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.

Texas

• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (5th District, 2010). Child helper on his father's drywall and remodeling jobs at 1967-1977
• Smith v. Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc. (2nd District, 2010). Self-employed drywaller finisher using joint compound at 1955-mid 1980s
• Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Stephens (2007). Commercial painter at commercial buildings including schools, hospitals, paper mills and grocery stores, 1954-1977
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Stephens (1st District, 2007). Commercial painter at commercial buildings (schools, hospitals, paper mills, grocery stores, car dealerships), 1954-1977
• Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool (6th District, 1991). Insulator or maintenance mechanic performing insulation repair work at Texas Eastman, Longview, 1957 onward

Utah

• Riggs v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2013). Helped her father at residential construction sites, cleaning up and sanding joint compound dust at Her father's residential construction sites, 1958-1977

Washington

• Budd v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (1st Division, 2022). Drywall worker at his father and uncle's drywall business, Moses Lake, 1962-1972
• Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2nd Division, 2008). Electrician installing electrical wiring on construction sites at Tacoma construction jobsites, 1972-1973
• Weyerhaeuser Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company (2008). Carpenter at 1959-1980