Asbestos Insulating Cement, Boiler Coatings, and Spray Cement: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve insulating cement: 176 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos Insulating Cement, Boiler Coatings, and Spray Cement.

Alabama

• Bobo v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2015). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Athens, 1975-1997
• Bobo v. Agco Corporation (2013). Homemaker laundering husband's work clothes at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (husband's workplace), Athens, 1975-1997

California

• Brooks v. Mission Stucco Company (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2024). Construction industry worker using stucco products at 1969-1972
• Kramer v. Amcord Inc. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2020). Stucco and drywall work at 1972-1977
• Harris v. Triple A Machine Shop, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2019). Hull maintenance technician at USS San Jose, overhauled at Triple A Machine Shop's facility, San Francisco, 1973
• Foglia v. Moore Dry Dock Company (1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2018). Lead electrician (father) at Moore Dry Dock shipyard, Oakland, 1942-1945
• Soto v. BorgWarner Morse Tec Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2015). Laborer at ASARCO smelting plant, El Paso, 1955-1958
• Collin v. Calportland Company (3rd Appellate District, 2014). Construction trades worker at Sacramento
• Hellam v. Crane Co. (1st Appellate District, 4th Division, 2014). Summer worker/helper at boiler refurbishing shop at Monterey Boiler Service, 1962-1966
• Cundiff v. Lone Star Industries, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2012). Navy sailor working in engine rooms on pumps and valves at USS Kitty Hawk, during overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1964-1965
• Palomares v. Thomas Dee Engineering Company (1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2012). Industrial laundry worker at Sequoia Laundry, 1965-1966
• Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2008). Fireman and boiler man at USS Randall
• Norris v. Crane Company (2nd Appellate District, 5th Division, 2008). Sailor, gunner's mate at U.S.S. Bremerton (Mare Island Naval Shipyard and Bremerton Naval Shipyard dry dock overhauls), 1955-1957
• McGonnell v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc. (1st Appellate District, 4th Division, 2002). Plumber/engineer/assistant chief engineer at California Pacific Medical Center (formerly Presbyterian Hospital), San Francisco, 1975-1999
• Franklin v. Usx Corp. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2001). Child of shipyard workers (parents worked at the shipyard) at Western Pipe & Steel Shipyard, South San Francisco, 1942-1945
• Hamilton v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (2000). Employed in various industrial workplaces at early 1940's to 1963
• Overly v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 1999). Field service engineer, later Port Engineer at Ingalls shipyard, Pascagoula, 1960s to mid-1970s
• Arena v. Owens Corning Corp. (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 1998). Machinist and engineering technician at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1946-1977

Delaware

• Cox v. Foster Wheeler (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2021). Boiler tender (previously E-2 fireman) at USS Chukawan, 1967-1968

District of Columbia

• Alliegro v. ACandS, Inc. (1997). Stationary engineer at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1965-1967

Florida

• Celotex Corp. v. Copeland (1985). Boilermaker at 1942-1975

Georgia

• Hoffman v. AC&S, Inc. (2001). Carpenters' apprentice (brother Alan Goldberg) at Savannah Machine & Foundry shipyard, 1965

Illinois

• Nolan v. Weil-McLain (2009). Millwright, plumber, pipefitter and boiler installer and repairer at prior to 1974
• Hartman v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (5th District, 1994). Electrician
• Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1st District, 1990). Industrial welder at Chrysler Motors and Sundstrand Corporation, 1973-1987
• Nolan v. Johns-Manville Asbestos & Magnesia Materials Co. (1st District, 1979). Asbestos insulator at 1941-1973

Indiana

• Hedden v. CBS Corporation (2015). Mechanic's helper, insulator's helper, insulator/pipe fitter, foreman at Louisville Gas & Electric facilities, 1967-1968; 1970-2001
• Harris v. AC & S., Inc. (2002). Plumber and pipe-fitter at 1959-1980
• Jurich v. Garlock, Inc. (2001). Mill mechanic at Inland Steel, East Chicago

Iowa

• Kinseth v. Weil-McLain (2018). Boiler and furnace installer at Kinseth Plumbing and Heating, 1953-1987
• Kinseth v. WEIL-McLAIN Company (2017). Worker in the heating and plumbing industry installing and tearing out boilers at from 1957
• Huber v. Watson (1997). Maintenance man at Muscatine city hall, 1950-1976

Louisiana

• Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022). Pipefitter at Avondale
• Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022). Avondale employee (Ronald Falgout) at Avondale (engine rooms of Lykes vessels)
• Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Avondale Bridge City shipyard, 1965-1979
• Williams v. Huntington Ingalls Industries (2022). Laborer and welder at Avondale shipyard
• Lege v. Union Carbide Corporation (4th Circuit, 2021). Insulator at Columbian Chemicals plant (Birla's predecessor), Centerville, late 1978 or early 1979; about four months
• Berry v. Anco Insulations (2nd Circuit, 2019). Wife of mill electrical and instrumentation technician who laundered his work clothes at West Monroe Paper Mill, 1961-2010
• Parfait v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2019). Sheet metal helper at Avondale Shipyards, Main Yard, 1968-1978
• Jordan v. Thatcher Street, LLC (2nd Circuit, 2015). Helper mixing asbestos mud for an insulator at 1950s and early 1960s
• Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014). Pipe insulator at Union Carbide's Taft facility, 1963-1970
• Pitman v. Crane Co. (2013). Father performed construction work at New Orleans Masonic Temple
• Roberts v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1st Circuit, 2004). Pipefitter
• Torrejon v. Mobil Oil Co. (4th Circuit, 2004). Oiler, machinist, assistant engineer, fireman/watertender at Mobil vessels (STANVAC CAPE TOWN, SOCONY VACUUM, SACONNET, TATARRAX, SAUCON, SHABONEE, MAGNOLIA, ECLIPSE), 1941-1949 and 1956
• Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (4th Circuit, 2002). Deckhand at Cooper/T. Smith derrick barge boilers, 1965-1968
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (5th Circuit, 2001). Shipfitter at Avondale shipyard, main yard
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (5th Circuit, 2001). Engine room mechanic at Avondale, 1964-1971 or '72
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (5th Circuit, 2001). Tacker, then shipfitter at Avondale Shipyards, 1968-1972
• Brunet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (5th Circuit, 2000). Employee of Avondale at Harvey Quick Repair Yard, 1950-1978
• Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (4th Circuit, 1998). Pipefitter's helper at Avondale Shipyards, 40 years until 1984