as Owens Corning, and Armstrong World Industries and W.R. Grace's spray fireproofing rank higher here than in the industrial states. Trust coverage at this depth means many District workers with significant exposure histories may have claims against several trusts, typically Johns-Manville plus the trusts that list their worksites, each under its own eligibility rules.
Washington DC and nearby cities: worksites by industry
The trusts file the District's entries under one city, Washington, including a few that are really suburban Maryland and Virginia sites, such as the Pentagon and National Airport. Open it to see the worksites recognized by at least five trusts, Johns-Manville counted, grouped by industry, with why each industry used asbestos. Federal buildings, hospitals, universities, and hotels appear under construction, the trades that built and renovated them.
WashingtonThe trusts file nearly every District entry under Washington: federal buildings and the Capitol, hospitals and universities, hotels and offices, Pepco's power plants, and the Navy Yard.
Public and commercial buildings. Office towers, hospitals, schools, hotels, and government buildings were built with asbestos fireproofing, insulation, plaster, and floor tile, exposing the trades who built and renovated them and the maintenance crews who kept their boilers and steam lines running.
- Bender Building
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- D.C. General Hospital (Gallinger Municipal Hospital)
- Department of Agriculture buildings
- Forrestal Building
- George Washington University and Hospital
- Georgetown University
- Georgetown University Hospital
- Kennedy Center
- L'Enfant Plaza
- National Bureau of Standards
- Providence Hospital
- Rayburn House Office Building
- Shoreham Hotel
- St. Elizabeths Hospital
- State Department
- Statler Hotel (Statler Hilton)
- The White House
- U.S. Capitol
- U.S. Soldiers' Home
- Watergate complex
- Woodward & Lothrop
- World Bank
Power plants and utilities. Power plants' boilers, turbines, and high-pressure steam lines were insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products, and every overhaul released dust across the plant.
- Blue Plains sewage treatment plant
- Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company)
- Pepco Benning Road generating station
- Pepco Buzzard Point generating station
Military installations. Military bases ran boiler plants, steam distribution systems, and aircraft and vehicle maintenance shops, and built and renovated for decades with asbestos-containing materials.
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Washington Navy Yard (Naval Gun Factory)
Mesothelioma settlement values at Washington DC's most-documented worksites
These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least four trusts besides Johns-Manville. Trust counts are minimums: a trust may list a site under a name we haven't yet matched to it. The years are the exposure window the trusts' lists recognize at each site; most lists end at 1982.
Open a worksite to see each trust that lists it, with the mesothelioma values the trust publishes and its current payment percentage. "Trust values together" adds up those trusts' values at their payment percentages: the low figure uses each trust's scheduled value, the high figure each trust's published maximum, which Individual Review can reach. Most mesothelioma claims are paid above the scheduled value. But each trust sets its own eligibility rules — the years, the work, and the length of exposure it requires — so few people qualify for every trust on a list, some trusts publish no fixed schedule, and these figures are not a prediction of any recovery. All trust values and payment percentages.
Pepco Benning Road generating station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Burns & Roe | Not published | — | — |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
St. Elizabeths Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Watergate complex
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Georgetown University
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACandS | $150,000 – $550,000 | 2.89% | $4,335 – $15,895 |
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Georgetown University Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Kennedy Center
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Rayburn House Office Building
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
World Bank
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Blue Plains sewage treatment plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Department of Agriculture buildings
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
National Bureau of Standards
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Providence Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Shoreham Hotel
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
U.S. Capitol
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Burns & Roe | Not published | — | — |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
U.S. Soldiers' Home
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| W.R. Grace | $180,000 – $450,000 | 30.1% | $54,180 – $135,450 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Woodward & Lothrop
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Turner & Newall | $200,000 – $600,000 | 2.9% | $5,800 – $17,400 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Bender Building
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
D.C. General Hospital (Gallinger Municipal Hospital)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Forrestal Building
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
George Washington University and Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
L'Enfant Plaza
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Naval Research Laboratory
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flintkote | $184,000 – $450,000 | 15% | $27,600 – $67,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Pepco Buzzard Point generating station
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
State Department
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Statler Hotel (Statler Hilton)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong World Industries | $110,000 – $400,000 | 7.8% | $8,580 – $31,200 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
The White House
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Washington Navy Yard (Naval Gun Factory)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| U.S. Gypsum | $155,000 – $450,000 | 10% | $15,500 – $45,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
A closer look at major Washington DC worksites
The worksites below are recognized by the most asbestos trusts in the District — seven or more, counting Johns-Manville — together with the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Navy Yard, and the White House. Each profile draws on the trust signatures present at the site to identify the products workers handled, the trades most heavily exposed, and the asbestos types they likely encountered. Your specific worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear here — call us.
