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.

Rhode Island

• LaPOINTE v. 3M Company (2007). Boiler and furnace repairman at forty-year career

South Carolina

• Matthews v. EI DU Pont DE Nemours and Company (2018). Insulation apprentice at DuPont facility, Florence, 1960 for at least two years
• Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill, North Charleston, 1954-2000

Texas

• Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014). Relief hot end worker at Knox Glass plant, summers of 1980, 1981 and 1982
• Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (6th District, 1991). Insulator or maintenance mechanic performing insulation repair work at Texas Eastman, Longview, 1957 onward

Utah

• Boynton v. Kennecott Utah Copper, LLC (2021). Wife of a laborer and electrician who laundered his work clothes at Kennecott smelter, 1961-1965

Virginia

• Gehant v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2022). Boiler technician at USS America, 1967-1970

Washington

• Maxwell v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (2nd Division, 2020). Technician and operator in the coker unit at Cherry Point refinery (ARCO), Ferndale, 1971-1985
• Barabin v. AstenJOHNSON (2018). Papermaker at Crown-Zellerbach Camas Mill, 1968-2001
• Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (2018). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1966-1980
• Estate OF Brandes v. Brand Insulations, Inc. (1st Division, 2017). Wife who laundered her husband's work uniform at ARCO Cherry Point Refinery, 1971-1975
• Rublee v. Carrier Corp. (1st Division, 2016). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1965 to 1980
• McCROSSIN v. Imo Industries, Inc. (2015). Personnelman (also stood fire watches in engine rooms) at USS Trenton, New York, 1974-1976
• Sprague v. Pfizer, Inc. (2015). Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1968-1974
• Kennedy v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2014). Washington Army National Guard employee at Pier 23, Tacoma waterfront (floating machine shop FMS-6 boiler), 1964-1968
• Yankee v. APV North America, Inc. (1st Division, 2011). Welder and mechanic at Alcoa aluminum mill, Vancouver, 1966-1986
• Arnold v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2010). Insulator at Lockheed Shipbuilding Harbor Island shipyard, Seattle, 1962-1963
• Simonetta v. Viad Corporation (2008). Fireman and machinist mate at USS Saufley, 1958-1959
• Creech v. Agco Corporation (1st Division, 2006). Student doing school maintenance work at school he was attending (Kewanee boiler), 1962

Wisconsin

• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Pipefitter/steamfitter at Port Washington Power House (WEPCO), 1964-1965
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Steamfitter at Pabst Brewery, Milwaukee, 1958-1959
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Steamfitter at Pabst Brewery, Milwaukee, 1955-1959
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Steamfitter at Oak Creek Power Plant, Unit 5, 1989
• Nuutinen v. CBS Corporation (2015). Pipefitter at Point Beach Nuclear Power Station, Two Rivers, 1960s
• Viola v. Wisconsin Elec. Power Co. (2013). Insulator or "pipe coverer" at Oak Creek Power Plant, 1960s
• Zielinski v. AP Green Indus., Inc. (2003). Mason's helper, then mason at Ladish Company, 1947-1951, 1953-1954, 1957-1963