Worksites Named in Louisiana Asbestos Court Decisions

Court decisions in our library name these Louisiana workplaces as places where people were exposed to asbestos, most decisions first. Each decision is listed with the work and years the court described. For the state's exposure sites and asbestos trust records, see Louisiana asbestos exposure sites.

Avondale Shipyards (main yard)

Avondale. Shipyard. Named in 167 decisions. Our profile of this site.

• LeBOEUF v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2025). Worked at Avondale Shipyard, 1970s and 80s
• Prude v. Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company OF New York (2025). Pipefitter and shipfitter, 1970-1978
• Constanza v. Sparta Insurance Company (2024). Employee in various positions, June 1, 1971 to August 16, 1971
• Gomez v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2024). Stepfather's work at Avondale Shipyard in various capacities, 1960s and 1970s
• Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (2024). Laundered her husband's work clothes (husband worked as laborer, welder, and pipefitter), 1973-1996
• Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (2024). Laundering her husband's work clothes, 1973-1996
• Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (2024). Laundering her husband's work clothes (husband Allen C. LaGrange was a laborer, welder, and pipefitter), 1973-1996
• Legendre v. Louisiana Ins. Guaranty Association (2024). Avondale employee, October 16, 1967 to January 28, 1968
• Lewis v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc. (2024). Employee at Avondale Shipyards, 1966 to 2012
• Marcella v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2024). Worked at Avondale's shipyard, 1960s and 1970s
• Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024). Wife of a shipyard worker who laundered his work clothes, 1965-1983
• Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024). Husband worked at Avondale Shipyard; she was exposed via his clothes
• Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024). Wife of a shipyard worker
• Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024). Spouse of Avondale worker, 1965-1983
• Palermo v. Eagle Inc. (2024). Father, uncle, and cousins who worked at the Avondale shipyard (household members of the plaintiff)
• Rivet v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2024). Exposed through his father and brother who worked at Avondale Shipyard
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024). Father's work at Avondale, 1950s-1970s
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024). Worked in insulation shop sewing asbestos blankets, 1969
• Crossland v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2023). Father, uncle and potentially others worked at Avondale shipyards, 1950s-1960s
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2023). Tack welder, 1969-1970
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2023). Tack welder, 1969-1970
• Lebeau v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Son living with father and brother who worked at Avondale shipyard, 1965-1971
• Legendre v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (2023). Worked for Avondale Shipyards
• Matherne v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2023). Wife of a worker at Avondale Shipyards
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Crane operator, 1989
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Shipyard worker
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Crane operator, 1973-2017
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Cherry picker operator, 1972-1975
• Rivet v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2023). Exposed through clothes of his father and brother who worked at Avondale
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Insulator and carpenter, 1961-1979
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Land-based insulator and carpenter, 1961-1979
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Insulator and carpenter, 1961 to 1979
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Insulator and carpenter, 1961-1979
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Insulator and carpenter, 1961-1979
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Insulator and carpenter, 1961 to 1979
• Rushton v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc. (2023). Worker on vessels, 1973-1974
• Thompson v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2023). Washed clothing of family members who worked at the shipyard, 1970-1971
• Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022). Pipefitter
• Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022). Pipefitter and welder, 1972-1979
• Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022). Pipefitter and welder (husband, Lionel Adams), 1972-1979
• Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022). Worked at Avondale near insulators
• Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022). Employed in various positions by or on the premises of Avondale Shipyards, 1965
• Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Worked in living quarters and engine rooms of Lykes vessels, 1965
• Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Employed in various positions by or on the premises of Avondale Shipyards, 1965
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Family member of insulators living in the family home, 1967-1972
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Worked at Avondale near insulators
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Worked around Hopeman's employees at Avondale
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Worked with gaskets on Westinghouse turbines
• Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022). Wife laundering husband's work clothes, 1965-1979
• Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022). Laundered her husband's work clothes
• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2022). Marine Inspector (Coast Guard officer), 1967-1970
• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2022). Marine Inspector, 1967-1970
• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2022). Field surveyor performing vessel inspections, 1970s
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2022). Pipefitter's helper and tack welder, 1969-1970
• Labarre v. Bienville Auto Parts Inc. (2022). Worker at the Avondale Shipyard
• Morales v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2022). Tacker, 1970-1973
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder, 1967-1972
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022). Carpenter and insulator, 1961-1979
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022). Carpenter and insulator, 1961-1979
• Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022). Worked at Avondale Shipyard (her father, Asward P. Theriot), 1957-1958
• Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022). Father and uncle worked at Avondale Shipyard
• Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022). Carpenter (uncle Tracy Theriot), 1943-1945, 1955-1960
• Sampey v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022). Child living with grandparents and uncles who worked at Avondale, 1957-1965
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls (2022)
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2022). Brother of Avondale paint department worker, shared bedroom, 1969
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2022). Family member of shipyard painter, 1969
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2022). Yard clerk in the insulation shop, May 28, 1969 to June 23, 1969
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2022). Child of Avondale worker, 1950s-1970s
• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Employee at Avondale, 1966 to the late 1970s
• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Industrial and marine jobsite worker, 1966 to the late 1970s
• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Worker at industrial and marine jobsites, 1966 to the late 1970s
• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Worked at various industrial and marine jobsites, 1966 to the late 1970s
• Williams v. Huntington Ingalls Industries (2022). Wife of laborer and welder (Lawrence Williams)
• Barrosse v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2021). Electrician helper/electrician, 1969-1977
• Broussard v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2021). Laundering the clothes of her ex-husband, who worked at Avondale Shipyard
• Broussard v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2021). Laundered work clothes of ex-husband, a pipe fitter's helper at Avondale, 1970-1971
• Danos v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2021)
• Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2021). Employee of Avondale, 1962 to 1994
• Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2021). Laundered her husband's work clothes
• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (2021). Employee of the American Bureau of Shipping working on shipyard premises, 1970-1979
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2021). Worked for Avondale Shipyards, mid 1960s
• Hulin v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2021). Employee at Avondale Shipyards
• Jackson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2021). Daughter who laundered her father's work clothes, 1962-1968
• Krutz v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2021). Interior communications electrician, 1968-2008
• Labarre v. Bienville Auto Parts, Inc. (2021). Tire salesman making sales calls
• Legendre v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2021). Various positions (father, Percy Legendre, Sr.), 1943-1945
• Legendre v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2021). Various positions (father, Percy Legendre, Sr.), 1943-1945
• Masters v. Graybar Electric Company, Inc. (2021). Employee at Avondale Shipyards, 1949 to 1978
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Ins. Guar. Association (2021). Cherry picker operator, 1972-1975
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (2021). Ran a "cherry picker", 1972-1975
• Sampey v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2021). Niece of a shipyard worker (her uncle), 1957-1965
• Bourgeois v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2020). Mail dispatcher, May 1973 - January 1974
• Dempster v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2020). Employee of Avondale, 1962-1994
• Dempster v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2020). Employee of Avondale, 1962-1994
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020). Son of an Avondale Shipyards employee, 1960s
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020). Son of a worker at Avondale Shipyards, 1960s
• Hernandez v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2020). Painter's helper and assistant clerk, 1968, 1969, and 1970 (summers)
• Hernandez v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2020). 1967-1969
• Holmes v. Bossier (2020). Welder, 1970s
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2020). Employee at Avondale Shipyards, mid 1960s
• Jackson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2020). Employee of Avondale Shipyard, 1970-1977
• Joseph v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2020). Employee of Avondale, 1970-1982
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2020). Machinist aboard the USS Tappahannock, 1960s and 1970s
• Marsh v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2020). Seaman
• Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2020). Worker at Avondale Shipyard (her father, Asward P. Theriot), 1957-1958
• Sampey v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2020). Niece living in the home of an Avondale worker (uncle Huey Levron), 1957-1965
• Knight v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2019). Employee at Avondale Shipyard, 1967-1982
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2019). Machinist aboard the USS TAPPAHANNOCK, 1960s and 1970s
