Navy: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve the Navy: 496 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Navy.

Illinois

• McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015). Served in the U.S. Navy at USS Bremerton, USS Roosevelt, and USS Intrepid, 1954-1958
• McALVEY v. Atlas Copco Compressors, LLC (2015). Navy sailor, worked in the boiler rooms at USS Bremerton, 1954-1956
• Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2015). Navy service member at 1953 to early 1960s
• Burns v. All Acquisitions, LLC (2014). U.S. Navy service
• Hasenberg v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2014). United States Navy at U.S. Navy vessels, 1968-1972
• Horrie v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Machinist Mate at U.S.S. Taussig and U.S.S. Frank Knox, 1964-1968
• Mohler v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). Pipefitter in the United States Navy at United States Navy, 1956 to 1959
• Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Co. (2014). Navy sailor aboard a fleet tanker at USS Tolovana, Long Beach, 1954-1957
• Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2014). Machinist mate at USS Tolovana, 1954-1957
• Smith v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Navy service member at 1964-1968
• Smith v. Crane Co. (2014). Navy service at 1964-1968
• Totten v. Crane Co. (2014). Navy service at 1956-1958
• Adams v. Armstrong International, Inc (2012). Served in the United States Navy at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
• Ruppel v. AO Smith Corporation (2012). Navy service aboard ship at U.S.S. Fall River, 1946-1954
• Sublett v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2011). Served in the United States Navy at U.S.S. Haynsworth
• Vickroy v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2011). Served in the United States Navy at U.S.S. Helena, U.S.S. Yorktown, U.S.S. Kearsarge, U.S.S. Ranger, U.S.S. Enterprise, U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard, and U.S.S. Ogden
• Stephens v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2009). Service in the United States Navy at U.S.S. Fiske and U.S.S. Meramec
• In re Unr Industries, Inc. (1987). Navy sailor engaged in asbestos rip-out operations at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Honolulu

Indiana

• Hedden v. CBS Corporation (2015). Yeoman, Petty Officer Third Class at USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mayport, Florida, 1968
• Lambert v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (1999). Boiler technician at U.S.S. Buckley, 1970-1973

Iowa

• Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994). Boiler-tender/fireman at USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), 1958-1962

Kentucky

• Stallings v. Georgia Pacific Corp. (2017). Helped operate and maintain the ship's boilers at USS Waller, nearly four years
• Surita v. Arvinmeritor, Inc. (2017). Military vehicle maintenance trainee at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1989
• Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2015). Boiler operator at USS Waller, 1955-1959
• Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2013). Boiler tender at USS Waller, 1955-1959

Louisiana

• Jacob v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (2024). Served in the United States Navy at two Navy vessels, 1954-1958
• King v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2023). Navy employee at United States Navy
• King v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2022). Employee of the United States Navy at United States Navy
• Labarre v. Bienville Auto Parts Inc. (2022). Service in the U.S. Navy at U.S. Navy
• McAllister v. McDERMOTT, Inc. (2020). Machinist mate at Navy submarines
• Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019). Welder at U.S.S. Ticonderoga, 1965-1969
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2019). Machinist aboard the USS TAPPAHANNOCK at Avondale shipyard (USS TAPPAHANNOCK refurbishing), 1960s and 1970s
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018). Machinist at Avondale Shipyard (USS TAPPAHANNOCK)
• Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017). Engineman, machinery repairman, and machinist mate in the United States Navy (training) at Naval Reactors Facility, 1960s
• Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017). Engineman, machinery repairman, and machinist mate in the Navy (training at the facility for six months) at Naval Reactors Facility, 1960s
• Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017). Navy sailor who changed valves on pipes connected to compressors at USS Noble
• Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2017). Engineman, machinery repairman, and machinist mate at U.S. Navy ships
• Bell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2016). Engineman, machinery repairman, and machinist mate at United States Navy ships (four ships), 1960s
• Hayden v. 3M Company (2015). U.S. Navy service at USS EDSON
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015). Fireman apprentice, fireman, and machinery repairman at Navy ships, 1950s and 1960s
• Laurent v. New Orleans City (2015). Member of the United States Naval Reserve at United States Naval Reserve, 1950s and 1960s
• Meyers v. Chesterton (2015). Boiler technician at U.S. Navy vessels and shipyards, 1960-1988
• Meyers v. Chesterton (2015). Boiler technician at naval vessels and shipyards, 1960-1988
• Zeringue v. Allis-Chambers Corp. (2015). Served in several different capacities aboard Navy vessels at USS Clarion River, USS Plumas County, USS Balduck, 1952-1956
• Laurent v. City of New Orleans (2014). Member of the United States Naval Reserve working in the boiler rooms at USS KENNETH M. WILLETT, USS HAAS, USS WOODSON
• Najolia v. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc. (2012). Machinist mate in the United States Navy at USS Uhlmann, 1964-1968
• Cichirillo v. Avondale Industries (4th Circuit, 2004). Navy service at United States Navy, 1942-1961

Maryland

• Hailey v. Air and Liquid Systems Corporation (2020). Machinist mate at USS Henderson (aft engine room), 1968-1972
• Ament v. John Crane-Houdalille, Inc. (2019). Boiler tender in the boiler rooms at USS Kearsarge, 1967-1970
• Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019). Navy service member