Aerospace and Aviation: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve aerospace and aviation: 78 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Aerospace and Aviation.

New York

• English v. Johnson & Johnson (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Flight attendant at Delta Air Lines flights and layovers, 1966-1999
• Pogacnik v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018). Architect at John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport, New York, 1972-1973
• Brooks v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2017). Aircraft mechanic, United States Air Force at 1953-1957
• Macaluso v. A.O. Smith Corp. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2017). Baggage handler at JFK airport, 1963 to 1969
• Feuerman v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig.) (2014). Radar technician at 1945-1969
• Stitt v. Burham Corp. (2013). Worked for Republic Aviation at Republic Aviation, Farmingdale, 1949-1964
• Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012). Electrician's assistant at Lawrence Aviation, 1980-1982
• Chilarski v. AW Chesterton Co. (2012). Aircraft mechanic at Lockheed Air Services, 1947-1948
• Early v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2008). Millwright at Grumman Aircraft Corp., 1965-1993
• Holdampf v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Matter of Nyc Asbestos Litig) (2005). Clerk at LaGuardia Airport hangars, New York Airways Helicopter Service, 1962-1973
• Smith v. Bell Aerospace (3rd Dept., 1987). Worked with asbestos fibers

Ohio

• Blakely v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (9th Appellate District, 2019). Worked in the Wheel and Brake Division at Plant B, 1967
• Connell v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (8th Appellate District, 2010). Employee in the Vinyl Division and Wheel and Brake areas of Plant B at Plant B, Goodyear Aerospace Corporation, Akron, 1964-1973

Other federal courts

• Sequira v. 3M Company (2015). F-80 aircraft with J-33 engine
• Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock v. Stilley (2001). Electronics technician at NASA, until 1987
• Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Mechanic and flight engineer at United States Air Force

Pennsylvania

• Abbott v. the Boeing Company (2015). US Airways employee at Pittsburgh International Airport, 1964-1969, 1971-2000
• Schwartz v. Abex Corp. (2015). Airplane propeller mechanic and crew chief at Air Force bases in Pennsylvania, 1957-1967
• Gillen v. Boeing Company (2014). Secretary at Boeing Vertol facility, Ridley Park, 1966-2005
• Williams v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2013). Various roles at Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, 1974-1993
• Vest v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2011). Present at the hangar where his father worked at Hangar 110, 1973-1983

Tennessee

• Cashio v. 3M Company (2015). Officer in the U.S. Air Force at England Air Force Base, Alexandria

Texas

• Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Dickson (5th District, 2019). Engineer at Bell Helicopter, 1962-1968

Washington

• Walston v. Boeing Company (2014). Hammer shop employee at Boeing hammer shop, 1985
• Jensen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (2013). Worker at Boeing Plant 2 at Boeing's Plant 2
• Walston v. Boeing Company (2nd Division, 2013). Hammer shop worker at Boeing plant 2, hammer shop, Seattle, 1956-1992 (pipe insulation repair in 1985)

West Virginia

• Hamrick v. A & I Company (2009). Work on military aircraft at Andrews Air Force Base, 1952 to 1956

Wisconsin

• Spychalla v. Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc. (2015). Pilot and aircraft mechanic at Basler Flight Service Inc., Oshkosh, 1966-1972