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.

New York

• Garbutt v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2013). Union apprentice insulator at New York City, 1969-1973
• Peraica v. Crane Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig.) (2013). Asbestos remover at commercial sites throughout New York City, 20 years, after 1978
• Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2013). Insulator at 1950s-1990s
• Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012). Insulator at New York City metropolitan area work sites, from 1978
• Garner v. Ngc Bodily Injury Trust (2012). Union insulation mason at 1937-1966
• Garner v. Dii Industries, LLC (2011). Union insulation mason at 1937-1966
• Surre v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2011). Apprentice insulator at Apartment buildings in New York City, 1963-1964
• Garner v. Dii Industries, LLC (2010). Union insulation mason at 1937-1966
• IN the Matter of Mlodozeniec v. Trio Asbestos Removal Corp. (3rd Dept., 2009). Asbestos handler performing asbestos removal work at until September 1995
• Root v. Eastern Refractories Co., Inc. (4th Dept., 2004). Journeyman insulator for the Asbestos Workers Union at Syracuse University, 1962-1964; 1967-1968
• Matter of Conway v. Cbi Services, Inc. (3rd Dept., 2003). Installing and removing insulation containing asbestos at 1987-1989
• Consorti v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (In Re Joint Eastern and Southern Dist. Asbestos) (1998). Pipe covering insulator at Veteran Pipe Covering, 1960-1963, 1970-1978
• Tabolt v. Flintkote Co. (In re New York Asbestos Litigation) (1994). Pipecoverer at 1960-1978
• Kulzer v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (1991). Insulator, later lead man and crew foreman (pipe coverer) at Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, 1947-1980
• Raney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1990). Asbestos installer at ships, mid-1940's until at least 1955
• Matter of LA Gattuta v. Baldwin Ehret-Hill, Inc. (3rd Dept., 1971). Insulation man at Rochdale site, 1964

North Carolina

• Hill v. Mallinckrodt LLC (2020). Insulator at Mallinckrodt facility, Raleigh, 1970s and 80s
• Harris v. Ajax Boiler, Inc. (2014). Insulator helper rehabilitating steam boilers at commercial boiler sites serviced for Cooks Insulation Co., Inc., 1974-1976
• Johnson v. Covil Corporation (2011). Insulator, later foreman and President of Covil at Covil Corporation, 1957-1987
• 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. Qunicel v. Indus. Comm. (10th Appellate District, 2012). Insulator at E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, Circleville Plant, 1963-1993
• Lavelle v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1987). Insulator, pipefitter, or factory worker

Oklahoma

• Olsen v. Oklahoma Gas and Elec. Co. (4th Division, 2012). Insulation installer at OG & E electric power generating plant, 1970

Oregon

• Miller v. Agripac, Inc. (2022). Mechanical insulator at commercial and industrial buildings in the Portland area, 1966-1969
• Golik v. CBS Corp. (2020). Insulator helper at Crown Zellerbach paper mill, Camas, 1965

Other federal courts

• Consorti v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1995). Pipe covering insulator at Veteran Pipe Covering, 1960-1963, 1970-1978
• Becht v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1992). Insulator at Louisville Insulation Company (LISCO), 1953-1980
• Borman v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1992). Insulator at 1956-1987
• Dunn v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass (Division of St. Croix, 1991). Pipe insulation installer at Hess Oil Refinery, 1966 onward
• Joyce v. AC and S., Inc. (1986). Insulator at DuPont Martinsville plant, 1952-1955 and 1964-1972
• Kisor v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Insulator at five-hundred-odd West Coast job sites, late 1940's and 1950's
• Silver v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Insulator, brick mason and pipe coverer at 1941-1961
• Dartez v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985). Insulator at 1957-1966
• Graffagnino v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985). Insulator at Texaco, Inc.'s Port Arthur refinery, about forty years
• Adams v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Commercial insulator at 1951-1956, 1960-1966
• Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Employee of insulation subcontractor at Consolidated Shipyard, Orange, 1944
• Thompson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1983). Insulation worker at 1952-1978
• Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982). Insulators, pipefitters, carpenters, and other factory workers
• Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1982). Insulation workers
• Wilson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982). Insulation worker at Washington, beginning 1941
• Clutter v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981). Asbestos insulation mechanic at 1939-1973
• Fusco v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1981). Pipe-coverer at Long Beach Naval Shipyards, 1957-1970
• Migues v. Fibreboard Corp. (1981). Insulator at Texaco, Incorporated, 1944-1977
• Karjala v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1975). Installer of asbestos insulation at 1948-1966
• Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation (1973). Industrial insulation worker at 1936-1969

Pennsylvania

• 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
• Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996). Carpenter, joiner, pipecoverer and insulator at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, 1952-1967
• Dempsey v. Pacor, Inc. (1993). Insulator at various shipyards in the Philadelphia area, 1966-1981
• Moran v. G. & WH Corson, Inc. (1991). Insulator helper, insulator, and shop fabricator at Sun Oil Company Refinery, 1936-1972