• Parfait v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2019). Sheet metal helper, 1968-1978
• Rodrigue v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2019). Washed her brother's clothes; brother worked as a rigger
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls (2019). Worker at Avondale Shipyards (work treated as ship repair and shipbuilding), 1948-1995
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2019). Worked at Avondale Shipyards, 1948-1995
• Brown v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2018). Cleanup man, tacker, and insulator helper, 1967 to 1971
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2018). Son of an Avondale Shipyards employee, 1960s
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018). Machinist
• Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2018). Daughter of shipyard worker Percy Legendre (exposed at home), 1940s
• Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018). Worked exclusively in the Electrical Department, 1965-2002
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Pipefitter and welder (decedent's husband, Richard Punch Sr.), 1948-1960
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Pipefitter and welder (husband, Richard Punch Sr.), 1948-1960
• Uzee v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018). Employee at Avondale shipyard, 1964-1972
• Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2017). Family member of shipyard workers (father, husband, brother)
• Mayeaux v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc. (2017). Tacker, welder, and shipfitter, 1963-2009
• Morgan v. Dow Chemical Company (2017). Sheet metal helper, 1966
• Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017). Employee at Avondale Shipyard
• Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2017). Various positions at Avondale, 1948-1996
• Templet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2017). Avondale employee, 1968-2002
• Blow v. OneBEACON America Insurance Company (2016). Employee of Avondale and Equitable Shipyards, 1965-1966
• Loupe v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2016). Wife of Avondale worker; laundered his work clothes, 1953-1994
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2016). Clean-up laborer and painter-blaster, 1948-1996
• Landry v. Columbia Casualty Company (2015). Employee at the Avondale shipyard, 1948-1949
• Savoie v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Co. (2015). Employed by Avondale in various positions, 1948-1996
• Vedros v. Grumman (2015). Purchasing department, 1960 to 1963
• Vedros v. Grumman (2015). Purchasing department, 1960-1963
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman (2015). Purchasing department worker, 1960 to 1963
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015). Washed her father's work clothes (father was a welder at Avondale), 1943-1976
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015). Daughter who washed her father's work clothes (father was a welder at Avondale), 1943 to 1976
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015). Daughter of a welder who washed his work clothes, 1943 to 1976
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015). Welder (father, Alton Gros), 1943-1976
• Wilde v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2015). Father's work at Avondale Shipyard, 1943-1945
• Wilde v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2015). Worker at the shipyard (her father, Percy Legendre, Sr.), 1940s
• Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014). Employment (job not stated), 1963 through 1979
• Comardelle v. Pennsylvania General Insurance Company (2014). Worked in the engine rooms of destroyer escorts, 1963-1979
• Landry v. Columbia Casualty Company (2014). Employee at Avondale shipyards, 1948-1949
• Millet v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2014). Sheet metal helper, 1968-1972
• Najolia v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc. (2014). Teenage son who helped do his father's laundry, 1960-1963
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014). Purchase department worker, 1960 to 1963
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014). Purchase department, 1960 to 1963
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014). Purchase department, 1960 to 1963
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014). Purchase department worker, 1960-1963
• Bougere v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (2012). Welding supervisor, 1945-1986
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2012). Worked on vessels at Avondale
• Rome v. Asbestos Defendants (2011). Wife and relative of Avondale shipyard workers
• Hymel v. Eagle, Inc. (2009). Worker at Avondale Shipyards, 1958-1972
• Danos v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2008). Electrician's helper, electrician, terminator and foreman, 1964-1977
• Bradley v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (2007). Marine electronics technician, 1967-68
• Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2006). Wife who shook off and laundered her husband's work clothes, 1963 to 1976, and approximately 1982 to 1986
• Cichirillo v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2005). Electrician, 1961-1984
• Cichirillo v. Avondale Industries (2004). Electrician, 1961-1984
• Booth v. Acands (2003). Pipe insulator on ships under construction, 1969
• Breaux v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2003). Worker at Avondale shipyard
• Ewing v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (2003). 1971-1972
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001). Engine room mechanic, 1964-1971 or '72
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001). Tacker, then shipfitter, 1968-1972
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001). Carpenter helper, tacker-welder, welder, shipfitter, leaderman shipfitter, 1942-1970
• Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998). Shipfitter doing carpentry work, 27 years, to 1978
• Held v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (1996). Marine surveyor, 1967-1992

