Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve drywall finishers and plasterers: 23 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters.

Arkansas

• Chavers v. General Motors Corp. (2002). Construction worker hanging sheetrock and applying joint compound at 1961-1977

California

• Kramer v. Amcord Inc. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2020). Stucco and drywall work at 1972-1977
• Duty v. Trz Realty, LLC (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2017). Drywall taper at 40-plus year career
• Gerlach v. Goodman Lumber Company (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2016). Taper and painter at 1972-1978
• Strickland v. Union Carbide Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2013). Drywall installer, construction worker at late 1960s-1977
• Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2009). Bookkeeper who also applied and sanded joint compound and swept up dust at family construction business, homes built and remodeled, South Lake Tahoe, 1971-1979

Florida

• Fernandez v. Union Carbide Corp. (3rd District, 2006). Drywall installer at 1966-1973

Illinois

• Startley v. Welco Mfg. Co. (1st District, 2nd Division, 2017). Drywall finisher at Chicago, 1965

Kentucky

• Stallings v. Georgia Pacific Corp. (2017). Drywall finisher at one year
• Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2015). Drywall finisher

Louisiana

• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (1st Circuit, 2014). Sheetrock finisher / drywall finisher and painter (residential construction) at early 1960s through 2004 (about 19 years of exposure)
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (1st Circuit, 2014). Sheetrock finisher; drywall finisher and painter in residential construction at early 1960s through 2004
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (1st Circuit, 2011). Sheetrock installer at V.P. Pierret Construction Company, 1960-1970
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (1st Circuit, 2011). Drywall finisher/installer of sheetrock at V.P. Pierret Construction Company, 1960-1970

Missouri

• Bergstrom v. Welco Manufacturing Company (Eastern District, 1st Division, 2015). Contractor installing dry-wall at 1962-2011

New York

• Seen v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (1st Dept., 2024). Worked with dry mix joint compound
• Batista v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig.) (2010). Installing drywall at residential apartments, 1973-1981
• Barbara Commarata v. Cook, Inc. (3rd Dept., 2005). Drywall finisher at 1964-1967
• IN the Matter of Cammarata v. Caldwell & Cook, Inc. (3rd Dept., 2005). Drywall finisher at Azor Drywall Company, 1964-1967

Other federal courts

• Dykes v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1986). Plasterer at Gilbert Plastering Company, Knoxville, 1947-mid-1960s

Rhode Island

• Plympton v. American Standard (inc.) (2008). General contractor installing drywall at late 1960s and early 1970s

Texas

• Smith v. Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. (2nd District, 2010). Self-employed drywaller finisher using joint compound at 1955-mid 1980s

Washington

• Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (1st Division, 2022). Drywall worker at his father and uncle's drywall business, Moses Lake, 1962-1972