Chrysotile: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve chrysotile: 198 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Chrysotile.

Ohio

• Watkins v. Affinia Group (8th Appellate District, 2016). Store manager who sanded brakes for customers at Auto Shack and AutoZone retail stores, 1985-2006
• Bier v. Am. Biltrite (8th Appellate District, 2012). Owner of D&F Tile, a flooring company at D&F Tile, 1962 into the 1970s
• DiCENZO v. A-Best Prods. Co., Inc. (8th Appellate District, 2007). Laborer to tin line operator, tin plating department at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Yorkville plant, 1973-1995
• Bartel v. John Crane, Inc. (2004). Merchant seaman, engine department (Fireman/Watertender up to Chief Engineer) at Merchant vessels (steam vessels), 1964-1994
• Bush v. Abex Corp. (1989). Reliability chemist at Delco Moraine Division, General Motors, Dayton, 1962-1987
• Adkins v. GAF Corp. (1988). Worker in the cement plant, felt mill and paint house, and unloader of railroad cars carrying asbestos fiber at Celotex plant, Lockland, 1951-1987

Other federal courts

• Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1998). Insulation and construction workers at 1951-1961
• Rohrbaugh v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992). Wife of an insulator; laundered his work clothes at before 1969

Pennsylvania

• Fisher v. American International Industries (2024). Hairdresser and beauty salon owner at Sandy's Beauty Shop, 1960-1985
• Schrader v. Ameron International Corporation (2020). Millwright at E.I. Nemours DuPont Edgemoor Facility, mid 1970s through the early 1980s
• Floyd v. AstenJOHNSON, Inc. (2017). Replaced dryer felts on paper making machines at Scott Paper, 1951-1984
• Ney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2016). Child of an asbestos insulator who rode in his car and laundered his clothes at Bethlehem Steel, 1948-1953
• Rost v. Ford Motor Co. (2016). Gofer at a full service garage at Smith Motors, Washington, 1950
• Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply (2014). Welder at Lukens Steel Plant, Coatesville
• Webber v. Ford Motor Company (2013). Changed brakes alongside his father and friends
• Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2012). Automotive mechanic at forty-four year career
• Anderson v. Salmon Bay and Gravel Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2011). Worker at the Seattle School District at Seattle School District
• Betz v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2010). Automobile mechanic at 1946-1950, 1951-1953, 1953-1957, 1957-1989
• Larson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2010). Homebuilder who sanded joint compound at Two homes she and her first husband built, 1970s
• Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2010). Homebuilder (built two homes with her first husband) at Two homes she and her first husband built, 1970s
• Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2010). Home builder (with first husband) at Two homes built by Larson and her first husband, 1970s
• Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2009). White-collar office position at Navy-operated office buildings (federal installations), 1962-1985
• Blase v. Allied Signal Inc. (1996). Auto mechanic at Bell of Pennsylvania
• Neal v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd. (1982). Personnel manager at Philip Carey manufacturing plant, Plymouth Meeting, 1926-1962

South Carolina

• Edwards v. Scapa Waycross, Inc. (2022). Utility man on paper machine #1 who installed, cleaned and removed dryer felts at Bowater Southern Paper Corporation, paper machine #1, Catawba, 1963-2002

Tennessee

• Stockton v. Ford Motor Company (2017). Wife who cleaned her husband's auto shop and laundered his work clothing at Stockton Auto

Texas

• Neely EX rel. Estate OF Goehring v. Union Carbide Corporation (14th District, 2021). Washed her son's work clothes at Freight cars unloading drilling mud additives (Royce's summer job), 1975-1977
• Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014). Child and teenager helping his father with drywall remodeling projects at 1967-77
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (5th District, 2010). Child helper on his father's drywall and remodeling jobs at 1967-1977
• Smith v. Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. (2nd District, 2010). Self-employed drywaller finisher using joint compound at 1955-mid 1980s
• Borg-Warner Corporation v. Flores (2007). Brake mechanic at Sears automotive department, Corpus Christi, 1966-2001
• Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Stephens (2007). Commercial painter at commercial buildings including schools, hospitals, paper mills and grocery stores, 1954-1977
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Stephens (1st District, 2007). Commercial painter at commercial buildings (schools, hospitals, paper mills, grocery stores, car dealerships), 1954-1977
• Celotex Corp. v. Tate (13th District, 1990). Plant worker handling raw asbestos for kalite mixing; also electrician at Acme plant (wallboard and plaster plant), almost thirty years

Utah

• Riggs v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2013). Helped her father at residential construction sites, cleaning up and sanding joint compound dust at Her father's residential construction sites, 1958-1977
• Smith v. Ford Motor Company (2013). Part-time service station attendant at full-service gas station, Cedar City, August 1966 to May 1968

Virginia

• Goodrich v. John Crane, Inc. (2018). Fireman, machinist's mate, boiler tender at USS Corry (DDR-817), 1959-1961
• 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

Washington

• Sorrentino v. Ammco Tools, Inc. (1st Division, 2024). Mechanic at United Volkswagen, Spokane, 1972 to 1975
• Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (1st Division, 2022). Drywall worker at his father and uncle's drywall business, Moses Lake, 1962-1972
• 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.
• 1Up Floors, LLC v. Department of Labor & Industries (1st Division, 2020). Molina's employee removing flooring at Unit 404, apartment building on Columbian Way, Seattle, 2017
• Coogan v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec Inc. (2nd Division, 2020). NAPA auto parts stores in Colville and Kettle Falls, from 1963
• Barabin v. AstenJOHNSON (2018). Papermaker at Crown-Zellerbach Camas Mill, 1968-2001
• Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec LLC (2018). Mechanic; automotive work on personal vehicles at 1955-2001
• Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2nd Division, 2008). Electrician installing electrical wiring on construction sites at Tacoma construction jobsites, 1972-1973

Wisconsin

• Boyer v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2016). Core mill worker (sweeping mineral core area, power jimmy operator) at Weyerhaeuser Marshfield door plant, 1973-1983