Ride the Union Pacific across southern Wyoming in the middle of the last century and the state's industry went by the window in order: the coal towns of Rock Springs and Kemmerer, the trona plants west of Green River, the refinery at Sinclair, the railroad shops at Laramie and Cheyenne. A day's drive north, the refinery stacks of Casper marked the state's other industrial center. Wyoming had few people and a great deal of heavy plant, and nearly all of it, from crude heaters and soda-ash calciners to power-station boilers, kept its heat in with asbestos. Six places account for most of the worksites the trusts name:
- Casper and the central Wyoming oil fields — the Standard Oil (later Amoco), Texaco, and Socony-Vacuum (later Mobil) refineries, with the Standard Oil plant recognized by more trusts than any other worksite in the state;
- the other refinery towns — Sinclair's refinery east of Rawlins and Husky Oil's refinery at Cody;
- the trona district west of Green River — FMC's Westvaco plant, Stauffer Chemical, and Allied Chemical;
- coal and power — Pacific Power & Light's Dave Johnston plant at Glenrock, Utah Power & Light's Naughton plant at Kemmerer, and the Laramie River Station at Wheatland;
- Cheyenne and Laramie — the Union Pacific shops and F.E. Warren Air Force Base; and
- the beet-sugar factories — Holly Sugar at Worland and Torrington.
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 Wyoming, those lists hold 336 entries across 68 communities, from 20 asbestos trusts. One plant can appear many times, under different names or on different trusts' lists. More than a dozen of our clients worked at Wyoming 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.
Wyoming filing deadlines and trust eligibility, in brief
Wyoming gives a diagnosed worker four years to file a personal-injury claim, one of the longest windows in the country. Exactly when the clock starts varies, so to be safe, count from the date of diagnosis. If an earlier X-ray, CT scan or screening showed asbestos-related scarring, a Wyoming court may count the four years from that earlier finding, so call us right away. A separate deadline applies once a worker has passed away, and Wyoming treats that one differently from most states. If your loved one is alive and diagnosed, calling early keeps more options open.
Wyoming 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 claims for asbestos-related deaths are a routine part of our practice.
Free family asbestos health screening. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for family members of every client who may have been exposed at home from work clothes or household contact. 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.
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 Wyoming
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. Nineteen other trusts list Wyoming worksites. The number of Wyoming entries on each trust's list:
- Johns-Manville: no list of its own; every site on the other trusts' lists qualifies
- Babcock & Wilcox: 123 entries (industrial and utility boilers)
- Owens Corning: 50 entries (Kaylo and high-temperature pipe and block insulation)
- W.R. Grace: 32 entries (Monokote spray fireproofing and Zonolite)
- A.P. Green: 28 entries (refractory brick, castables and cements)
- DII Industries (Halliburton): 27 entries (pumps, compressors and oilfield equipment)
- Eagle-Picher: 16 entries (insulating cements and pipe covering)
- Combustion Engineering: 13 entries (boilers and refractory)
- Fibreboard: 12 entries (Pabco pipe and block insulation)
- Fuller-Austin: 7 entries (insulation contracting)
- Owens-Illinois: 6 entries (Kaylo pipe and block insulation)
- U.S. Gypsum: 5 entries (joint compound, plaster and acoustical products)
- J.T. Thorpe (California): 4 entries (insulation and refractory contracting)
- Pittsburgh Corning: 4 entries (Unibestos pipe insulation)
- ACandS: 3 entries (insulation contracting)
- Armstrong World Industries: 2 entries (insulation contracting and floor products)
- ABB Lummus: 1 entry (refinery and petrochemical engineering)
- Burns & Roe: 1 entry (power-plant engineering and construction)
- GAF: 1 entry (roofing and building products)
- Plant Insulation: 1 entry (insulation contracting)
Trust coverage at this depth means most Wyoming workers with significant industrial exposure histories will trigger filings against multiple trusts simultaneously — typically Johns-Manville plus the site-specific trusts documented at their worksites.
