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.

New York

• Sweberg v. Crane Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (1st Dept., 2016). Electrician
• Hackshaw v. Crane Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (1st Dept., 2016). Mechanic and electrician
• Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2015). Insulator at Ravenswood
• Brady v. Crane Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2015). Fireman, custodial engineer, and superintendent at Lehman College, 1968-1986
• Assenzio v. Burnham (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2015). Pipefitter at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1950s-1964
• Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2014). Insulator at Ravenswood 3, Con Edison powerhouse, 1964-1965
• Dorfman v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2014). Laborer at Con Edison's Astoria powerhouse, Units 4 and 5, early 1960's
• Norton v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2014). Steamfitter at powerhouses (including 14th Street), 1954-1998
• Frieder v. Long Is. RR (2013). Cashier at Dashing Dan Diner, LIRR Morris Park maintenance facility, 1972-1979
• Friedman v. AO Smith Corp. (2013). Electrician at New York, 1960s-1970s
• Vellucci v. Borg-Warner Corp. (2013). Homeowner performing maintenance on boiler at Home on Third Place (Ideal boiler), Brooklyn, 1946 to 1949
• Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012). Member of the United States Navy at U.S.S. FDR, 1958-1970
• Surre v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2011). Apprentice insulator at Apartment buildings in New York City, 1963-1964
• Ballard v. Anchor Packing Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2009). Helper, plumber's apprentice, and maintenance man at 1960s-2008
• Root v. Eastern Refractories Co., Inc. (4th Dept., 2004). Journeyman insulator for the Asbestos Workers Union at Syracuse University, 1962-1964; 1967-1968
• Ballard v. Armstrong World Indus. (Matter of Seventh Jud. Dist. Asbestos Litig.) (Monroe, 2002). Electrician at Eastman Kodak Company powerhouse buildings, Rochester
• Hamilton v. Garlock, Inc. (2000). Shipmate aboard the U.S.S. John W. Weeks at U.S.S. John W. Weeks
• Ronsini v. Worthington Corp. (Matter Of New York City Asbestos Litigation. Elaine Ronsini V. Garlock, Inc.) (1st Dept., 1998). Seaman
• Grispo v. Eagle-Picher Indus. (In re Joint E. & S. Dist. New York Asbestos Lit.) (1990). Worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1941-1945

North Carolina

• Barkley v. 4520 Corp., Inc. (2022). Father's work clothes laundered by daughter; father a carpenter building scaffolding at Duke Power Allen power plant, 1956-1961
• Hinson v. Continental Tire the Americas (2019). Tire factory worker, mainly in the curing department at Continental Tire (formerly General Tire) tire factory, curing department, Charlotte, 1967-1999
• Vanhoy v. American International Industries (2018). Self-employed home builder at Salisbury, 1956-1969
• Harris v. Ajax Boiler, Inc. (2014). Insulator helper rehabilitating steam boilers at commercial boiler sites serviced for Cooks Insulation Co., Inc., 1974-1976
• Payne v. Charlotte Heating & Air Cond. (2005). Servicing furnaces and boilers at Charlotte Heating & Air Conditioning, 1960-1966
• Wilder v. Amatex Corp. (1985). Insulator at construction sites in nine states, 1938-1979

North Dakota

• Puppe By Puppe v. AC and S., Inc. (1990). Asbestos insulation helper and handler at heating plant at the Minot Air Force Base, 1959

Ohio

• State EX rel. Roger Bacon High School v. Indus. Comm. OF Ohio (10th Appellate District, 2011). Maintenance worker at Roger Bacon High School, Cincinnati, 1954

Oregon

• Purcell v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1998). Apprentice machinist at Jantzen Knitting Mills, 1955

Other federal courts

• Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993). Seaman: maintenance reefer, oiler, electrician and wiper at defendants' ships, 1944-1951 and 1953-1969
• King v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1990). The Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment for the plaintiffs against Celotex, including the 55% apportionment of causation and the punitive damages award, rejecting Celotex's challenges to three evidentiary rulings.
• Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1988). Pipefitter (earlier pipe-installer trainee and lay-out man) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1941-1945/46, and about a year from late 1946
• Whatley v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1988). Chipper at Alabama shipyard, over thirty years, until 1982
• Roehling v. Nat. Gypsum Co. Gold Bond Bldg. (1986). Pipefitter at Huntley Power Station, Buffalo, July 1948 to December 1948
• Martin v. American Petrofina, Inc. (1985). Pipefitter at Exxon plant, Baton Rouge, 1951; 1956-1961
• Adams v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Commercial insulator at 1951-1956, 1960-1966
• Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Sheet-metal mechanic, later work leaderman/supervisor at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, 1953-1971

Pennsylvania

• Shellenberger v. Kreider Farms (2023). General manager of dairy plant operations at Kreider Farms dairy processing plant, 1972-1980
• Fisher v. Sexauer (2012). Journeyman plumber at his father's business and his in-laws' home, 1940s
• Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Co. (2007). Worker in the decorating division at Anchor Hocking Glass Plant, to 1966
• Chenot v. AP Green Services, Inc. (2006). Helper for an independent contractor (Philip Carey), removing and installing insulation at Koppers Kobuta manufacturing facility, Pittsburgh, 1950-1951
• Harahan v. AC & S, Inc. (2003). Pipefitter at PECO facilities, 1972-2000
• Greenleaf v. Garlock, Inc. (1999). Shipfitter at Sun Ship, 1942-1949
• Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996). Boilerman at United States Navy, 1964-1968
• Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991). Pipefitter, then supervisor, assistant foreman, and superintendent at Sun Ship Company (now the Penn Ship Company), 1959-1976
• Asbestos Insul. Co. v. Wcab (McGOVERN) (1983). Pipe coverer and insulator at Merck, Sharp and Dohme plant, West Point, July-September 1973

Rhode Island

• Wallace v. Trane Company (2021). Plumbing-heating installer-repairer at Portland Lehigh Fuel Company; A.R. Wright; Peterson Oil Company, 1949-1966
• Wallace v. Trane Company (2020). Plumbing-heating installer-repairer at Portland Lehigh Fuel Company, 1949-1951
• Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015). Insulator at Woodville Junior High School, 1973
• Burdick v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2012). Laborer, maintenance worker, mechanic, welder, machinist, pipe fitter and boiler operator at Scranton Steam Heat Company
• Hicks v. Biltrite (2007). Young teenager observing and helping with roof repair at business attached to her family's home, approximately 1957-1962