Pepco Benning Road generating station — Washington
The Potomac Electric Power Company's Benning Road plant, on the Anacostia River in northeast Washington, was one of the District's main generating stations for most of the twentieth century; Pepco retired it in 2012. The trusts list it under Potomac Electric Power Company, Pepco, the Benning Road Powerhouse, Benning Station, and the Benning Generating Station; it is one facility. Pepco's Buzzard Point plant in southwest Washington is listed separately, by five trusts.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and power plant operators, along with the construction and overhaul crews.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Burns & Roe, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1928 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering signatures reflect the station's boilers, with their pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing, and Burns & Roe did power-plant engineering and construction here. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the hottest steam lines, and Fibreboard and Armstrong supplied more pipe insulation for the steam and turbine piping. U.S. Gypsum's joint compound and plaster went into the plant's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
St. Elizabeths Hospital — Washington
St. Elizabeths opened in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane, the federal mental hospital, on the bluffs above the Anacostia River in southeast Washington. Its campus ran on a central powerhouse and a network of steam tunnels connecting the buildings. The trusts list it as St. Elizabeths, St. Elizabeth's, and Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, with its main building, powerhouse, and steam tunnels; it is one facility. Its West Campus now houses the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security.
Workers exposed. Institutional facilities operations at this scale required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, powerhouse operators, steam-tunnel maintenance crews, electricians, sheet-metal workers, and custodial and engineering staff. The powerhouse and the steam-tunnel system appear as distinct entries on the trusts' lists, reflecting the densely packed asbestos pipe insulation of the campus utility system.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Turner & Newall, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1905 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers sat at the heart of the powerhouse, with insulating cement, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Eagle-Picher One-Cote and magnesia insulation and Fibreboard and Owens Corning pipe and block insulation, the Kaylo line's high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam distribution through the tunnels. Turner & Newall Limpet sprayed asbestos was installed here; standard Limpet was an amosite product, and given the high-temperature service around the powerhouse, the inference extends to Limpet Blue, made with crocidolite (blue asbestos). W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed structural steel in additions and renovations, and its vermiculite brings in tremolite contamination; Armstrong World Industries floor products covered the patient and administrative buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Watergate complex — Washington
The Watergate, on the Potomac in Foggy Bottom beside the Kennedy Center, is a complex of apartment, office, and hotel buildings designed by the Italian architect Luigi Moretti and built between 1963 and 1971. The trusts list it as the Watergate, the Watergate Complex, Watergate Development stages 1 and 2, the Watergate apartments, the Watergate Hotel, and the office building and motel; we count them as one complex.
Workers exposed. Ironworkers, insulators, pipefitters, sheet-metal workers, electricians, plasterers and drywall finishers during construction, and the building engineers and maintenance staff who followed.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1963 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed the structural steel, and its vermiculite brings in tremolite contamination. ACandS and Armstrong insulation contracting crews worked the mechanical systems, where Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, both high-temperature products made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the heating and hot-water piping. U.S. Gypsum joint compound, plaster, and acoustical products finished the interiors, and sanding asbestos joint compound is among the dustiest jobs in building construction. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Georgetown University Hospital — Washington
Georgetown University Hospital, now MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, in the Georgetown neighborhood of northwest Washington, has long been one of the District's major academic medical centers, run with the Georgetown University School of Medicine. The trusts list it as Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown Hospital, with its nurses' dormitory and Children's Diagnostic Center; Georgetown University's other buildings, including its power plant, are listed separately, by seven trusts.
Workers exposed. Academic medical center operations required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, mechanics, plasterers and drywall finishers, and building engineering, maintenance, and custodial staff.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1955 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward and Fibreboard supplying more pipe and block insulation. Eagle-Picher One-Cote and magnesia insulating cement covered the mechanical equipment, Armstrong World Industries supplied floor products, and U.S. Gypsum joint compound and plaster went into the hospital's rooms and renovations. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Kennedy Center — Washington
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened in 1971 on the Potomac River at New Hampshire Avenue NW. Designed by Edward Durell Stone, it holds the Concert Hall, Opera House, and Eisenhower Theater under one roof. The trusts list it as the Kennedy Center and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Workers exposed. Ironworkers, insulators, pipefitters, electricians, sheet-metal workers, plasterers and drywall finishers, riggers, stagehands, and building engineering and maintenance staff. Construction in the late 1960s placed asbestos materials throughout the building's structure, mechanical systems, and acoustic finishes.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1966 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the hottest piping in the mechanical plant, and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the rest of the building services. W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed the structural steel, bringing tremolite-contaminated vermiculite with it. Armstrong World Industries and U.S. Gypsum supplied the ceiling, acoustical, floor, and joint-compound products of a building where acoustics were the point. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
World Bank — Washington
The World Bank, created at the 1944 Bretton Woods conference, has been headquartered in Washington since it opened in 1946; its main complex stands on H Street NW, a few blocks west of the White House. Its buildings were built, expanded, and renovated through the decades the trusts' lists cover.