Wyoming cities and their industries
Open a city to see the worksites there that the asbestos trusts recognize, grouped by industry, with why each industry used asbestos.
CheyenneThe state capital pairs the Union Pacific shops and F.E. Warren Air Force Base with the Frontier refinery and the Wycon chemical plant.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Frontier Refining Company
- Husky Oil refinery (Cheyenne)
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.
- DePaul Hospital
- Municipal Airport, Building 14
Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.
- Wycon Chemical plant
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.
- F.E. Warren Air Force Base
Railroads. Steam locomotives were insulated with asbestos, and railroad shops relined boilers and replaced brake shoes and gaskets on equipment that carried asbestos for decades after diesels arrived.
- Union Pacific Railroad shops
CasperCasper was Wyoming's refinery town: Standard Oil of Indiana (later Amoco), the Texas Company (Texaco), and Socony-Vacuum (later Mobil) all refined crude from the Salt Creek field and the rest of central Wyoming here.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Socony-Vacuum / Mobil refinery (White Eagle)
- Standard Oil (Indiana) / Amoco refinery
- Texaco refinery (The Texas Company)
Green RiverGreen River sits on the world's largest known deposit of trona, the ore of soda ash; FMC (at Westvaco), Stauffer, and Allied Chemical mined and refined it west of town.
Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.
- Allied Chemical trona plant
- FMC Westvaco trona plant (Food Machinery & Chemical)
- Stauffer Chemical trona plant
KemmererKemmerer is coal country: the Kemmerer Coal Company's mines, and Utah Power & Light's coal-fired Naughton plant just outside town.
Chemical plants. Chemical plants combined high heat with corrosive service: furnaces and reactors lined with asbestos refractory, steam lines wrapped in asbestos insulation, and acid-resistant asbestos gaskets and packing at every flange.
- FMC Corporation (Food Machinery & Chemical)
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.
- Naughton Power Plant (Utah Power & Light)
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Kemmerer Coal Company
GlenrockGlenrock is home to Pacific Power & Light's Dave Johnston plant on the North Platte River, one of Wyoming's largest coal-fired stations.
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.
- Dave Johnston Power Plant (Pacific Power & Light)
LaramieLaramie's entries center on the Union Pacific shops, the University of Wyoming, and a federal Bureau of Mines alumina plant.
Railroads. Steam locomotives were insulated with asbestos, and railroad shops relined boilers and replaced brake shoes and gaskets on equipment that carried asbestos for decades after diesels arrived.
- Union Pacific Railroad shops
SinclairSinclair, east of Rawlins, was built as Parco around the Producers and Refiners refinery and renamed for Sinclair Oil, which took the plant over.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- Sinclair refinery (Producers and Refiners, Parco)
Other Wyoming communitiesOne worksite each in 9 more communities.
Refineries and petrochemical plants. Refineries ran on heat: crude heaters, cat crackers, boilers, and miles of steam and process piping, all insulated, lined, and sealed with asbestos products into the late 1970s. Insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, and the contract crews who worked turnarounds carried the heaviest exposure.
- El Paso Natural Gas — Opal gas plant — Opal
- Empire State Oil Company — Thermopolis
- Husky Oil refinery and warehouse — Cody
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.
- Jim Bridger Power Plant — Point of Rocks
- Laramie River Station (Basin Electric) — Wheatland
- Neil Simpson Power Plant (Black Hills Power & Light) — Gillette
Food plants, breweries, and sugar mills. Sugar mills, breweries, corn and flour mills, and packing houses ran on steam: boilers, cookers, evaporators, and dryers, with miles of insulated pipe, all built with asbestos insulation, gaskets, and packing.
- Holly Sugar factory — Torrington
- Holly Sugar factory — Worland
Mines and ore mills. Mines and ore mills ran powerhouses, boilers, compressors, and steam lines insulated and sealed with asbestos, and their mills and smelters used asbestos refractory.
- Union Pacific Coal Company — Rock Springs
Mesothelioma settlement values at Wyoming's most-documented worksites
These worksites appear on the approved-site lists of at least two 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.
