Glass, Aluminum, and Cement Plant Workers: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve glass, aluminum and cement plants: 60 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Glass, Aluminum, and Cement Plant Workers.

Alabama

• McGUFFIE v. Mead Corporation (2014). Laborer, later a clerk, and finally a labor foreman at Cement Asbestos Products Company (CAPCO) plant, Ragland, 1968-1982
• Morgan v. Bill Vann Company, Inc. (2013). Machinist, then foreman of the machine shop and pump shop at Alabama River Pulp paper mill, 1978-1992
• Henderson v. MeadWESTVACO Corporation (2009). Part-time and summer worker; unloaded railcars of raw asbestos fibers at Cement Asbestos Products Company (CAPCO) plant, late 1960s; summers of 1971 and 1972

Arizona

• Quiroz v. Alcoa Inc. (2018). Minor child living with father who worked at Reynolds' plant at Reynolds plant, 1952-1970

Arkansas

• Hendrix v. Alcoa, Inc. (2016). Employee of Alcoa at 1966-1995
• Alcoa v. Vann (2nd Division, 1985). Machinist at Alcoa plant, 1954-1981

California

• Trapp v. CertainTEED Corporation (6th Appellate District, 2018). Lived and worked four to seven miles from the plant at CertainTeed's Santa Clara asbestos-cement pipe plant (airborne emissions), 1963-1997
• Gutierrez v. Cassiar Mining Corp. (1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 1998). Worker at cement manufacturing plant at CertainTeed cement manufacturing plant, Santa Clara, 1970-1975

Indiana

• Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995). Trucker, laborer, furnace operator and melting attendant at Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) Warrick operations, Ingot Department, Newburgh, 1970-1988

Iowa

• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2024). Independent contractor performing construction and maintenance projects at Alcoa aluminum plant, Bettendorf, 1950s to mid-1970s
• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2022). Independent construction contractor at Alcoa aluminum plant, Bettendorf, 1950s through mid-1970s
• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2021). Independent contractor inside an aluminum plant at aluminum plant owned by Alcoa, 1950s-mid-1970s

Kentucky

• Sunbeam Corporation v. Dortch (2010). Maintenance worker at National Aluminum, Hawesville
• General Elec. Co. v. Cain (2007). Millwright at Reynolds Metals plant, 1975-1982

Louisiana

• Bagwell v. Union Carbide Corporation (4th Circuit, 2019). Child growing up within one to seven miles of the plant at CAPCO amphibole asbestos cement pipe plant, Ragland, Alabama, 1960s to early 1970s
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Similar jobs (decedent's husband, Richard Punch Sr.) at Kaiser Aluminum, Chalmette, 1961-1967
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Pipefitter and welder (husband, Richard Punch Sr.) at Kaiser Aluminum, Chalmette, 1961-1967
• Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2017). Worked throughout the LOF Plant at Libbey-Owens-Ford (LOF) Plant, Shreveport, 1962-1971
• Fletcher v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2017). Keiser Aluminum, 1963-1966
• Coleman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2016). Libbey-Owens-Ford (LOF) Plant, Shreveport
• Humphries v. OneBEACON America Insurance Company (2014). Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company, until 1989
• Hebert v. Anco Insulation, Inc. (1st Circuit, 2002). Machinist at Kaiser Aluminum, Baton Rouge, 1953-1955
• Scott v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (4th Circuit, 1998). Sign painter at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation Chalmette facility, 1952-1983
• Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (4th Circuit, 1996). Welder at Kaiser-Chalmette plant, 1961-1978

Missouri

• New Hampshire Insurance Company v. Pennington (2018). Employee at aluminum smelter at Noranda aluminum smelter, Marston, Missouri, through 1973

New York

• Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018). Boilermaker, truck mechanic, and general helper at Thatcher Glass, Elmira, 1957-1996
• Trumbull v. American Biltrite (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig.) (2017). Account manager at Owens-Illinois plants in New York, early 1970s
• Brady v. Crane Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2015). Helper, furnace worker, melter, and truck driver at Alcoa Reynolds Metal, Massena, 1952-1995
• Plumb v. AC and S., Inc. (3rd Dept., 2003). Electrician's helper at Alcoa plant, Canton, 1941

North Carolina

• Wise v. Alcoa, Inc. (2013). Employee of Alcoa at Alcoa, 1935-1978

Ohio

• State EX rel. Pilkington North America, Inc. v. Indus. Comm. (2008). Libbey Owens Ford, 1947-1988
• State EX rel. Pilkington N. AM. v. Indus. Comm. (10th Appellate District, 2007). Laborer, furnace tender, and crew leader at Libbey-Owens-Ford Rossford plant (Plant 6 and Thermopane Plant 9), 1947-1988

Other federal courts

• Barnes v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000). General laborer and maintenance machinist at Anaconda Aluminum, Louisville, 1963-1973
• Force v. Director, Owcp, Dept. of Labor (1991). Employee of Kaiser at Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, 1940s

Pennsylvania

• Millsaps v. Aluminum Company of America (2012). Father-in-law who worked at Alcoa; exposure through his clothes at Alcoa's Tennessee Operations, 1965-1996
• McCloskey v. Allis-Chalmers Products Liability Trust (2011). Employed in a PPG auto glass plant at PPG auto glass plant, Tipton, beginning in the 1970s
• McGUFFIE v. Mead Corp. (2010). Machinist at Cement Asbestos Products Company (CAPCO) facility, Ragland, 1968-1982
• Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Co. (2007). Worker in the decorating division at Anchor Hocking Glass Plant, to 1966
• Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Company (2007). Employee in the decorating division doing tank repair at Anchor Hocking Glass Plant, until March 1966

South Carolina

• 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

• Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company (2008). Daughter of an Alcoa employee at Alcoa facility in Alcoa, Tennessee, from 1979
• Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company, Inc. (2007). Child of Alcoa employee (father a Reclamation Furnace Operator, later mechanical specialist) at Alcoa facilities, 1973-1975, 1978 onward

Texas

• Burford v. Howmet Aerospace, Inc. (14th District, 2024). Washed her husband's work clothes at Alcoa aluminum smelter (Rockdale Plant), 1963-1993
• Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014). Relief hot end worker at Knox Glass plant, summers of 1980, 1981 and 1982
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (5th District, 2010). Child of a Knox Glass welder; dust on father's clothing at Knox Glass, 1960-1984
• In re Wilhite (2009). Worked in the potrooms performing many different tasks at Alcoa Rockdale plant, 1955-1982
• Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (5th District, 2007). Wife of Alcoa potroom worker, laundered his work clothes at Alcoa Rockdale plant, 1953-1955, 1957-1959
• Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (5th District, 2007). Wife of Alcoa potroom worker, laundered his dusty work clothes at Alcoa's Rockdale plant potrooms, 1953-1955 and 1957-1959
• Pustejovsky v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (4th District, 1998). Worked for Alcoa Aluminum at Alcoa Aluminum, Rockdale, 1954 to 1979

Washington

• Cockrum v. Murphy (1st Division, 2024). Potroom worker, then laboratory technician testing samples for asbestos at Alcoa Wenatchee Works, 1966-1999