Workers exposed. Major office complex construction and maintenance required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, ironworkers, electricians, sheet-metal workers, plasterers and drywall finishers, and building engineering and custodial staff.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1962 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos) high-temperature pipe insulation, and Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the heating and HVAC piping. W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofed the structural steel, bringing tremolite-contaminated vermiculite with it. Armstrong World Industries and U.S. Gypsum supplied [ceiling tile, acoustical products, and joint compound](Asbestos Boards and Panels) across the interiors; sanding asbestos joint compound is among the dustiest jobs in building work. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Rayburn House Office Building — Washington
The Rayburn House Office Building, on Independence Avenue just southwest of the Capitol, is the third and largest of the House office buildings. Completed in 1965 and named for Speaker Sam Rayburn, it was known during construction as the Additional House Office Building. The trusts list it under all of these names; it is one building.
Workers exposed. Ironworkers, insulators, pipefitters, electricians, sheet-metal workers, plasterers and drywall finishers during construction, and the engineering, maintenance, and custodial staff of the Capitol complex afterward.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1960 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, high-temperature pipe insulations made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the building's steam, hot-water, and HVAC piping, with Eagle-Picher insulating cement on fittings and equipment. Armstrong World Industries and U.S. Gypsum supplied floor, ceiling, plaster, and joint-compound products across the offices and hearing rooms. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
U.S. Capitol — Washington
The trusts list the Capitol under more than a dozen names: the Capitol Building, its House and Senate wings, the East Portico, and rooms from the House and Senate chambers to the radio correspondents' gallery. The Capitol Power Plant, which supplies the complex with steam, is listed separately.
Workers exposed. Pipefitters, steamfitters, insulators, electricians, plasterers, and the Architect of the Capitol's engineering and maintenance forces, along with the contractors on the Capitol's twentieth-century renovations and extensions.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Burns & Roe, Eagle-Picher, Owens Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1900 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. The Babcock & Wilcox signature reflects boilers and their insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing, and Burns & Roe is listed for work on the Capitol's electrical systems. Eagle-Picher insulating cement and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the steam and heating lines. U.S. Gypsum plaster, joint compound, and acoustical products appear across the building's rooms and renovations. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Washington Navy Yard (Naval Gun Factory) — Washington
Founded in 1799 on the Anacostia River, the Washington Navy Yard is the Navy's oldest shore establishment. For much of the twentieth century it made naval guns and ordnance: it was renamed the Naval Gun Factory in 1945 and later the Naval Weapons Plant, and took back its old name after manufacturing ended in the early 1960s. The trusts list it under all three names.
Workers exposed. Machinists, boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, electricians, and the shop and powerhouse crews of the gun factory, many of them federal civilian employees.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 5 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1904 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Because the Owens-Illinois trust signature is present, Owens-Illinois Kaylo high-temperature pipe insulation, an amosite (brown asbestos) product, was used at this site during the 1948–1958 manufacturing window, with Owens Corning continuing the Kaylo line afterward. U.S. Gypsum plaster and joint compound went into the yard's buildings. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
The White House — Washington
The White House, built between 1792 and 1800, has been renovated many times. The 1948–1952 Truman renovation gutted the interior and rebuilt it with the construction materials of the day, many of them asbestos products. The trusts list it as the White House and the Executive Mansion.
Workers exposed. Pipefitters, insulators, drywall finishers and joint-compound applicators, electricians, ironworkers, and building engineering, maintenance, custodial, and contractor staff across decades.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 5 asbestos trusts — Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, U.S. Gypsum, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1950 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos) high-temperature pipe insulation, and Owens Corning's Kaylo line and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the heating and HVAC piping. U.S. Gypsum joint compound, plaster, and gypsum products went into the Truman rebuilding and the renovations that followed. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Washington DC entries by city
The trusts' lists file all 660 District entries under the city of Washington, including a few spelled "Washington D C" or "Wasington." Open the list below for the count. Call us for any specific worksite — whether or not it appears here.