Standard Oil (Indiana) / Amoco refinery
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| ABB Lummus | $1,000 – $400,000 | 9.5% | $95 – $38,000 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| 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 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Sinclair refinery (Producers and Refiners, Parco)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Fuller-Austin | $58,500 | 45% | $26,325 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| 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 |
Texaco refinery (The Texas 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 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| GAF | $155,000 – $450,000 | 5.0% | $7,750 – $22,500 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Socony-Vacuum / Mobil refinery (White Eagle)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Dave Johnston Power Plant (Pacific Power & Light)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| 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 |
Naughton Power Plant (Utah Power & Light)
| 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 |
| Combustion Engineering | $75,000 – $400,000 | 15.3% | $11,475 – $61,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Plant Insulation | $65,000 – $2,600,000 | 20% | $13,000 – $520,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Husky Oil refinery and warehouse
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| 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 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
FMC Westvaco trona plant (Food Machinery & Chemical)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Fibreboard | $135,000 – $450,000 | 3.5% | $4,725 – $15,750 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Stauffer Chemical trona plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Holly Sugar factory
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| 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 |
F.E. Warren Air Force Base
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle-Picher | No fixed schedule | — | Set case by case |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| 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 |
Holly Sugar factory
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
DePaul Hospital
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Frontier Refining Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| J.T. Thorpe (California) | Not published | — | — |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Husky Oil refinery (Cheyenne)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Pittsburgh Corning | $175,000 – $500,000 | 19% | $33,250 – $95,000 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Municipal Airport, Building 14
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Wycon Chemical plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Allied Chemical trona plant
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
FMC Corporation (Food Machinery & Chemical)
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.P. Green | $165,694 | 6.0% | $9,941.64 |
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Kemmerer Coal Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
El Paso Natural Gas — Opal gas plant
| 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 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Jim Bridger Power Plant
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| 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 |
Union Pacific Coal Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock & Wilcox | $90,000 – $400,000 | 4.3% | $3,870 – $17,200 |
| DII Industries (Halliburton) | $60,718.95 – $256,000 | 60% | $36,431.37 – $153,600 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
Empire State Oil Company
| Trust | Mesothelioma value | Payment % | Payment at that % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Corning | $215,000 – $650,000 | 4.3% | $9,245 – $27,950 |
| Owens-Illinois | $100,000 – $382,600 | 65% | $65,000 – $248,690 |
| Johns-Manville | $350,000 – $750,000 | 5.6% | $19,600 – $42,000 |
A closer look at major Wyoming worksites
The worksites below are recognized by the most asbestos trusts in Wyoming — six or more, counting Johns-Manville. 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.
Standard Oil (Indiana) / Amoco refinery — Casper
Standard Oil Company (Indiana) refined central Wyoming crude at Casper through much of the twentieth century, part of the historic Casper refining cluster alongside Texaco and Socony-Vacuum. The trusts list it under Standard Oil, Standard Oil Company of Indiana, the Standard Refinery, American Oil Company, and Amoco, names that all belong to the same company, which took the Amoco name in 1985; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Refinery operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, and electricians, with substantial cross-employment between the Standard Oil works and the neighboring Casper refineries.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 10 asbestos trusts — ABB Lummus, A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1926 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory lined the crude heaters, crackers, and process furnaces, and Babcock & Wilcox boilers raised the refinery's steam, with pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. 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, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line; Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-rich Unibestos covered the hottest lines, and Fibreboard pipe insulation and Eagle-Picher One-Cote insulating cement covered more of the steam and process piping. ABB Lummus did refinery engineering and construction here, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in the gaskets, packing, and cement pipe of the refinery's acid service.
Sinclair refinery (Producers and Refiners, Parco) — Sinclair
The town of Sinclair was built around this refinery and remained a single-industry community for most of the twentieth century. The Producers and Refiners Corporation built the plant in the early 1920s and named the company town Parco; Sinclair took the refinery over, and the town was renamed Sinclair in 1943. The trusts list it under Sinclair Refining, Sinclair Oil, Producers and Refiners, and Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), which owned it for a time after its 1969 merger with Sinclair; it is one facility, and it still operates.
