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.

Other federal courts

• Migues v. Fibreboard Corp. (1981). Insulator at Texaco, Incorporated, 1944-1977
• Vaughan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981). Boiler tender at United States Navy ships, 1943-1969
• White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981). Shipyard worker at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
• Karjala v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1975). Installer of asbestos insulation at 1948-1966
• Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation (1973). Industrial insulation worker at 1936-1969

Pennsylvania

• Gorton v. Warren Pumps, LLC (2023). Electrician mate standing fire watch during overhaul at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, 1961
• Gay v. AO Smith Corp. (2022). Quality control supervisor at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, Shippingport, 1974-1976
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2022). Quality control supervisor at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, Shippingport, 1974-1976
• Hilster v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022). Wife of a pipefitter who laundered his work clothes at Electric Boat, Groton, 1957-1970
• Hilster v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes at Electric Boat, 1957-1975
• Rogers v. AO Smith Corp. (2022). B Division Boilerman/Boiler Technician at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1967-1968
• Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Fireman in the engine room at USS Newport News (CA-148), 1969-1973
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Reactor operator and maintenance supervisor at SM-1 Power Station, Ft. Belvoir, 1958-1961 and 1964-1967
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Assistant superintendent, later superintendent, of field quality control at Nine Mile Point power station, 1977-1981
• Blystone v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2020). Sweeper in the open hearth area at U.S. Steel open hearth area, 1960
• Hassell v. Budd Company (2019). Electrician at Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad passenger railcars, 1945-1989
• Walker v. Blackmer Pump Co. (2019). Electrician at U.S.S. Plymouth Rock, 1969-1971
• Walker v. Viad Corp. (2019). Electrician at U.S.S. Plymouth Rock, 1969-1971
• Walker v. Viad Corp. (2019). Electrician at U.S.S. Plymouth Rock, 1969-1971
• Gorton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2018). Employee of telephone company at Pacific Bell facilities, Los Angeles, 1962-1968
• Geier v. Board OF Public Education OF School District OF Pittsburgh (2017). Math teacher at South High School, Pittsburgh, 1958-1959
• Hassell v. The Budd Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Lit.(no. VI)) (2016). Electrician at Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 1945-mid-1970s
• Ney v. Owens-Illinois (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2016). Daughter of an insulator (household exposure) at Bethlehem Steel Plant, 1948-1953
• Ney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2016). Child of an asbestos insulator who rode in his car and laundered his clothes at Bethlehem Steel, 1948-1953
• Schwartz v. Abex Corp. (2015). Airplane propeller mechanic and crew chief at Air Force bases in Pennsylvania, 1957-1967
• Graver v. Foster Wheeler Corp. (2014). Employee at the plant at Pennsylvania Power and Light's Holtwood Steam Plant, 1983-2010
• Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply (2014). Pitman, machinist's helper, and laborer at Lukens Steel Plant, Coatesville, 1973-1978
• Rost v. Ford Motor Company (2014). Worker on turbines at Metropolitan Edison
• Cardaro v. General Electric Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (VI)) (2013). Mechanic at Nine Mile Point Steam Electric Station, 1977-1982
• Kurns v. Soo Line RR (2013). Welder and machinist at locomotive repair and maintenance facilities, 1947-1974
• Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply (2013). Pitman, then general laborer at Lukens Steel Plant, Coatesville, 1973-1978
• Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2012). Served in the U.S. Navy at U.S.S. Yorktown, 1962-1971
• Donn v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2012). Active-duty serviceman in the United States Navy at Navy nuclear submarines, 1957-1981
• Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. (2012). Welder and machinist at locomotive repair and maintenance facilities, 1947-1974
• Rabatin v. Allied Glove Corp. (2011). Manager in the power and fuel department at United States Steel Corporation, Edgar Thompson Works, No. 2 Powerhouse, 1974-1982
• Cowley v. Acands, Inc. (2010). Welder and burner at Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard, 1941-1982
• Curry v. American Standard (2010). Fireman apprentice, boiler man striker at USS Kitty Hawk, 1963-1965
• Faddish v. CBS Corporation (2010). Serviceman in the U.S. Navy at U.S.S. Essex, 1958-1961
• Faddish v. General Electric Co. (2010). Serviceman in the U.S. Navy at U.S.S. Essex, 1958-1961
• Gitto v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2010). Shipfitter, later shipbuilding and hull machinery inspector at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1951-1996
• Hagen v. Benjamin Foster Co. (2010). Outside machinist at U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, 1958-1961
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. CBS Corporation (2010). Fireman's apprentice and then fireman, working in the boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. CBS Corporation (2010). Fireman's apprentice and fireman, working in the boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2010). Fireman's apprentice and fireman in the boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Peter & Elpis Constantinides v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2010). Fireman's apprentice and fireman, boiler room at U.S.S. Iowa, 1954-1956
• Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2010). Enlisted in the Navy at Navy service, 1950s-1970s
• Breedlove v. CSX Transp. Corp. (2009). Insurance agent selling to railroad employees at Tilford shop (CSX mechanical shop), Atlanta, 1960s onward
• Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009). Electrician at New York Shipyard, Camden, 1954-1956
• Hogston v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2009). Member of the Plant's maintenance crew at Olin Chemical Corporation Plant, Saltville, 1958-1972
• Hogston v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2009). Member of the Plant's maintenance crew at Olin Chemical Corporation Plant, Saltville, 1958-1972