Entries on the trusts' lists, city by city
| City | Entries on the trusts' lists |
|---|---|
| Washington | 660 |
Search the asbestos trusts' Washington DC lists
Type any name the building went by — the agency, the company, a later name, or the street address — to see every entry on the trusts' lists that matches, as the trusts wrote it, with each trust and the years it lists.
660 entries, as the trusts list them.
Court decisions: 12 asbestos cases from District of Columbia courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these District of Columbia workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Forrestal Building
- Georgia Pacific v. Farrar (2013): Granddaughter of a construction mechanic; laundered his work clothes, 1968-69
- Georgia-Pacific v. Farrar (2012): Union insulator (grandfather, Mr. Hentgen), 1968-1969
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Alliegro v. ACandS, Inc. (1997): Stationary engineer, 1965-1967
Greyhound Bus terminal
- Rocha v. Brown & Gould, LLP (2015): Painter
Washington Hospital Center
- Washington Hospital Center v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (2004): Custodial employee, 1972-1979, 1983-1999
Every worksite named in District of Columbia court decisions, with all their decisions
Don't see your worksite?
Your worksite may be documented even if it doesn't appear on this page. If your loved one worked at a District facility not listed — a federal building, a hospital, a hotel, a cultural institution, a military installation, or a federal contractor site — call us. Johns-Manville requires no site list at all, and we can often document exposure through the products, contractors, and equipment at a site even when no trust lists it by name.
Smaller worksites, contract jobs, short-tenure employment, and exposures across multiple federal and institutional sites are all part of the case-building process. Many District workers moved across several federal buildings, hospitals, or institutional sites over long careers — we build the full exposure profile, not just the single-site picture.
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How a DC case may work
William is a 76-year-old retired maintenance engineer who lives in northeast DC. From 1969 until the District of Columbia took over the hospital in 1987, he worked at St. Elizabeths Hospital as a federal employee, primarily in the engineering and steam plant departments. His work took him through the hospital's powerhouse, the steam tunnels connecting buildings across the Anacostia campus, the central boiler operations, and the patient buildings — repairing and replacing pipe insulation, packing pumps and valves, working alongside refractory workers chipping out boiler linings, and handling floor and ceiling products during decades of renovation. The Owens Corning Kaylo and Fibreboard pipe insulation, Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers, Eagle-Picher insulating cement, Turner & Newall Limpet, Armstrong World Industries products, and W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofing that the trusts document at St. Elizabeths are the products William handled, breathed around, and brought home on his work clothes for eighteen years. In late 2025 William developed persistent chest discomfort and progressive shortness of breath. After a cardiac workup at MedStar Washington Hospital Center revealed a thickened pericardial sac with a moderate effusion, a February 2026 pericardial biopsy confirmed pericardial mesothelioma of the sarcomatoid mesothelioma variety.
For William's family, the case has several parallel tracks. St. Elizabeths is on the lists of at least eight site-specific asbestos trusts — Armstrong World Industries, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Turner & Newall, and W.R. Grace — and William's pre-1982 work history at the hospital qualifies him ** for the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust**, independently of the site-specific filings. Because William worked there as a federal civilian employee, FECA federal workers' compensation may also apply; FECA is his only remedy against the United States and must be repaid from a lawsuit recovery. A civil case is also available against the still-solvent manufacturers documented at the site and against the contractors who performed insulation, refractory, and renovation work at St. Elizabeths during William's years there. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for William's wife and adult children, who may have been exposed at home through asbestos brought back on his work clothes. The screening is a chest X-ray read by a B-reader, with a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early. Recoveries from cases like William's routinely fund what insurance does not cover — travel to academic cancer centers, lodging during extended treatment, out-of-pocket medication costs, and home help. The nearest NCI-designated cancer center for a DC patient is the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University, where advanced treatments for rare and aggressive mesothelioma histologies are available alongside the broader academic medical infrastructure. When the written agreement and applicable law permit it, our firm can also advance the cost of travel and lodging when getting to the right treatment center matters. How legal recovery funds mesothelioma treatment access →.
For the full doctrinal treatment of the District's discovery rule, the asbestos-specific statute of limitations, the preserved joint and several liability framework, the unified premises liability framework, and the damages framework, see the Washington DC mesothelioma law guide.
This example is general. Every case depends on the diagnosis, exposure history, dates, defendants, applicable law, and available evidence.
What happens when you call
A staff attorney answers — not a screener. The first call usually runs 20 to 30 minutes. We listen to the work history, identify which DC worksites and trust channels apply to your loved one's exposure, and explain the timeline and case structure for your family's specific situation.