Workers exposed. Refinery operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, and electricians. The refinery's continuous operation across decades means many career employees accumulated substantial exposure across multiple turnaround cycles.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 9 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Eagle-Picher, Fuller-Austin, Owens Corning, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1922 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory lined the process heaters and the catalytic cracker, and Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Eagle-Picher One-Cote magnesia insulating cement covered pipe and equipment throughout the refinery, and the Fuller-Austin signature points to insulation contracting crews at the plant. W.R. Grace Monokote spray fireproofing coated structural steel, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe.
Texaco refinery (The Texas Company) — Casper
The Texaco refinery at Casper was one of the historic Casper refineries, running crude distillation, cracking, and the downstream units of a full refinery across the middle of the twentieth century. The trusts list it under Texaco and under The Texas Company, the name the company used until it became Texaco in 1959; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Refinery operations of this scale required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, instrument technicians, and electricians. Refinery insulators are among the most heavily exposed trades in American industry — pipe insulation runs miles through a refinery, and removal and replacement during maintenance generates substantial airborne fiber.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 8 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1945 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. A.P. Green refractory lined the process heaters, the cat cracker, and the crude furnace, and Combustion Engineering boilers carried 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, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line, and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered more of the process and steam lines. GAF documentation points to roofing felts and mastics, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors from Ingersoll, Dresser, Pacific, and Worthington. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe.
Socony-Vacuum / Mobil refinery (White Eagle) — Casper
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, which became Socony Mobil in 1955 and Mobil in 1966, ran another of Casper's refineries. The trusts list it under all three company names, under its refinery department, and as the White Eagle refinery; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Refinery operations required pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, refractory workers, mechanics, and electricians, many of whom also worked at the neighboring Casper refineries.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, W.R. Grace, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1931 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Babcock & Wilcox and Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. 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, followed by Owens Corning's Kaylo line, and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered more of the process piping. W.R. Grace Monokote spray fireproofing coated structural steel. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories, and crocidolite (blue asbestos) appeared in acid-service gaskets, packing, and cement pipe.
Dave Johnston Power Plant (Pacific Power & Light) — Glenrock
The Dave Johnston Power Plant on the North Platte River at Glenrock is a coal-fired generating station that Pacific Power & Light began building in the late 1950s, one of the largest power plants in Wyoming and now run by PacifiCorp. The trusts list it under Dave Johnston, Pacific Power & Light, PacifiCorp, and its individual units; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Coal-fired generation of this scale required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, mechanics, and electricians. Peak exposure occurred during construction of each unit and in the major overhaul cycles of a baseload coal plant.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — Babcock & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1957 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. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos, an amosite (brown asbestos) pipe insulation made for the highest-temperature service, covered the main steam lines, and Owens Corning and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation covered the rest of the steam and turbine piping; the Halliburton signature reflects pumps. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Naughton Power Plant (Utah Power & Light) — Kemmerer
The Naughton plant outside Kemmerer is a coal-fired generating station that Utah Power & Light began building in the early 1960s, now run by PacifiCorp. The trusts list it under Naughton, Utah Power & Light, the Kemmerer steam plant, PacifiCorp, and its numbered units; it is one facility.
Workers exposed. Boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, electricians, and power plant operators, along with the construction crews who built each unit.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 7 asbestos trusts — ACandS, Armstrong World Industries, Combustion Engineering, Owens Corning, Pittsburgh Corning, Plant Insulation, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1960 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Combustion Engineering boilers carried pipe and block insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Three insulation contractors' trusts list the plant: ACandS and Armstrong for Unit 2, and Plant Insulation for Unit 3. Pittsburgh Corning's Unibestos and Owens Corning's Kaylo line, both high-temperature pipe insulation made with amosite (brown asbestos), covered the main steam piping. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
FMC Westvaco trona plant (Food Machinery & Chemical) — Green River
Trona, the ore of soda ash, was found west of Green River in 1938 in a well drilled for oil and gas, and the Westvaco plant there was the first to mine and refine it, beginning in the late 1940s. Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation (FMC) acquired Westvaco in 1948 and ran the plant for decades. The trusts list it under FMC, Food Machinery & Chemical, the Inorganic Chemicals Division, and Westvaco's sesqui plant; it is one facility, part of the Sweetwater County trona district that also includes the Stauffer and Allied Chemical plants.
