Flooring Installers: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve flooring installers: 21 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Flooring Installers.

California

• Ehret v. Congoleum Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2001). Journeyman floor covering contractor at 20 to 30 years earlier
• Ehret v. Congoleum Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 1999). Journeyman floor covering contractor at 20 to 30 years before 1996

Delaware

• Davis v. Crane Co. (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2011). Flooring installer and equipment operator at 1970s

Maryland

• Pifer v. Irwin Industrial Tool Co. (2021). Carpet installer (mechanic) at Clyde W. Dent Carpet Installation, College Park, 1960-1980s

Missouri

• Accident Fund Insurance Company v. Casey (2018). Floor tile installer at E.J. Cody Company, Inc., 1984-1990
• Accident Fund Insurance Company v. Casey (Western District, 2017). Tile installer at E.J. Cody Company, Inc., Kansas City, 1984-1990

Nebraska

• Olivotto v. DeMarco Bros. Co. (2007). Terrazzo installer at post office, 1970s

New York

• Wagner v. Aerco Intl., Inc. (2024). Apprentice installer doing floor work at 1963-1966
• Camiolo v. American Biltrite Inc. (2021). Floor tile installer
• Lamenta v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2020). Marble and tile contractor installing vinyl asbestos floor tile at 1970s-mid-1980s
• Marzigliano v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Worked with his father flipping houses, for a construction company, and in his own contracting company; installed floor tile at 1965-1967 (work with father); late 1960's (Biltrite tile)
• Matter of Marzigliano v. Amchem Prods., Inc. (2019). Worked with his father flipping houses, installing flooring at residential work flipping houses with his father, 1965-1967, 1971-1972
• American Home Assur. Co. v. Port Auth. of NY & NJ (2017). Tile setter at World Trade Center (WTC Hudson Tubes Project), New York, 1971-1975
• Storey v. Morse Diesel (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2015). Tile setter at Penn Plaza, the Pfizer Building, and the Avon Building, New York, 1960s to 1980
• Storey v. AO Smith Water Products Co. (2015). Ceramic tile helper and ceramic tile setter at construction sites throughout New York City, 1960 through the mid-1980s
• Armanious v. 3M Co. (2014). Interior work including installing flooring at Nilsson & Sons, 1950-1963

Ohio

• Bier v. Am. Biltrite (8th Appellate District, 2012). Owner of D&F Tile, a flooring company at D&F Tile, 1962 into the 1970s

Oregon

• Union Bank OF California, NA v. Copeland Lumber Yards, Inc. (2007). Floor installer at 1953 to 1991

Washington

• 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
• Butler v. Amtico International Inc. (1st Division, 2008). Floor installer at 1965-1969
• Butler v. Amtico International Inc. (1st Division, 2006). Floor installer at late 1960s to early 1970s