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.

Maryland

• Dugger v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019). Navy service
• Dugger v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017). Served in the United States Navy at 1960s
• Fish v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017). Navy sailor, initially HVAC, primarily in radio rooms at Navy vessels including USS Kitty Hawk and USS Constellation, from 1962, nearly 20 years
• Rhodes v. Mcic, Inc. (2017). Laborer and boilermaker at USS Tarawa CV40, 1952-1956
• Rhodes v. McIC, Inc. (2016). Laborer and boilermaker at USS Tarawa CV40, 1952-1956
• Haney v. 3M Company (2015). Machinist mate at USS Breckinridge, 1951-1955
• May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2015). Machinist mate at Navy ships (engine rooms), 1956-1976
• May v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). Machinist mate at Navy ships (seven vessels, engine rooms), 1956-1976
• Dilks v. 4520 Corp., Inc. (2012). Reactor operator and supervisor; seaman in the U.S. Navy at USS Von Steuben SSBN-632, 1963-1967
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Benjamin (2006). Laborer and carpenter at United States Navy, 1943-1945
• John Crane, Inc. v. Puller (2006). Boiler technician at U.S.S. Hermitage, 1969-1973
• Benjamin v. Union Carbide Corporation (2005). Laborer and carpenter in the Navy at United States Navy, 1943-1945
• Crane, Inc. v. Scribner (2002). Navy submarine nuclear worker at U.S.S. Sturgeon and nuclear training facility in New York, 1972-1978
• Owens Corning v. Bauman (1999). Navy sailor running a co-axial communication cable at USS Nimitz, 1975-1978

Massachusetts

• Cook v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2023). Fireman and boiler tender at USS Mullinnix, April 1966 - November 1968
• Cook v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2023). Fireman and boiler tender at U.S. Navy, 1966-1968
• Pritt v. John Crane, Inc. (2023). Served in the United States Navy
• Pritt v. John Crane, Inc. (2022). Machinist mate at USS Purdy, 1961-1964
• Pritt v. John Crane, Inc. (2022). Machinist mate at USS Purdy, December 1961 to August 1964
• Sebright v. General Electric Co. (2021). Fireman in Fire Room 2 at USS Boston, 1968-1970
• Whiting v. CBS Corporation (2013). Service in the engine and boiler rooms at U.S.S. Guadalcanal, 1968-1972
• Holdren v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2009). Boiler technician at Navy ships including USS Ault, USS Sierra, USS Norfolk, and USS Pawcatuck, 1957-1979
• Thayer v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation (1997). Serving on the U.S.S. Salem during its overhaul and naval exercises at U.S.S. Salem, 1948-1952

Michigan

• Anjeski v. Keene Bldg. & Development Co. (1989). Boiler room operator at U.S.S. Lapwing, World War II
• Marshall v. Celotex Corp. (1988). Pipe-coverer and ship-fitter at United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, 1967 to 1971
• Marshall v. Celotex Corp. (1987). Civilian shipfitter at U.S. Navy facility, Guantanamo Bay, 1967-1971
• Marshall v. Celotex Corp. (1987). Pipe-coverer and ship-fitter at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 1967-1971

Minnesota

• Anderson v. AH Bennett Company (2025). Navy service at Navy, 1966-1968

Mississippi

• Webb v. 3M Company (2022). Aviation Electronics Technician at USS Saratoga, 1960-1964

Missouri

• MacCormack v. Ingersoll-Rand Company (2018). Civilian employee of the United States Navy at Boston, 1958-1964
• MacCormack v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017). Civilian employee of the United States Navy at United States Navy, Boston, 1958-1964
• MacCormack v. the Adel Wiggins Group (2017). Civilian employee of the United States Navy at United States Navy, Boston, 1958-1964
• MacCormack v. the Adel Wiggins Group (2017). Civilian employee of the United States Navy at United States Navy, Boston, 1958-1964
• Poage v. Crane Co. (Eastern District, 2nd Division, 2017). Machinist at USS Haynsworth, 1954-1958
• Hovsepian v. the Adel Wiggins Group (2016). Civilian employee of the United States Navy at Boston, 1958-1964

Montana

• Atchley v. Louisiana Pacific Corp. (2018). Navy sailor, engine room, repairing lagging at USS Herbert J. Thomas, 1951-1955

New Jersey

• Losurdo v. Viacomcbs Inc. (2025). Petty officer, third class storekeeper at U.S.S. Mississinewa; Boston Naval Shipyard, 1969-1970
• Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021). Navy sailor served in a forward fireroom at U.S.S. Charles H. Roan, 1960s
• Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2020). Navy sailor serving in the forward fireroom at U.S.S. Charles H. Roan, forward fireroom (Brooklyn Navy Yard and at sea), April 1962 through September 1964
• McClung v. 3M Company (2019). Service member maintaining F-4 aircraft while stationed in Germany at F-4 aircraft engines (J79) while stationed in Germany
• Grimes v. AT&T Corp. (2018). Served in the Navy
• Grimes v. AT&T Corp. (2017). Served in the United States Navy at United States Navy
• Fuoco v. 3M Company (2015). Machinist mate at U.S.S. Ammen, 1942-1945
• Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2015). Boilerman in the Navy at USS Charles H. Roan, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1962-1964
• Shearer v. AW Chesterton Company (2015). Navy sailor standing watch in the aft engine room at U.S.S. Ernest G. Small, 1960-1963
• Thomasson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2015). 3rd class metal worker at U.S.S. Fitch (DD-462), 1952-1953
• Barnes v. Foster Wheeler Corp. (2014). Fireman at USS Everglades, 1950-1952
• Hammell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). Boilerman in the U.S. Navy at USS Roan, 1962-1964
• Lewis v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2012). Fireman at U.S.S. Bigelow and U.S.S. Springfield, 1962-1965
• Stevenson v. Keene Corp. (1992). Fireman in the boiler rooms at boiler rooms of three Navy ships, 1944-1946