Workers exposed. Trona and soda ash processing required boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, refractory workers, millwrights, mechanics, and electricians. Calcining kiln operations and steam-system maintenance drove much of the exposure.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, Owens Corning, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1951 through 1982.
Products, trust signatures, and asbestos types. Soda ash is made by heating trona in calciners, and A.P. Green refractory lined the calciners and kilns. Babcock & Wilcox boilers raised the plant's steam, with pipe and block insulation and gaskets and packing on access doors and steam connections. Owens Corning's Kaylo line, its high-temperature grades made with amosite (brown asbestos), and Fibreboard pipe insulation covered the steam and process piping, and the Halliburton signature reflects pumps and compressors. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Husky Oil refinery and warehouse — Cody
Husky Oil was founded at Cody in the late 1930s and refined Bighorn Basin crude there. The trusts list the refinery as Husky Refining Company and Husky Oil, and separately list the company's Cody warehouses, where insulation and gaskets were stocked for its crews; we treat them as one site.
Workers exposed. Pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, mechanics, warehouse workers handling insulation and gasket inventory, and field maintenance personnel.
Trust documentation: recognized by at least 6 asbestos trusts — A.P. Green, Babcock & Wilcox, Fibreboard, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Johns-Manville. The trusts' lists document their products here from 1939 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, stocked in the warehouse and installed in the field; Owens Corning's Kaylo line followed, and Fibreboard pipe and block insulation was handled the same way. A.P. Green refractory lined the refinery's process heaters, and Babcock & Wilcox boilers carried insulation, refractory, and gaskets and packing. Chrysotile (white asbestos) ran through most of these product categories.
Wyoming entries by city
The trusts' lists hold Wyoming entries in 68 communities. Open the list below for the number of entries in each. Call us for any specific worksite — whether or not the city appears here.
Entries on the trusts' lists, city by city
| City | Entries on the trusts' lists |
|---|---|
| Casper | 58 |
| Green River | 34 |
| Cheyenne | 31 |
| Glenrock | 19 |
| Kemmerer | 19 |
| Laramie | 17 |
| Gillette | 13 |
| Sinclair | 12 |
| Cody | 9 |
| Rock Springs | 9 |
| Sheridan | 9 |
| Worland | 9 |
| Riverton | 7 |
| Torrington | 6 |
| Wheatland | 6 |
| Evanston | 4 |
| Thermopolis | 4 |
| Douglas | 3 |
| Point of Rocks | 3 |
| Rawlins | 3 |
The trusts' lists also name 48 other Wyoming communities.
Many of the smallest are coal camps, oil fields, and pipeline stations, such as Hanna, Salt Creek, and Wamsutter.
Search the asbestos trusts' Wyoming lists
Type any name the plant went by — the company, a later owner, or the city — to see every entry on the trusts' lists that matches, as the trusts wrote it, with each trust and the years it lists.
336 entries, as the trusts list them.
Court decisions: 3 asbestos cases from Wyoming courts
Worksites named in court opinions
Court decisions in our library name these Wyoming workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos.
Dave Johnston Power Plant
- Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014): Carpenter, 1952-1963
- Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2014): Carpenter, 1952-1963
FMC Green River soda ash plant
- Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014): Business Agent (carpenters union representative), 1960s-1970s
- Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2014): Business Agent (carpenters union representative), 1963-1978
Jim Bridger Power Plant
- Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014): Business Agent (carpenters union representative), 1960s-1970s
- Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2014): Business Agent (carpenters union representative), 1963-1978
PM-1 nuclear power plant, Sundance Air Force Station
- Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021): Maintenance worker, 1961-1964
- Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021): Three years
Every worksite named in Wyoming court decisions, with all their decisions
Asbestos mines
The documents in our library report no Wyoming mine producing asbestos fiber that was sold or shipped.
