Boilermakers: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve boilermakers: 120 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Boilermakers.

Rhode Island

• Burdick v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2012). Laborer, maintenance worker, mechanic, welder, machinist, pipe fitter and boiler operator at Scranton Steam Heat Company

South Carolina

• Robertson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2021). Boiler tender at 1961-1965
• Robertson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020). Boiler tender at United States Navy, 1961-1965
• Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill, North Charleston, 1954-2000
• Henderson v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2007). Boilermaker, pipefitter, and sheet metal worker at various industrial sites in South Carolina

Texas

• Robinson v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (2006). Boiler tender at 1956, for approximately twenty years
• North American Refractory Co. v. Easter (13th District, 1999). Boilermaker at Tennessee Valley Authority work site, Stevenson, 1968-1977
• Keene Corp. v. Rogers (6th District, 1993). Boilermaker and insulator helper at Alabama shipyards and industrial plants, 1950s, 60s, and 70s

Utah

• Hipwell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2022). Boiler tender at U.S.S. Foss, 1951-1953

Virginia

• Ripley v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2016). Boilermaker at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, 1969-1972 and 1974-late 1970s
• Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. v. Cantrell (2015). Boiler tender at 1987-2005
• Anderson v. Crown Cork & Seal (2000). Boilermaker (seaman in the After Fireroom) at USS Laffey, 1950-1954

Washington

• Clevenger v. John Crane, Inc. (1st Division, 2020). Boiler technician in the Navy at 1974-2015
• Cameron v. Atlantic Richfield Company (1st Division, 2019). Boilermaker at Centralia Steam Plant, 1971
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Boiler oilman/stoker at SS Friesland and SS Waterman, 1955-1959
• Stevens v. CBS Corporation (2012). Boilermaker at Yellowstone, 1954-1974
• Stevens v. CBS Corporation (2012). Boilermaker in the U.S. Navy at U.S. Navy vessels, 1954-1974
• Bowers v. Fibreboard Corporation (2nd Division, 1992). Water tender, fireman and boiler tender at United States Navy, 1927-1947

Wisconsin

• Carroll v. Abb, Inc. (2017). Plant helper, boiler operator at Wisconsin Power & Light, Rock River generating station, Beloit, 1959-1974
• Carroll v. John Crane, Inc. (2017). Boiler tender at USS Canberra