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.

Pennsylvania

• Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2010). Enlisted in the Navy at Navy service, 1950s-1970s
• Breedlove v. CSX Transp. Corp. (2009). Insurance agent selling to railroad employees at Tilford shop (CSX mechanical shop), Atlanta, 1960s onward
• Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009). Brake repairs at Bill Boll's Auto Repair, Sewell, 1956-1997
• Gregg v. VJ Auto Parts Co. (2009). Personal automotive maintenance (installing and removing brakes and clutches)
• Kurns v. AW Chesterton (2009). Machinist/welder at Milwaukee Road Railroad, 1947-1974
• Weible v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008). Residential boiler installer at PECO garage facility, Morton, 1958 to 1991
• Wright v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008). Family automobile brake work
• Gregg v. VJ Auto Parts Company (Eastern District, 2007). Personal automotive maintenance (home brake work)
• Jessop v. Acf Industries, LLC (2004). Electrician at Topeka, Kansas rail yard of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, sixteen year career

Rhode Island

• Day v. 3M Company Inc. (2024). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes at Mr. Bonito's automotive shop, 1966-1990
• Hostetter v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). Heavy equipment mechanic; mechanic on Mack and Ford trucks at 1970s
• Brandt v. AW Chesterton Company (2011). Heavy truck driver at U.S. Army, 1948-1952
• Asbury v. AW Chesterton Company (2010). Child who swept the floor of her father's tractor repair shop at Her father's tractor repair shop, 1950-1964

South Carolina

• Henderson v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2007). Worker with brake products

Tennessee

• Stockton v. Ford Motor Company (2017). Wife who cleaned her husband's auto shop and laundered his work clothing at Stockton Auto
• Payne v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2015). Switchman, switch foreman, and brakeman at CSX trains and cabooses, 1962-2003

Texas

• Petrie v. Novelis Corporation (2021). Teen working on car brakes
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company v. Rogers (5th District, 2017). Tire builder at Goodyear tire plant, Tyler, 1974-1985
• Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014). Working on automobiles
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (5th District, 2010). Bystander and assistant to his father's automotive repairs; later did his own brake and clutch work
• Borg-Warner Corporation v. Flores (2007). Brake mechanic at Sears automotive department, Corpus Christi, 1966-2001
• Borg-Warner Corp. v. Flores (13th District, 2004). Mechanic at 1972-1975
• In re Sears, Roebuck and Co. (9th District, 2004). Son of a Sears automotive repair shop worker (stepfather) at Sears Automotive repair shop
• Vaughn v. Ford Motor Co. (11th District, 2002). Auto mechanic at garage Uniroyal leased from K-Mart, Joliet, early 1970s

Utah

• Riegler v. Carlisle Companies, Incorporated (2023). Gas station attendant who helped mechanics with brake work at service station, Salt Lake City, September 1965 to January 1966
• Sylvester v. Blue Bird Corporation (2022). Auto mechanic; owner and operator of an auto wrecking business at Labrum Auto Wrecking, early 1960s-1994
• Smith v. Ford Motor Company (2013). Part-time service station attendant at full-service gas station, Cedar City, August 1966 to May 1968

Virginia

• Ford Motor Co. v. Boomer (2013). Virginia State Trooper observing vehicle inspections at Virginia garages where vehicle inspections were done, 1965 or 1966 to about 1973-1974
• Large v. Bucyrus-Erie Co. (1981). Power shovel operator and maintainer at Luck Quarries, Inc., Burkeville, 1962-1978

Washington

• Olson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (1st Division, 2024). Maintenance mechanic at Intalco aluminum smelter, Ferndale, 1970-1979
• Sorrentino v. Ammco Tools, Inc. (1st Division, 2024). Mechanic at United Volkswagen, Spokane, 1972 to 1975
• Strong v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2022). The court rescinded its earlier order excluding plaintiff's experts Drs. Tarin and Cohen on specific causation and denied Honeywell's Daubert motion, so plaintiff Strong prevailed on this motion; no Daubert hearing was held.
• Strong v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2022). The court denied the plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on the defendant's fifth defense, because material facts about the decedent's exposure to other asbestos remained disputed; Honeywell prevailed on the motion.
• Coogan v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec Inc. (2021). Automotive repair work and repairing industrial equipment in his excavation business at decades
• Strong v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2021). Assisted his father with brake replacements
• Strong v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2021). The court denied Honeywell's motion for a protective order to cap plaintiff Kristina Strong's deposition-testimony designations at 15 transcripts, leaving Honeywell to oppose the designations on their merits.
• Strong v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2021). The court granted Honeywell partial summary judgment on the conspiracy and breach of warranty claims, dismissing them with prejudice because Plaintiff Strong did not respond; the failure-to-warn portion of the motion remained pending.
• Coogan v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec Inc. (2nd Division, 2020). NAPA auto parts stores in Colville and Kettle Falls, from 1963
• Jack v. Dco, LLC (2019). Professional automotive mechanic at 1962 to 1967
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed all maintenance work on his vehicles, including friction work at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed all maintenance work on his own vehicles, including brake and clutch work at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). The court granted in part and denied in part the estate's motion for sanctions against O'Reilly Automotive Stores, imposing a $1,000 sanction and ordering amended discovery responses, but refusing sanctions over the corporate representative's preparation.
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Owner of Toyota vehicles repaired in his garage at Rudie Klopman-Baerselman's garage (Toyota vehicles), 1965-1994
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed maintenance on his own vehicles, friction work at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed maintenance on his own vehicles, specifically friction work at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed maintenance on his own vehicles, friction work at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed maintenance on his own vehicles, specifically friction work at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed maintenance on his own vehicles, friction work at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed maintenance on his own vehicles at 1966-1997
• Klopman-Baerselman v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Performed all maintenance and friction work on his own vehicles at 1966-1997