Our records also name 2 Wyoming asbestos deposits and mines with no sales reported: deposits and prospects the documents describe or report exploring, and mines they report worked without fiber sold. Each page says what the documents report.
2 deposits and mines with no sales reported
- Casper Mountain depositWorked, no sales reported · Casper Mountain · Philip Carey Manufacturing Co.
- PropertyDeposits and prospects · Glenrock
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 Wyoming facility not listed, 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, oilfield and pipeline work across multiple sites, and Powder River Basin coal mine employment are all part of the case-building process.
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How a Wyoming case may work
Roger is a 76-year-old retired refinery worker living outside Casper. From 1968 through 1982 he worked at the Texaco refinery at Casper across the crude distillation, catalytic cracking, and broader plant maintenance operations, and after that at other central Wyoming plants until 2002. His day-to-day work brought him into continuous contact with insulation removal and replacement on process piping, gasket and packing changes on pumps and valves, refractory chipping during turnarounds on the process heaters and the catalytic cracker, and the general maintenance routine of a full-service refinery across the heaviest asbestos decades. He never saw a hazard placard for asbestos. The materials were just what the refinery used. In late 2025 he developed persistent abdominal pain, distension, and weight loss; imaging and a February 2026 peritoneal biopsy confirmed peritoneal mesothelioma of the epithelioid mesothelioma subtype.
For Roger's family, the case has several layered pieces. The Texaco refinery is among the Wyoming worksites the most trusts recognize: its entries on the trusts' lists name at least seven trusts besides Johns-Manville — A.P. Green, Combustion Engineering, DII Industries (Halliburton), Fibreboard, GAF, Owens Corning, and Owens-Illinois — and each trust sets its own exposure years. Trust filings are paper claims handled remotely. Roger's pre-1982 exposure also qualifies him for the Johns-Manville Settlement Trust — no site-specific documentation required, because Johns-Manville's coverage applies to any worker with even one day of pre-1982 exposure. Beyond the trust filings, civil claims against the still-solvent manufacturers documented at the refinery provide another recovery path. Because Roger worked for Texaco, his claim against Texaco itself runs through Wyoming workers' compensation, not a lawsuit. Counting Wyoming's four years from his late-2025 symptoms to be safe, the case is filed well before late 2029, which leaves room to file it during his lifetime. Starting now keeps the most options open for his family, and the exposure record built during his lifetime carries forward.
Recoveries from cases like Roger'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 Wyoming worker is the University of Colorado Cancer Center in Aurora, Colorado, where advanced treatments for peritoneal mesothelioma including HIPEC and the latest immunotherapy combinations are available. The Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City is the other major regional option. 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. Our representation includes free asbestos health screening for Roger's spouse and adult children, who may have had take-home exposure from his work clothes across his decades at the refinery. How legal recovery funds mesothelioma treatment access →.
For the full doctrinal treatment of Wyoming's discovery rule, comparative fault framework, premises liability standard, and damages framework, see the Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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 336 Wyoming entries on the asbestos trusts' lists; more than a dozen clients with Wyoming job sites.
- Worksite-specific knowledge. We operate from documented trust coverage at each Wyoming worksite, not from a generic intake script. We can speak to the specific products and trust channels at your loved one's facility from the first call.
- Trust, civil, and federal benefits coordinated case by case with the trial team. Trust claims, civil lawsuits, VA service-connected disability for veterans of F.E. Warren AFB and other federal facilities, FECA for federal civilian workers, and Social Security disability all run together rather than sequentially.
- Remote case handling. Phone, video, or home visit. Wyoming clients across Casper, Cheyenne, Sheridan, Cody, Worland, Gillette, Green River, and every smaller community are served without travel to our offices.