We never pressure anyone to retain us during the first call. If you decide to move forward, we come to you — phone, video, or home visit, whichever works best. No travel to our offices is required at any point in the case.
You do not need to come to the call with product names, exposure dates, or work records. We reconstruct the exposure history using our worksite database, the trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment and union records, and coworker interviews. The conversation starts with what you remember; we handle the documentation work from there.
A spouse, adult child, or other family member can call for the worker. Many of our first calls are from a daughter or wife researching on behalf of a parent or husband. That is standard, and the family member can make the call without the worker on the line.
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Why families choose our firm
- $400M+ recovered and 200,000+ verified exposure sites nationally; all 660 District entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; several clients with District job sites
- Worksite-specific knowledge — we open conversations with the products, trades, and trust channels documented at your loved one's specific site rather than reading from a generic intake script
- Trust + civil + FECA + VA coordinated case by case with the trial team — federal civilian employees and military veterans typically have multiple compensation pathways running simultaneously
- Remote case handling — phone, video, and home visits. No required trip to our offices.
- Free family asbestos health screening for spouses and children of every client
- No fee unless we recover compensation for your family
Frequently asked questions
Is my DC worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold 660 District entries — federal buildings and the Capitol, hospitals, universities, hotels, offices and stores, Pepco's power plants, schools, embassies, and the Navy Yard. You can search every entry on this page. Even if a specific facility isn't listed, we can often document exposure there through the products and contractors involved. Call us with the name of the facility your loved one worked at and we will check it during the first conversation.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
When a manufacturer of asbestos-containing products went into bankruptcy, the court typically required the company to set up a settlement trust to pay future asbestos claims. The trusts are still operating today and pay out on documented exposure. "Trust coverage" at a particular worksite means a trust's own list documents that its products were present at that site — which supports a claim against the trust without needing to take that company to court. Trust claims are filed separately from any civil lawsuit and from FECA federal workers' compensation.
Does my loved one qualify for the Johns-Manville trust?
Probably yes, if your loved one had asbestos exposure before 1983 and developed an asbestos-related disease. Johns-Manville does not require proof that its products were at a specific worksite, and for mesothelioma even one day of exposure can qualify. How Johns-Manville eligibility works.
Do I need to know which asbestos products my loved one handled?
No. You do not need to come to the first call with product names. We reconstruct the exposure history using the trusts' site lists, the trust documentation for each manufacturer, employment and union records, Social Security earnings records, and coworker interviews. The first call starts with what you remember — where your loved one worked, what trade, and roughly when. We handle the product-identification work from there.
What if my loved one worked at multiple DC sites?
That is the normal pattern for DC institutional and federal-sector careers. Workers who started at one federal building or hospital and moved through several facilities across a long career often have richer trust documentation, not less — every site adds to the exposure profile. We build the full career-spanning analysis rather than profiling a single site.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
The trust system was designed precisely for that situation. Trust claims do not require the original building to exist or the original employer to be in business — they require documentation that the trust manufacturer's products were present at the site during the worker's employment. The trusts' lists document that independently of whether the building is still standing.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes. Wrongful death and survival claims are part of our regular caseload. The wrongful-death filing deadline in DC is generally two years from the date of death, or longer if the family learned only later that asbestos caused the death. Trust claims for deceased workers are filed by the estate or surviving family members and recovery passes to the family. Call us early — earlier filing produces faster recoveries and more complete documentation.
My loved one was a federal civilian employee in DC. What other benefits apply?
Federal civilian employees at DC federal facilities — the Capitol Complex, the executive branch federal buildings, the independent federal agencies, the historic Walter Reed, the Washington Navy Yard civilian workforce, St. Elizabeths' federal workforce before the District took it over in 1987 — are typically covered by FECA (Federal Employees' Compensation Act) federal workers' compensation. FECA runs alongside asbestos trust claims and any civil case, but FECA benefits must be repaid from a civil recovery. For military veterans who served at the Washington Navy Yard, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, or the historic Walter Reed Army Medical Center, VA service-connected disability is also available and operates independently.
Talk with a DC asbestos lawyer
Whether your family is dealing with a new mesothelioma or lung cancer diagnosis, a very sick loved one, or a death from an asbestos disease, we are ready to help. Your loved one's DC worksite may already be on the trusts' lists — or we can help document it if it isn't.
You do not need to know the product names. You do not need to have all the records. You do not need to travel to our office. A spouse or adult child can call for the family.
Related resources
This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.