Asbestos Brakes, Clutches, and Friction Materials: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve brakes, clutches and friction materials: 421 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos Brakes, Clutches, and Friction Materials.

Louisiana

• Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015). Car salesman at Bubba Oustalet dealership, 1993-2013
• Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015). Salesman at Bubba Oustalet Dealership, 1993-2000
• Hayes v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2015). Car salesman at Bubba Oustalet Ford/Toyota dealership, Jennings, 1993-2013
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015). Brake tag station worker at City of New Orleans brake tag station, 1958-1986
• Oddo v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (4th Circuit, 2015). Auto mechanic at Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office garage, 1972-1996
• Hayes v. Asbestos, Corp., Ltd. (2014). Salesman at Oustalet car dealership, Jennings, 1993 through the early 2000s
• Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (4th Circuit, 2002). Deckhand at Cooper/T. Smith cranes, 1965-1968

Maine

• Coffin v. Ametek, Inc. (2020). Automobile brake repair
• Soucy v. Briggs & Stratton Corporation (2014). Mechanic making repairs to small engines and other equipment at Bob's Tune Up, Caribou, 1978-1989

Maryland

• Coates v. Ford Motor Company (2020). Dump truck driver who helped mechanics in the shop at Marcantoni shop, 1978-approximately 1982
• Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019). Owner and operator of an automobile repair shop at Personal Auto, 1980-1984
• Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019). Navy service member
• Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019). Work with automobile brakes
• Mack Trucks, Inc. v. Coates (2018). Dump truck driver who helped mechanics in the shop at Ralph Marcantoni & Sons Construction, Baltimore, 1974-1989
• Fish v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017). Hobby mechanic working on automobile brakes at hobby shop at Fort Meade, 1960-1980
• Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2013). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes at a garage owned by a friend, Skip Bernard, early 1960s until 1976
• Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2012). Wife of a man who worked with asbestos-containing automobiles and brakes at 1950s-1970s
• Ford Motor v. Wood (1998). Garageman at United States Post Office Preston Street Garage, Baltimore, 1948-1952

Massachusetts

• Morin v. AutoZone Northeast, Inc. (2010). Co-owner and operator of a fresh produce supplier, with an office near the mechanics' pit at Bedford Fruit Company, Hyannis
• Hilbert v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (2008). Aircraft mechanic at various ships, shipyards, and airfields, 1955-1974
• Hilbert v. Aeroquip, Inc. (2007). Aircraft mechanic at 1955-1974

Michigan

• Chapin v. A & L Parts, Inc. (2007). Automobile brake mechanic at 45 years

Minnesota

• Palmer v. Walker Jamar Company (2020). Janitor at car dealership, 1974
• Palmer v. Walker Jamar Company (2019). Janitor at Bob Lewis Olds Inc., 1974
• Conda v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2018). Replaced brakes at a gas station and for himself, friends and family at gas station

Mississippi

• Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair Inc. (2021). Worked on vehicles at a gas station (brake and clutch jobs) at Speedy Gas Station, 1970s
• Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair Inc. (2021). Part time mechanic at Speedy Gas Station, 1973 onward
• Bedford v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (2020). Owner of motorcycle dealership and service center, primarily working in an office separate from the service shop at Honda of Tupelo, late 1970s-2014
• Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair Inc. (2020). Deckhand at Colle Towing Company boats and tugboats, Pascagoula, through the late 1980s
• Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair Inc. (2019). Mechanic
• Dickens v. A-1 Auto Parts & Repair, Inc. (2018). Mechanic

Missouri

• Zurich American Insurance Company v. Insurance Company of North America (2018). Wife who laundered her mechanic husband's work clothes at Anheuser-Busch, 1971-1996

Nevada

• Potter v. Crane Co. (2022). Aircraft mechanic (plaintiff's father, James Potter) at United States Air Force aircraft maintenance

New Jersey

• Gea Mechanical Equipment US, Inc. v. First State Insurance Company (2023). Employee of a purchaser of Centrico centrifuges/separators at from May 15, 1979
• Klick v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (2022). U.S. Air Force service member supervising mechanics at B-52G and KC-135A aircraft
• Marino v. Abex Corporation (2022). Laundered her husband's and son's dust-laden work clothes at Ford and Lincoln Mercury car dealerships
• Klick v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2021). Air Force serviceman supervising aircraft mechanics at United States Air Force, B-52G and KC-135A aircraft, Maine, 1967-1971
• Klick v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2021). Air Force serviceman supervising mechanics at United States Air Force, Maine (B-52G and KC-135A aircraft), 1967-1971
• Rebbeck v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2019). Automobile mechanic
• Rowe v. Bell & Gossett Company (2019). Mechanic in a car dealership at 1952-1954
• Whelan v. Armstrong International Inc. (2019). Auto mechanic at 1950s
• Rowe v. Bell & Gossett Company (2018). Automobile mechanic doing brake jobs at 1948 to the mid-1970s
• Whelan v. Armstrong International Inc. (2018). Operated brake lathe and fitted brake shoes and linings at Modern Motors, 1953
• Whelan v. Armstrong Int'l (2016). Auto repair worker at Charlie's Auto Repair, 1952
• Estate OF Brust v. Acf Industries, LLC (2015). Train operator, yard operator, and supervisor (father John Noga) at PATCO multiple unit locomotives, 1970-1977
• Latter v. 3M Company (2015). Deckhand and general maintenance worker at Dredges Pennsylvania and Philadelphia (winch brakes), 1962 to 1978
• Haas v. 3M Company (2014). Aircraft mechanic at Da Nang AFB and air bases in Thailand (F-4E Phantom aircraft), 1969-1973
• Gaskill v. Abex Corporation (2012). Mechanic's helper at local auto body shops, Williamstown, 1981-1991
• Buttitta v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2010). Parts picker at General Motors distribution warehouse, Edgewater and Englewood, 1971-1973 summers
• Becker v. Baron Bros. (1994). Automobile mechanic / service station owner at Tenafly Getty, 1967-1985