- Free family asbestos health screening for spouses and adult children of every client who may have had take-home exposure.
- No fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
Frequently asked questions
Is my Wyoming worksite documented?
Probably yes. The asbestos trusts' approved-site lists hold 336 Wyoming entries in 68 communities — refineries, trona and soda ash plants, coal mines, power plants, sugar factories, railroad shops, military installations, and many smaller operations. 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 and the city, and we can confirm coverage during the first conversation.
What does "trust coverage" mean for my case?
When a major asbestos manufacturer went bankrupt, the bankruptcy court typically required the company to fund a settlement trust to pay future asbestos victims. The trust then processes claims based on documented exposure to that manufacturer's products. "Trust coverage" at a worksite means that one or more major asbestos manufacturers' products have been documented at that location, supporting claims against those specific trusts. A Wyoming worker with substantial industrial exposure typically qualifies for filings against multiple trusts simultaneously.
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. Most workers never knew the brand names of the insulation, gaskets, packing, or refractory they worked with — those products were just part of the job. We reconstruct the product-handling history using the trusts' site lists (which identify which manufacturers' products were present at each Wyoming facility), employment and union records, coworker interviews, and the documented trust filings for similar workers at the same site. The conversation starts with what you remember; we handle the product identification from there.
What if my loved one worked at multiple Wyoming sites?
That is the common pattern, not the exception. Many Wyoming workers spent their careers across several refineries in Casper, across the trona plants at Green River, or across the Powder River Basin coal mines. Multi-site career histories often produce stronger trust documentation than single-site careers because each site contributes its own roster of documented manufacturers. We build a complete career-spanning exposure analysis covering every site your loved one worked at.
What if my loved one's worksite has closed or been demolished?
It does not matter for the case. Asbestos trust claims and civil claims rest on the documented historical presence of asbestos products at the facility during your loved one's employment, not on the current condition of the site. The trust filings, employment records, product records, and corporate documentation establish exposure regardless of whether the facility is still standing.
Can we file a claim if my loved one already passed away?
Yes, in most circumstances. Wrongful-death claims for asbestos-related deaths are a routine part of our practice. 🚨 Wyoming has a specific timing trap. Wyoming's two-year wrongful-death deadline runs from the date of death and is treated as a condition precedent under Corkill v. Knowles — the discovery rule does not apply, which means that if more than two years have passed since the death, the wrongful-death door can be closed even if the family only recently learned that asbestos caused the death. Call us as soon as possible — we can evaluate whether the wrongful-death window is still open, whether asbestos trust claims remain available regardless of the wrongful-death status, and whether other claim channels apply. A Wyoming wrongful-death case is brought by a wrongful death representative whom a court appoints in a separate case, so that step has to start in time too. The Wyoming-specific timing trap is the central reason families should call quickly after an asbestos-related death.
What is the F.E. Warren Air Force Base situation?
F.E. Warren Air Force Base at Cheyenne is a historic strategic missile and Air Force installation with documented asbestos exposure across its decades of operation. Air Force veterans who served at F.E. Warren may qualify for VA service-connected disability benefits in addition to the civil and trust pathways. Federal civilian employees at F.E. Warren are covered by FECA. Contractor employees at the base are generally covered by Wyoming workers' compensation through their employer. FECA must be repaid from any recovery against a manufacturer, and VA and FECA for the same disease generally require a choice; a lawsuit or trust recovery does not reduce VA disability. We coordinate federal benefits, trust claims, and any lawsuit case by case with the trial team.
Talk with a Wyoming asbestos lawyer
Whether your family is dealing with a new diagnosis, a very sick loved one, or a death from mesothelioma, we are ready to help. Your loved one's worksite may already be on the trusts' lists — or we can help document it if it isn't. From the Casper refineries to the Green River trona plants, from the Powder River Basin coal mines to F.E. Warren AFB and the smaller industrial sites across the state, we have the records and the experience to build the case.
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.
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