Asbestos Gaskets and Mechanical Packing: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve gaskets and packing: 688 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos Gaskets and Mechanical Packing.

Pennsylvania

• Rabatin v. Allied Glove Corp. (2011). Manager in the power and fuel department at United States Steel Corporation, Edgar Thompson Works, No. 2 Powerhouse, 1974-1982
• Curry v. American Standard (2010). Fireman apprentice, boiler man striker; later boiler man third class at USS Kitty Hawk, 1963-1965
• Curry v. American Standard (2010). Fireman apprentice, boiler man striker at USS Kitty Hawk, 1963-1965
• Faddish v. CBS Corporation (2010). Serviceman in the U.S. Navy at U.S.S. Essex, 1958-1961
• Faddish v. General Electric Co. (2010). Serviceman in the U.S. Navy at U.S.S. Essex, 1958-1961
• Faddish v. Warren Pumps, LLC (2010). Serviceman in the U.S. Navy at U.S.S. Essex, 1958-1961
• Gitto v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2010). Shipfitter at USS Independence
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2010). Fireman's apprentice at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. CBS Corporation (2010). Fireman's apprentice and then fireman, working in the boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. CBS Corporation (2010). Fireman's apprentice and fireman, working in the boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2010). Fireman's apprentice and fireman in the boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2010). Fireman's apprentice and fireman, boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Estate of Hicks v. Dana Companies, LLC (2009). Construction laborer, pipefitter's helper at commercial industrial facilities throughout the Philadelphia area, 1948-1989
• Weible v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008). Residential boiler installer at PECO garage facility, Morton, 1958 to 1991
• Hutchinson v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2004). Employee in the gasket production division at Garlock Sealing Technologies plant, gasket production division, Camden
• Smalls v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (2004). Plumbing maintenance at Raymond Rosen housing community, Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1954-1979
• Andaloro v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (2002). Worked with asbestos products; trained apprentices at Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, eight years
• Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000). Sheet metal worker at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1965-1971
• Greenleaf v. Garlock, Inc. (1999). Fabricator, mainly building turbines at Westinghouse, 1953-1986
• Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995). Painter at New York Shipyard, Camden, late 1950's and early 1960's
• Ace Robbins, Inc. v. Wcab (bullock) (1994). Master plumbing and heating technician at Ace Robbins, Inc., 1971-1982
• Zenson v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1993). Sun Ship, Chester
• Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991). Pipefitter, then supervisor, assistant foreman, and superintendent at Sun Ship Company (now the Penn Ship Company), 1959-1976
• Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990). B & W employee at Wallace Run Plant, Babcock & Wilcox, 1967-1982

Rhode Island

• Freitas v. AO Smith Water Products Corporation (2024). HVAC and refrigeration mechanic and contractor at 1960s onward, about fifty years
• Burdick v. NIBCO (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2021). Laborer, mechanic, maintenance man, boiler operator, pipefitter, machinist, and welder at Scranton Steam Heat Company, 1956-1972
• McCarthy v. Warren Pumps (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2017). Deck force, quartermaster, metalsmith at U.S.S. Glennon, DD-840, 1951-1955
• Cary v. American Optical Corporation (2013). Pipefitter, maintenance supervisor and maintenance foreman at Hoechst Chemical Corporation, Coventry, over three decades; hands-on with Watts products 1969-1974
• Sweredoski v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2013). Fireman and boiler operator at U.S.S. Independence, 1965-1967
• Sweredoski v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2013). Fireman and boiler operator at U.S.S. Independence, 1965-1967
• Sweredoski v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2013). Fireman and boiler operator in the ship's boiler rooms at U.S.S. Independence, 1965-1967
• Sweredoski v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2013). Fireman and boiler operator in the ship's boiler rooms at U.S.S. Independence, 1965-1967
• Sweredoski v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2013). Fireman and boiler operator in the boiler rooms at U.S.S. Independence, 1965-1967
• Brandt v. AW Chesterton Company (2011). Heavy truck driver at U.S. Army, 1948-1952
• Cone v. Agco Corp. (2011). Removed engine gaskets at before and after 1988

South Carolina

• Jolly v. Fisher Controls International, LLC (2024). Inspector overseeing tradesmen who replaced gaskets and valves at Oconee, McGuire, and Catawba nuclear plants, 1980-1984
• Glenn v. 3M Co. (2023). Instrument technician at Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca, mid-1970s to at least 1990
• Jolly v. General Elec. Co. (2021). Mechanical inspector at Oconee, McGuire, and Catawba nuclear power plants, 1980-1984
• Warren v. 3M Company (2021). Machinist, Marine Journeyman; Machinist, Marine Instructor at Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1956-1975
• Keene v. Cna Holdings, LLC (2019). Maintenance worker (maintaining and repairing pumps, valves, condensers) at Celanese polyester plant, Spartanburg, 1971 to 1980
• Chesher v. 3M Company (2018). Machinist mate and commissioned officer at U.S. Navy ships (including USS Cadmus, USS Fox, USS Mahan, USS Pratt), 1965-1989
• Chesher v. 3M Company (2017). Machinist mate and commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy at USS Henderson, USS Fox, USS Kraus, USS Cadmus, USS Mahan, USS Pratt, 1965-1989
• Haskins v. 3M Company (2017). Machinist mate and commissioned officer at 1968-1989
• Dandridge v. Crane Co. (2016). Pipefitter and coppersmith at Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1965-1976
• Sparkman v. Goulds Pumps, Inc. (2015). Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill, North Charleston, 1954-2000
• Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill, North Charleston, 1954-2000

Tennessee

• Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. (2021). Equipment mechanic at Tennessee Eastman chemical plant, Kingsport, 1968-1997
• Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. (2019). Mechanic at Tennessee Eastman chemical plant, Kingsport, 1968-1997

Texas

• Andrews v. John Crane, Inc. (14th District, 2020). Navy sailor at Navy ships, 1957 to 1967
• Union Carbide Corporation v. Torres (13th District, 2019). Pipefitter at Union Carbide chemical plant, Brownsville (acid unit), 1975-1977