Construction Industry: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve construction: 503 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Construction Industry.

Oregon

• Miller v. Agripac, Inc. (2022). Mechanical insulator at commercial and industrial buildings in the Portland area, 1966-1969
• Hoff v. Certainteed Corp. (2021). Carpenter (later superintendent) at R.A. Gray Company job sites, 1973-1975
• Greer v. Ace Hardware Corporation (2013). Home-construction contractor at Home-construction sites in Kalispell, 1960s
• Mason v. Mt. St. Joseph, Inc. (2009). Carpenter at GE Portland Apparatus Division Warehouse, 1968
• Union Bank OF California, NA v. Copeland Lumber Yards, Inc. (2007). Floor installer at 1953 to 1991
• Purcell v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1998). Electrician at Portland School District, 1973-74 and 1984-93
• Brown v. Saif (1986). Electrician at demolition project in downtown Portland, January 1983
• Matter of Compensation of Fossum (1982). Electrical worker at W.R. Grasle Company, 1948-1967

Other federal courts

• Barraford v. T&N Limited (2015). Electrician and engineer at Prudential Center, Boston
• Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. v. US (2015). Postal Service police officer at main post office, New Orleans, 1984-1988
• Williams v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI)) (2014). Home remodeling (do-it-yourself) at family home in Virginia, 1974-1979
• Consorti v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1995). Pipe covering insulator at Veteran Pipe Covering, 1960-1963, 1970-1978
• Sealover v. Carey Canada Inc. (1993). Carpenter at forty years
• Becht v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992). Insulator at Louisville Insulation Company (LISCO), 1953-1980
• Tragarz v. Keene Corp. (1992). Sheet metal worker at Chicago Civic Center, 1963-1965
• White v. Celotex Corp. (1990). Remodeling buildings damaged by flood or fire at 1957-1983
• Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1988). Part-time helper installing and insulating heating and plumbing pipes at 1930s
• Dykes v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1986). Plasterer at Gilbert Plastering Company, Knoxville, 1947-mid-1960s
• Kisor v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Insulator at five-hundred-odd West Coast job sites, late 1940's and 1950's
• Blackston v. Shook & Fletcher Insulation Co. (1985). Pipefitter at Riceboro Paper Mill, 1966-1967
• Gifford v. National Gypsum Co. (1985). Electrician at Reconstruction of army barracks into apartments and dormitories on college campuses, 1948-1952
• Adams v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Commercial insulator at 1951-1956, 1960-1966
• Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982). Insulation worker at Washington, beginning 1941
• Clutter v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981). Helped dismantle a chemical plant at chemical plant, before 1962
• Petes v. Hayes (1981). Cutter in the asbestos shingle department at National Gypsum Company, 1949-1977

Pennsylvania

• Smith v. AO Smith Corp. (2022). Union plumber at Schneider, Inc. and Pittsburgh Mechanical Systems, Inc., 1966-1975
• National Fire Insurance Company OF Hartford v. Burns & Scalo Roofing Company (2017). Roofer (summer employment) at 1973-1976
• George v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016). Carpenters Union member at 1959-mid 1970s
• Herbert v. American Biltrite (2016). Brick mason
• Krauss v. Trane US Inc. (2014). Bricklaying trade at Kirkland Masonry job site, Boca Raton, 1981
• Fisher v. Sexauer (2012). Journeyman plumber at about fifty years
• Petrina v. Allied Glove Corp. (2012). Career on various construction projects at 1950s-1970s
• Wagers v. Sgl Carbon, LLC (2011). Laborer and then supervisor for an independent siding contractor at Morgantown Carbon plant, 1976-1977
• 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
• Travis v. United Gilsonite Laboratories (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2010). Maintenance worker at Pennbrook Apartment Complex
• 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
• Estate of Hicks v. Dana Companies, LLC (2009). Construction laborer, pipefitter's helper at commercial industrial facilities throughout the Philadelphia area, 1948-1989
• Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2009). Office position / civil servant at various military and government office buildings, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, 1962-1985
• Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Co. (2007). Laying asbestos cement water and sewer lines at Pittsburgh construction company water and sewer line work, until 1962
• Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Company (2007). Laying asbestos cement water and sewer lines at Pittsburgh construction company water and sewer line work, until 1962
• Smalls v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (2004). Plumbing maintenance at Raymond Rosen housing community, Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1954-1979
• Baker v. AC&S, Inc. (1999). Steamfitter at Kardon Building, 1969-1971
• Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999). Stone mason at hundreds of commercial construction sites (schools, hospitals, office buildings), almost three decades
• McCauley v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1998). Laborer and plumber in construction at 1947-1986
• Ace Robbins, Inc. v. Wcab (bullock) (1994). Master plumbing and heating technician at Ace Robbins, Inc., 1971-1982
• Behrendt v. GAF Corp. (1993). Bricklayer at industrial, commercial and residential job sites, 1947-1989
• Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992). Carpenter at forty-year career
• Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992). Carpenter at Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle, 1960-61

Rhode Island

• Day v. 3M Company Inc. (2024). Wife laundering her husband's work clothes at 1966-1990