Port of New Orleans (Dock Board docks, wharves and warehouses)

New Orleans. Port or dock. Named in 10 decisions.

• Ehlers v. Ports America Gulfport, Inc. (2024). Longshoreman/port worker, 1947-1979
• Pete v. Boland Marine and Manufacturing Company, LLC (2023). Son of a longshoreman who handled asbestos cargo, 1964-1968
• Pete v. Boland Marine and Manufacturing Company, LLC (2023). Longshoreman, 1964-1968
• Brindell v. Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction, Inc. (2022). Mechanic repairing and maintaining brakes and axles on chassis and trailers, 1970-1984 (alleged); 1976-1981 per Social Security records
• Brindell v. Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction, Inc. (2022). Mechanic, 1970-1984 (alleged); Social Security records show 1976-1981
• Brindell v. Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction Inc. (2021). Mechanic, 1970-1984
• Brindell v. Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction Inc. (2020). Mechanic, 1976-1981
• Craft v. Ports America Gulfport, Inc. (2019). Longshoreman; cargo handler and winch operator, 1953-1969
• Faulkner v. McCarty Corp. (2003). Longshoreman, 1951-1989
• Jefferson v. Cooper/T. Smith Corp. (2003). Longshoreman, 1946-1976

Avondale Westwego Yard

Westwego. Shipyard. Named in 9 decisions.

• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Tacker constructing barges, later crane operator on a Zapata rig, 1972, 1975-1976
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder and tacker helper (also described as pipefitter), 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder and tacker helper, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020). Avondale employee, 1969 to 1974

Exxon Baton Rouge refinery and chemical plant

Baton Rouge. Refinery. Named in 8 decisions. Our profile of this site.

• Fletcher v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017). Worked in a tool trailer dispersing and collecting tools, 1988-1999
• Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016). Contractor, 1965-1978
• Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2013). Pipefitter, 1982
• Terrance v. Dow Chemical Company (2007). Maintenance/laborer, 1964-1970
• Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2004). Pipefitter, 1950s-1970s
• Emery v. Owens-Corporation (2001). Insulator, 1965-1970
• Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998). Wife of refinery employee; exposed via husband's work clothes
• Martin v. American Petrofina, Inc. (1985). Pipefitter, 1951; 1956-1961

Johns-Manville plant, Marrero

Marrero. Factory or plant. Named in 7 decisions.

• Romano v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2017). Nearby resident, 1940s-early 1960s
• Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017). Laborer sweeping dust piles, 1982
• Cook v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2013). Resident
• Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2006). Westbank resident
• Breaux v. Mine Safety Appliances Co. (1998). Worked at the Johns-Manville plant, 1947-1970
• In re Davis (1984). Asbestos workers
• White v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982). Worked in various departments of Johns-Manville, 1948-1980

Union Carbide Taft facility

Taft. Chemical plant. Named in 7 decisions.

• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Child of an insulator (father Calise Cortez worked as insulator), 1966-1968
• In re Asbestos Litigation (2017). Union pipefitter and welder, 1967-1969
• Romano v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2017). Stores department worker, 1967-1968
• Oddo v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2015). Insulator, 1966-1967
• Smith v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015). Pipe insulator, 1965-1970
• Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014). Pipe insulator, 1963-1970
• Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2006). Wife who shook off and laundered her husband's work clothes, 1976-1978

NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

New Orleans. Factory or plant. Named in 6 decisions.

