Wyoming Asbestos Case Law

Asbestos decisions from Wyoming's courts and the federal courts there: 3 cases in our library so far. For what the law requires today, see Wyoming asbestos laws; for where exposure happened, see Wyoming asbestos exposure sites.

State supreme court

Wyoming Supreme Court

• Covington v. WR Grace-Conn., Inc. (1998). The Wyoming Supreme Court reversed the summary judgment for W.R. Grace and remanded, because a fact question remained on whether the Zonolite product was an improvement to real property under the statute of repose.

Federal district courts

U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming

• Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014). The district court granted summary judgment to Gardner Denver, Bechtel, FMC, CBS (Westinghouse's successor) and General Electric, ruling against the estate of H. Paul Johnson, because no evidence tied any of their asbestos to him.
• Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2014). The court granted summary judgment to Gardner Denver, Bechtel, FMC, CBS (Westinghouse's successor) and General Electric, against the estate of H. Paul Johnson, because no admissible evidence tied any of their asbestos to Mr. Johnson; it also held the statute of repose barred claims against Bechtel, CBS and GE.