Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve joint compound: 209 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings.

Arkansas

• Chavers v. General Motors Corp. (2002). Construction worker hanging sheetrock and applying joint compound at 1961-1977

California

• Brooks v. Mission Stucco Company (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2024). Construction work
• Sarjeant v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2024). The court granted Vanderbilt's summary judgment motion as to Sarjeant's use of a DAP product, denied it as to the Kaiser Gypsum products, and deferred ruling on the fraud and punitive damages claims.
• Watts v. Pneumo Abex, LLC (1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2024). Teenager helping his father with remodeling at Remodeling of his grandmother's house and other properties, 1970s
• Swanson v. The Marley-Wylain Co. (2nd Appellate District, 1st Division, 2021). Plumber building a home at Home he built, 1974
• Collantes v. Elementis Chemicals, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2020). Janitor at Fluor complex, Irvine, 1992-1995
• Kramer v. Amcord Inc. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2020). Construction-related work at 1970s
• Hart v. Special Electric Company, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2018). Over several decades
• Duty v. Trz Realty, LLC (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2017). Drywall taper at 40-plus year career
• Petitpas v. Ford Motor Company (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2017). Wife of an architectural drafter who visited construction sites at Rossmoor Leisure World construction sites, 1971 onward
• Casey v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. (1st Appellate District, 4th Division, 2016). Plumber and pipefitter at Hyatt Union Square
• Davis v. Honeywell International Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2016). Home remodeling (installing sheetrock and ceramic tile flooring) at 1963 or 1964 until 1978 or 1979
• DePREE v. BASF Catalysts LLC (1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2016). Home renovation and remodeling
• Gerlach v. Goodman Lumber Company (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2016). Taper and painter at 1972-1978
• Untermann v. D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 4th Division, 2016). Electrician at 1960s-early 1970s
• Hernandezcueva v. EF Brady Company, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2015). Janitor at Fluor complex, Irvine, 1992 or 1993 to 1995
• Marteney v. Union Carbide Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2015). Job captain, then project architect at Levitt (architectural firm) job sites, Los Angeles, late 1950s-1971 or 1972
• Collin v. Calportland Company (3rd Appellate District, 2014). Construction trades worker at 1954-1995
• Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2014). Owner of a construction business who visited jobsites at Southern California home construction jobsites, 1964-1994
• Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2014). Owner of a construction business who visited jobsites at Southern California home construction jobsites, 1964-1994
• Izell v. Union Carbide Corporation (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2014). Owner of a home construction business who visited jobsites at Home construction jobsites in southern California, mid to late 1970's
• Lovelace v. Elementis Chemicals, Inc. (3rd Appellate District, 2014). Plumbing and construction work
• Nelson v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. (2013). Home remodeling and repair at personal residences, 1950s-1970s
• Strickland v. Union Carbide Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2013). Drywall installer, construction worker at late 1960s-1977
• Saffold v. Bondex International, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2011). Kept television and movie stages free of dust and debris at Warner Bros., 1971-1978
• Haver v. BNSF Railway Company (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2010). Worked with family business (husband Mike Haver) at family business, Barstow, 1974-1978
• Saller v. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 1st Division, 2010). Homeowner doing home repair
• Stewart v. Union Carbide Corporation (2nd Appellate District, 5th Division, 2010). Plumber or plumber's apprentice at large commercial and residential construction projects, 1968-2007
• Union Carbide Corporation v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2nd Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2010). Maintenance department worker at Los Angeles Unified School District, 1964-1996
• Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2009). Bookkeeper who also applied and sanded joint compound and swept up dust at family construction business, homes built and remodeled, South Lake Tahoe, 1971-1979
• Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 8th Division, 2009). Union cement mason on residential and commercial construction projects at 1946-1966
• Behshid v. Bondex International, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2008). Home remodeler (evenings and weekends); psychologist by profession at Homes he remodeled, 1965 to the late 1970's
• Slaughter v. Union Carbide Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2007). Assistant on husband's drywall side jobs at Drywall side jobs performed with her husband, Coalinga, 1976-1978
• 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

Delaware

• Gibbs v. 84 Lumber Company (2020). Laborer, plumber, and shade tree mechanic at Deforest Company, 1969 to 2019
• Rowland v. Union Carbide Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Homeowner assisting with home renovation clean-up at home renovation projects, 1972-1976
• Robinson v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019). Consumer who used joint compound at 1971-1982
• In re Asbestos Litigation Sturgill v. 3M Company, Inc. (2017). Home remodeling and construction labor at Curtis Poland Construction, Arcola, 1971-1973
• Foucha v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2011). Assisted his father on home renovation (non-occupational) at Richland Road family home garage conversion, mid-1960s
• Cruz v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2011). High school student working with his father on construction projects at 1968 to 1972
• Freeman v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2011). Renovation and construction projects undertaken by Freeman at 1963-1975

Florida

• Union Carbide Corporation v. Font (3rd District, 2020). User of asbestos-containing building materials
• Bechtel Corporation v. Batchelor (3rd District, 2018). Home improvement project
• Highland Stucco and Lime Products, Inc. v. Onorato (3rd District, 2018). 1972 to 1976
• Highland Stucco and Lime v. Onorato (3rd District, 2018). 1972-1976
• Southern Wall Products v. Bolin (4th District, 2018). Laborer or construction worker at Clearwater, 1975-1977
• Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2018). Renovating apartment units at late 1960s
• Bechtel Corporation v. Batchelor (3rd District, 2017). Home improvement project
• Font v. Union Carbide Corp. (3rd District, 2016). On remand from the Florida Supreme Court, the Third District reversed the judgment for Union Carbide after a jury verdict and remanded Count II (strict liability) for a new trial, because the trial court refused Font's requested consumer expectations instruction.
• Waite v. Aii Acquisition Corp. (2016). Work with drywall joint compound