• Williams v. Boeing Company (2022). Mechanical engineer, primarily at a desk, drafting and computing, 1974-2008
• Williams v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (2021). Employee of Lockheed Martin at NASA-owned facility, 1974-1993
• Williams v. Seidenbach (2021). Mechanical engineer, 1974-1993
• Williams v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Incorporated (2018). Mechanical engineer, prior to 1974
• Williams v. Rust Engineering & Construction Co. (2016). Worker at NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, 1966-1968 and 1974-1993
• In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (2013). Various roles, 1974-1993

New Orleans riverfront wharves (Mississippi River)

New Orleans. Port or dock. Named in 6 decisions.

• Allen v. Eagle, Inc. (2023). Wife who washed her husband's dusty work clothes, 1960s-1980s
• Allen v. Eagle Inc. (2022). Longshoreman and freight handler, 1970-1973
• DiBenedetto v. Noble Drilling Company (2009). Longshoreman / stevedore, 1974-2008
• Palermo v. Port of New Orleans (2007). Cooper, sack sewer, sweeper, and water boy, 1962-1982
• Palermo v. Port of New Orleans (2006). Cooper, sack sewer, sweeper and water boy, approximately 1962-1982
• Vodanovich v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2004). Longshoreman, 1948 to 1986

West Monroe paper mill (Brown Paper Mill)

West Monroe. Paper mill. Named in 5 decisions.

• In re Johns-Manville Corporation (2020). Wife of a mill worker who laundered his work clothes, 1973 until 2010
• Berry v. Anco Insulations (2019). Wife of mill electrical and instrumentation technician who laundered his work clothes, 1961-2010
• In re Johns-Manville Corp. (2016). Worked at the Mill, 1961-2010
• Graves v. Riverwood International Corp. (2007). Millwright or pipefitter, 1943-1986
• Graves v. Riverwood Intern. Corp. (2004). Worker at the paper mill, 1943-1985

Charity Hospital

New Orleans. School or hospital. Named in 4 decisions.

• Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022). Laborer and janitor, 1970-1972
• Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022). Laborer and janitor, 1970-1972
• Luna v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Plumber, 1963 onward, over thirty years
• Thibodeaux v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2008). Student and nurse, 1963-1966

Dixie Machine, Welding & Metal Works

New Orleans. Factory or plant. Named in 4 decisions.

• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Worker at industrial and marine jobsites, 1966 to the late 1970s
• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Industrial and marine jobsite worker, 1966 to the late 1970s
• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Worked at various industrial and marine jobsites, 1966 to the late 1970s
• Stansbury v. McCARTY Corporation (2022). Worker at industrial and marine jobsites, 1966 to the late 1970s

Dow Chemical Plaquemine plant

Plaquemine. Chemical plant. Named in 4 decisions. Our profile of this site.

• Sarradet v. the Dow Chemical Company (2014). Worked at the Cell Service and Chlorine Area, over thirty years
• Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014). Pipe insulator, 1963-1970
• Watts v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2013). Laborer in cell service unit of chlorine plant, 1963-1972
• Hebert v. Anco Insulation, Inc. (2002). Millwright, 1956-1975

Kaiser Aluminum Chalmette plant

Chalmette. Factory or plant. Named in 4 decisions.

• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Similar jobs (decedent's husband, Richard Punch Sr.), 1961-1967
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Pipefitter and welder (husband, Richard Punch Sr.), 1961-1967
• Scott v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (1998). Sign painter, 1952-1983
• Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (1996). Welder, 1961-1978

Black Lake facility

Natchitoches Parish. Other. Named in 3 decisions.

• In re Placid Oil Co. (2014). Wife laundering her husband's work clothing, 1966-1995
• In re Placid Oil Company (2012). Wife who gathered and laundered her husband's work clothing, 1966-1995
• In re Placid Oil Company (2011). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes, 1966-1988

Bubba Oustalet Ford/Toyota dealership

Jennings. Other. Named in 3 decisions.

• Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015). Car salesman, 1993-2013
• Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015). Car salesman, 1993-2013
• Hayes v. Asbestos, Corp., Ltd. (2014). Salesman, 1993 through the early 2000s

Cities Service refinery (Citgo)

Lake Charles. Refinery. Named in 3 decisions. Our profile of this site.

• Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019). Electrician, 1964-1979
• Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (1994). Insulator, more than 20 years
• Cole v. Celotex Corp. (1992). Refinery worker, 1945-1976

Ethyl Corporation Baton Rouge plant

Baton Rouge. Chemical plant. Named in 3 decisions.

• Adams v. Ethyl Corporation (2020). Chemical engineer, 1955-1959
• Gaddy v. Taylor Seidenbach, Inc. (2020). Chemical engineer, 1955-1959
• Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014). Pipe insulator, 1963-1970

Higgins Industries shipyard

New Orleans. Shipyard. Named in 3 decisions.

• Chenet v. Colgate-Palmolive Company (2024). Child of shipyard worker living in shipyard housing, 1940s
• Chenet v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (2023). Child of shipyard worker living in a Higgins Hut
• Oddo v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2015). Worker in the machine metal shop, 1947-1954

Morton Salt facility, Weeks Island

Weeks Island. Mine or mill. Named in 3 decisions.

• Leech v. 3M Company (2018). Construction engineer, 1965-1992
• Leech v. 3M Co. (2017). Construction engineer, 1965-1992
• Leech v. 3M Company (2017). Construction engineer, 1965-1992

Port of Baton Rouge

Port Allen. Port or dock. Named in 3 decisions.

• Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, Ltd. v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2017). Longshoreman, truck loader, and warehouse worker, 1963-1999
• Genusa v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2014). Longshoreman, truck loader, warehouse worker, 1963-1998
• Genusa v. Asbestos Corporation Limited (2014). Longshoreman, truck loader, warehouse worker, 1963-1998

Belle Chasse Air Force Base (Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans)

Belle Chasse. Naval base or military site. Named in 2 decisions.

• Boyd v. Boeing Company (2016). Career aircraft mechanic, approximately thirty years
• Boyd v. Boeing Co. (2015). Civilian flight mechanic, early 1950s through 1979

Chevron Chemical Belle Chasse facility

Belle Chasse. Chemical plant. Named in 2 decisions.

• Chevron Oronite Company v. Jacobs Field Services North America, Inc. (2019). Welder, 1989-1994
• Chevron Oronite Company LLC v. Jacobs Field Services North America, Inc. (2018). Welder, 1989-1994

City of New Orleans brake tag station

New Orleans. Other. Named in 2 decisions.

• Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015). Brake tag station worker, 1958-1986
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015). Worked for the City of New Orleans' brake tag station, 1958-1986

Commercial Solvents plant, Sterlington

Sterlington. Chemical plant. Named in 2 decisions.

• Hayes v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021). General laborer, then assistant operator, 1953-1954
• Bannister v. Sfb Companies, Inc. (2019). Employee of Ford, Bacon & Davis at industrial facilities, 1966-1969

Crescent Ford

New Orleans. Other. Named in 2 decisions.

• Michel v. Ford Motor Company (2020). Mechanic, 1968-1969
• Michel v. Ford Motor Co. (2019). Mechanic and generator service technician, late 1960s

Domino Sugar Refinery, Arabi

Arabi. Factory or plant. Named in 2 decisions.

• Grant v. American Sugar Refining, Inc. (2007). Washed his father's work clothes, 1979-1983
• Zimko v. American Cyanamid (2005). Management employee who walked through the boiler house, 1977-1990

England Air Force Base

Alexandria. Naval base or military site. Named in 2 decisions.

• Cashio v. 3M Company (2015). Stationed at the Air Force base
• Cashio v. 3M Company (2015). Officer in the U.S. Air Force

Gentilly Racing's Fair Grounds

New Orleans. Other. Named in 2 decisions.

• Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015). Worker at Gentilly Racing's Fair Grounds, 1970-1977
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015). 1970-1977

Gretna Machine & Iron Works shipyard (later Trinity, Halter Marine, Bollinger)

Harvey. Shipyard. Named in 2 decisions.

• In re Friede Goldman Halter, Inc. (2019). Employee at Gretna, 1975-1976
• Boudreaux v. Bollinger Shipyard (2016). Painter, sandblaster, welder, tacker, and shipfitter, 1963-2009

Halter Marine Lockport shipyard

Lockport. Shipyard. Named in 2 decisions.

• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder on new vessels being constructed, 1974-1975
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder, 1974-1975

Libbey-Owens-Ford plant, Shreveport

Shreveport. Factory or plant. Named in 2 decisions.

• Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017). Worked throughout the LOF Plant, 1962-1971
• Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2016)

Louisiana State University

School or hospital. Named in 2 decisions.

• King v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2023)
• King v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2022). Employee of Louisiana State University

Monsanto plant, Luling

Luling. Chemical plant. Named in 2 decisions.

• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Crane operator, 1990 or 1991 onward
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Roustabout; helper to a diesel mechanic, 1968

Murphy Oil refinery, Meraux

Meraux. Refinery. Named in 2 decisions.

• In re Asbestos Litigation (2017). Construction worker who cut shipping brackets, 1972
• Rando v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2009). Pipefitter, 1970-1973

Poulan Chainsaw

Shreveport. Factory or plant. Named in 2 decisions.

• Davidson v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2016). Worked at Poulan Chainsaw plant, 1972-1978
• Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2012). Employee at Poulan Chainsaw, 1972-1978

Sharp Station Warehouse

Baton Rouge. Building. Named in 2 decisions.

• Genusa v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2014). Warehouse worker
• Genusa v. Asbestos Corporation Limited (2014). Warehouse worker

Shell Norco refinery and chemical plant

Norco. Chemical plant. Named in 2 decisions. Our profile of this site.

• Rando v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2009). Pipe fitter, 1970, 1971, 1973
• Rando v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2008). Pipefitter, 1970, 1971, 1973

Swiftships shipyard

Morgan City. Shipyard. Named in 2 decisions.

• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2023). Engineer for the American Bureau of Shipping, performing inspections related to classification requirements, 1970-1979
• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2022). Field surveyor performing vessel inspections

AgraCo plant

Donaldsonville. Chemical plant. Named in 1 decision.

• Krauss v. Trane US Inc. (2014). Bricklaying trade, 1978-1979

Air Products and Chemicals facility, New Orleans

New Orleans. Chemical plant. Named in 1 decision.

• In re Asbestos Litigation (2017). Independent contractor employee changing old pipe, valves, pumps, insulation and stopping leaks, 1970s

Alma Plantation sugar mill

Factory or plant. Named in 1 decision.

• Sutherland v. Alma Plantation, LLC (2016). Wife of part-time electrician's helper; laundered his work clothes and cleaned the home, 1964-1972

American Marine facility

New Orleans. Other. Named in 1 decision.

• McAskill v. American Marine Holding Co. (2009). Mechanic, beginning in 1952

Arizona Chemical Company

Chemical plant. Named in 1 decision.

• Bozeman v. Wyeth Holdings Corporation (2016). Son of worker at Arizona Chemical Company, 1956 to the late 1970s

Atlas Sheet Metal Works

Bossier City. Factory or plant. Named in 1 decision.

• Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2012). Child and adolescent worker for his grandfather's business, 1958-1978

Avondale Harvey Quick Repair Yard

Harvey. Shipyard. Named in 1 decision.

• Brunet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2000). Employee of Avondale, 1950-1978

Avondale Shipyard Morgan City yard

Morgan City. Shipyard. Named in 1 decision.

• Boutte v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2022). Father's work (job not stated)

Barksdale Air Force Base

Naval base or military site. Named in 1 decision.

• Short v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2023). Nuclear Weapons Specialist, 1966-1970

Buck Kreihs shipyard

New Orleans. Shipyard. Named in 1 decision.

• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2022). Boiler inspector / field surveyor, 1970s

Cabot Corporation carbon black plant

Centerville. Chemical plant. Named in 1 decision.

• Lege v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021). Insulator, late 1978 or early 1979

Caminada Facility, Outer Continental Shelf

Other. Named in 1 decision.

• Sheppard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (2016). Worked with insulation, mid-1991 through 1993