Asbestos insulation: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve pipe and block insulation: 999 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos insulation.

North Carolina

• Wilder v. Amatex Corp. (1985). Insulator at Carolina Power & Light Company job site, Moncure

North Dakota

• Palmer v. 999 Quebec, Inc. (2016). Child of an insulation worker (father worked for Kuettel) at 1961-1965, 1974-1979
• 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

• Shaffer v. AW Chesterton Co. (9th Appellate District, 2019). Merchant marine, engine room and boiler room at United States Steel Corporation vessels on the Great Lakes (Pittsburgh Steamship Division), 1960-1961
• Estate OF Blandford v. AO Smith Corp. (8th Appellate District, 2016). Pipefitter at Canton, 1955-1998
• French v. AW Chesterton Company (2016). Machinist's mate at U.S.S. Forrestal, 1965
• Watkins v. Affinia Group (8th Appellate District, 2016). Worker transporting materials from a warehouse to a Ford shop at Babcock & Wilcox, Barberton, 1957-1958
• Bryant v. General Motors Corp. (3rd Appellate District, 2015). Core room and foundry worker, clean-up at GM Powertrain Division, Defiance facility, 1970s
• Burkhart v. HJ Heinz Co. (2014). Maintenance worker at H.J. Heinz ketchup-bottling plant, boiler room, Bowling Green, 1946-1976
• Ridenour v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (2014). Inmate at Chillicothe Correctional Institution, 1985-1986
• Burkhart v. HJ Heinz Co. (6th Appellate District, 2013). Maintenance worker/electrician at H.J. Heinz Bowling Green ketchup bottling plant, 1946-1975
• Fisher v. Beazer East, Inc. (8th Appellate District, 2013). Boilermaker at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company, Campbell
• Fisher v. Alliance Machine Co. (8th Appellate District, 2011). Electrician at Reactive Metals, Inc., 1957-1963
• State EX rel. Roger Bacon High School v. Indus. Comm. OF Ohio (10th Appellate District, 2011). Maintenance worker at Roger Bacon High School, Cincinnati, 1954
• Welsh v. Ford Motor Co. (8th Appellate District, 2011). Stock chaser at Ford Walton Hills facility, 1955-2001
• Jackson v. AC Product Liability Trust (2009). Wiper at Executor, 1969
• Gomcsak v. US Steel Corp. (9th Appellate District, 2008). Electrician/motor inspector at U.S. Steel Mill, Lorain, 1942-1984
• Louden v. AW Chesterton Co. (8th Appellate District, 2008). Plant helper and maintenance man at CEI power plant, Ashtabula, 1977-2000
• DiCENZO v. A-Best Prods. Co., Inc. (8th Appellate District, 2007). Laborer to tin line operator, tin plating department at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Yorkville plant, 1960-1980
• Rahmes v. Adience Inc. (8th Appellate District, 2007). Front-end loader operator in the blast furnace department at Armco Steel, Hamilton and Middletown plants, 1965-1982
• Rettig v. Gen. Motors Corp. (8th Appellate District, 2006). Electrician at General Motors foundry plant, Defiance, 1953-1990
• Snyder v. Ford Motor Co. (3rd Appellate District, 2005). Employee at General Dynamics facility, Lima, 1984-1993
• Bartel v. John Crane, Inc. (2004). Merchant seaman, engine department (Fireman/Watertender up to Chief Engineer) at Merchant vessels (steam vessels), 1964-1994
• Lindstrom v. AC Products Liability Trust (2003). Fireman/water-tender at Marjorie Lykes boiler

Oklahoma

• Public Service Company v. Austin Power, Inc. (2016). Pipefitter at Northeastern Power Station, Oologah, July-December 1968
• Bootenhoff v. Hormel Foods Corporation (2014). Wife laundering husband's work clothes (husband was plant superintendent) at Mead Container, Fort Smith, 1966-1972
• Bootenhoff v. Hormel Foods Corporation (2014). Wife laundering husband's work clothes (husband a printing press operator, quality control worker, plant supervisor) at Weyerhaeuser box plant, Austin, Minnesota, 1955-1966
• Olsen v. Oklahoma Gas and Elec. Co. (4th Division, 2012). Insulation installer at OG & E electric power generating plant, 1970
• Zinc Corp. OF America v. Reeder (2nd Division, 2007). Maintenance worker, utility man, waste water department at Zinc Corporation of America plant, Bartlesville, 1987-1994
• Fisher v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. (1989). The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal, treated as summary judgment, holding that Fisher's 1986 mesothelioma suit was barred by his earlier release, so the asbestos defendants won and the Fishers lost.

Oregon

• Golik v. CBS Corp. (2020). Insulator helper at Crown Zellerbach paper mill, Camas, 1965
• Coury v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2018). Shipyard worker at Swan Island shipyard; USS Paul F. Foster, USS Henry B. Wilson, USS Stein, Portland, 1960 through the 1990s
• McKenzie v. AW Chesterson Co. (2016). Fireman to Boilerman Chief in boiler rooms at USS Boxer, 1954-1959
• Greer v. Ace Hardware Corporation (2013). Home builder / self-employed contractor at Home-construction sites in Bend, 1969-1978
• Weihl v. Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. (2006). Refractories worker / school district maintenance employee at Portland public schools, 1974-1989
• Purcell v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1998). Apprentice machinist at Jantzen Knitting Mills, 1955

Other federal courts

• Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries (2019). Navy service member at U.S.S. Wanamassa, 1977-1980
• Devries v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2017). Navy serviceman at U.S.S. Turner, 1957-60
• McINDOE v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2016). Served aboard ship (Navy) at USS Coral Sea, 1961-1963
• Pace v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016). Apprentice machinist at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Shop 31, 1972-1975
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2016). Clean-up laborer and painter-blaster at Avondale Shipyard, 1948-1996
• In re Placid Oil Co. (2014). Wife laundering her husband's work clothing at Black Lake facility, 1966-1995
• Ruppel v. CBS Corporation (2012). Naval service at U.S.S. Fall River, 1946-1954
• Moeller v. Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC (2011). Pipefitter at 1962-1975
• Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, Owcp (2010). Shipyard carpenter at Lockheed Shipbuilding shipyard, Seattle, 1957-1960
• Kurns v. AW Chesterton Inc. (2010). Welder, machinist, and supervisor at Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad facilities, 1947-1994
• Martin v. Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (2009). Child of a CG&E worker; father worked on underground power lines at Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, 1952-1963
• In re Combustion Engineering, Inc. (2004). The Third Circuit vacated the District Court's order confirming Combustion Engineering's prepackaged Chapter 11 plan, vacated the § 105(a) injunction protecting Basic and Lummus, and remanded for further findings on the two-trust structure, with the insurers' appeals largely dismissed for lack of standing.
• Bath Iron Works Corp. v. US Dept. of Labor (2003). Shipyard worker handling asbestos insulation at Bath Iron Works shipyard, 1941-1986
• Barnes v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000). General laborer and maintenance machinist at Anaconda Aluminum, Louisville, 1963-1973