Insulators and Insulation Workers: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve insulators: 186 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Insulators and Insulation Workers.

Louisiana

• Jordan v. Thatcher Street, LLC (2nd Circuit, 2015). Part-time helper on asbestos insulation jobs at Virginia Hall Nursing Home construction site, 1956 to early 1960s
• Oddo v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (4th Circuit, 2015). Insulator at Union Carbide plant, 1966-1967
• Smith v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015). Pipe insulator at Union Carbide Taft facility, 1965-1970
• Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014). Pipe insulator at Union Carbide's Taft facility, 1963-1970
• Brumley v. Akzona, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2010). Insulator at 1952-1985
• Boudreaux v. Able Supply Co. (3rd Circuit, 2009). Insulator at refineries, chemical plants and shipyards in the Beaumont, Port Arthur and Port Neches area, 1950s-1970s
• Boudreaux v. Able Supply Co. (3rd Circuit, 2009). Insulator and various other jobs at 1950's to the 1990's
• Booth v. Acands (4th Circuit, 2003). Pipe insulator on ships under construction at Avondale, 1969
• Hoerner v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2002). Insulator at Union Carbide plant, 1965-1966
• Emery v. Owens-Corporation (1st Circuit, 2001). Insulator at Exxon Baton Rouge refinery, 1965-1970
• Callaway v. Anco Insulation, Inc. (4th Circuit, 1998). Insulator at 1947-1977
• Re' v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (4th Circuit, 1998). Asbestos insulator
• Thomas v. Armstrong World Industries (1st Circuit, 1996). Insulator at 1968-1971
• Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (3rd Circuit, 1994). Insulator at Cities Service Refinery, more than 20 years
• Coates v. AC and S, Inc. (1994). Insulator at New Orleans and Baton Rouge area, late 1940's-1976
• Quick v. Murphy Oil Co. (4th Circuit, 1994). Worked with asbestos insulation products at 1940-1955

Maine

• Linnell, Choate & Webber v. Heyde (1971). Pipecoverer at Bath Iron Works shipyard

Maryland

• Basil-Flippen v. General Electric Company (2024). Installer of asbestos insulation (husband); she laundered his clothes at Morgantown Generating Station, 1969-1970
• Georgia-Pacific v. Farrar (2012). Union insulator (grandfather, Mr. Hentgen) at Forrestal Building, Washington, 1968-1969
• ACandS v. Abate (1998). Insulator's helper at Standard Oil refinery, Baltimore, 1951-1957
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996). Equipment mechanic apprentice and journeyman; pipecoverer for two months at Curtis Bay Coast Guard Shipyard, Baltimore, 1968-1972
• Pierce v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1983). Insulation mechanic at Wallace and Gale Company, Baltimore, 1949-1973

Michigan

• Faulkner Const. v. Silicosis Fund (1997). Asbestos insulation worker/pipe coverer at 1947-1986
• Brisboy v. Fibreboard Corp. (1988). Asbestos worker / insulation worker at insulation job site, Tacoma, 1960
• Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986). Insulation worker
• Larson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985). Insulator at 1937-1972

Minnesota

• Tester v. American Standard, Inc. (1999). Pipe-coverer at 30 years
• Crepeau BY Crepeau v. Krost Insulation Co. (1983). Insulation worker at 1978
• Bertrand v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982). Insulator
• DeCosse v. Armstrong Cork Co. (1982). Pipe coverer or insulator

Missouri

• Hagen v. Celotex Corp. (1991). Asbestos worker (husband Charles Hagen) at Lambert Airport, St. Louis, 1954, 1959-1971

Nebraska

• Osteen v. AC & S., Inc. (1981). Insulator at Kiewit job, 1974-1975

New Jersey

• Barile v. 3M Company, Inc. (2013). Union insulator (apprentice) at Exxon's Bayway refinery, Linden, 1962-1963
• Andreoli v. State Insulation Corporation (2011). Contractor removing insulation at Hess terminal, 1977-1979
• Landrigan v. Celotex Corp. (1991). Maintenance man and pipe insulator at Bayonne Terminal Warehouse, 1956-1972
• Millison v. EI du Pont de Nemours (1988). Pipecoverer or lagger at Chambers Works plant, 1953 to the time of trial

New York

• ALBIN v. AJAX MAGNETHERMIC CORPORATION (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Insulator, mechanic, crane operator and crane operating engineer at 1960-1976
• Brown v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (1st Dept., 2019). Asbestos installer at Con Ed plant, Ravenswood, Ravenswood, Queens, 1964-1965
• Brooks v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2017). Union iron worker, insulator and union asbestos worker at 1970-1988
• Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2015). Insulator at Ravenswood
• Gonzales v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2015). Insulating equipment including valves at New York City, 1970s
• In re Johns-Manville Corporation (2015). Insulator at various jobsites, late 1960s and early 1970s
• Brady v. Crane Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2015). Asbestos worker at 1974-1975
• Best v. The William Powell Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig.) (2015). Insulator at various residential, commercial, and industrial sites, 1949-1974
• Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2014). Insulator at Ravenswood 3, Con Edison powerhouse, 1964-1965
• Langhorne v. Aerofin Corp. (2014). Mechanic in family insulation business, later President at Veteran Pipe Company, New York, 1956-1978
• Wiacek v. 3M Co. (2014). Asbestos handler at 1987-1992
• Baiocco v. AC & S., Inc. (2013). Pipe Coverer at United States Navy, 1950s-1980s
• Brown v. Bell & Gosset Co. (2013). Insulator / apprentice mechanic at Northport Powerhouse, 1967
• Brown v. Bell & Gossett Co. (2013). Insulator at Con Edison Ravenswood Powerhouse, Unit 3, 1964-1965