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.

Pennsylvania

• Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2009). Child exposed to father's work clothes; father a pipe cover insulator at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (father's work clothes, family home), 1947-1956
• Kummer v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008). Machinists' mate / boiler tender at USS Noble, 1961-1965
• Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Co. (2007). Worker in the decorating division at Anchor Hocking Glass Plant, to 1966
• Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Company (2007). Employee in the decorating division at Anchor Hocking Glass Plant
• Chenot v. AP Green Services, Inc. (2006). Helper for an independent contractor (Philip Carey), removing and installing insulation at Koppers Kobuta manufacturing facility, Pittsburgh, 1950-1951
• Chicano v. General Electric Company (2004). Sheet metal mechanic at New York Shipyard; USS Kitty Hawk, Camden, 1959-1962
• Harahan v. AC & S, Inc. (2003). Pipefitter at PECO facilities, 1972-2000
• Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000). Sheet metal worker at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1965-1971
• Baker v. AC&S, Inc. (1999). Steamfitter at Kardon Building, 1969-1971
• Coward v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999). Marine electrician at naval vessel boiler rooms (naval reserve), at least ten years
• Greenleaf v. Garlock, Inc. (1999). Shipfitter at Sun Ship, 1942-1949
• Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996). Boilerman at United States Navy, 1964-1968
• Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995). Painter at New York Shipyard, Camden, late 1950's and early 1960's
• Zenson v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1993). Sun Ship, Chester
• Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991). Pipefitter, then supervisor, assistant foreman, and superintendent at Sun Ship Company (now the Penn Ship Company), 1959-1976
• Moran v. G. & WH Corson, Inc. (1991). Insulator helper, insulator, and shop fabricator at Sun Oil Company Refinery, 1936-1972
• Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990). Worker in the Hot Finish Department at Main Tube Plant, Hot Finish Department, Babcock & Wilcox, 1959-1964
• Maher v. Wcab (BP Oil Corp.) (1989). Insulator at Marcus Hook Refinery, 1940-1978
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. US (1987). Sheetmetal worker at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1941 to 1943, and from 1946 to 1979
• Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Pipefitter at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1940-1943, 1946-1960, 1964-1966
• Vigiolto v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Navy serviceman at Navy ships built and/or reconditioned by the Bureau of Ships, 1943-1945
• Asbestos Insul. Co. v. Wcab (McGOVERN) (1983). Pipe coverer and insulator at 1948-1974
• Christman v. Dravo Corp. (1983). Mechanic/welder at Dravo Corporation shipyard, Neville Island (East Yard outfitting dock), 1942-1945

Rhode Island

• Stadtler v. Aurora Pump Co. (2022). Stepdaughter of a union insulator who worked at power stations at Power stations in New England (Montaup, Narragansett, Norwich, Montville, Yankee Rowe, New Bedford), 1948-1965
• Mannix v. CBS Corporation (2019). Machinist mate, second class at USS Saratoga (CVA-60), 1965-1969
• Nichols v. Allis Chalmers Product Liability Trust (2018). Household member who laundered brother-in-law's work clothes (he was a metal pourer and furnace operator) at Crane Co. worksite in Arkansas (Stanley Nichols' workplace); shared home, 1979-1980
• McCarthy v. Warren Pumps (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2017). Deck force, quartermaster, metalsmith at U.S.S. Glennon, DD-840, 1951-1955
• Lepore v. AO Smith Corp. (2017). Sheet metal worker at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital campuses, 1960s and 1970s
• Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015). Improver helper at DuPont plant, 1962
• Reera v. AO Smith Corp. (2014). Insulation installer for subcontractor at Mystic Generating Station, Unit 7, 1974
• Gallagher v. National Grid Usa/narragansett Electric. (2012). Welder at Electric Boat, Groton, 1965-1971
• Benoit v. AW Smith Corporation (2009). Union plumber at commercial and residential sites in Vermont and New Hampshire, 1951 to 1990; mid-1950s onward as union plumber

South Carolina

• Covil Corporation EX rel. Protopapas v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (2024). Pipefitter (stepfather Robert Ashworth, who worked for Beta Construction) at Bowater Paper Mill, Catawba, 1986-1987
• Covil Corporation EX rel. Protopapas v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (2022). Stepson of a worker at the mill (home exposure) at Bowater Paper Mill, 1980-1991
• Warren v. 3M Company (2021). Machinist, Marine Journeyman; Machinist, Marine Instructor at Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1956-1975
• Robertson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2020). Electrician at various industrial facilities, 1965-1980
• Keene v. Cna Holdings, LLC (2019). Maintenance worker (maintaining and repairing pumps, valves, condensers) at Celanese polyester plant, Spartanburg, 1971 to 1980
• Matthews v. EI DU Pont DE Nemours and Company (2018). Insulation apprentice at DuPont facility, Florence, 1960 for at least two years
• Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill, North Charleston, 1954-2000
• Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Precipitator man / precipitator operator at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill, North Charleston, 1969-1972
• Sparkman v. AW Chesterton Company (2014). Laborer, boiler operator, evaporator operator, and precipitator operator at Westvaco Pulp and Paper Mill, North Charleston, 1954-2000
• Murphy v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2001). Daughter of Du Pont chemical engineer exposed via father's clothing at Du Pont facility, Camden, South Carolina, 1966-1969

Tennessee

• Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. (2021). Equipment mechanic at Tennessee Eastman chemical plant, Kingsport, 1968-1997
• Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. (2019). Mechanic at Tennessee Eastman chemical plant, Kingsport, 1968-1997
• Payne v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2015). Switchman, switch foreman, and brakeman at CSX main railroad line between Etowah, Tennessee, and Corbin, Kentucky (cabooses), 1962-2003
• Nye v. Bayer Cropscience, Inc. (2011). Operator on continuous polymerization line at DuPont Chattanooga facility, continuous polymerization line, 1948-1985
• Nye v. Bayer Cropscience, Inc. (2009). DuPont employee at DuPont plant, Chattanooga, 1948-1985
• Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008). Insulator
• Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company, Inc. (2007). Child of Alcoa employee (father a Reclamation Furnace Operator, later mechanical specialist) at Alcoa facilities, 1973-1975, 1978 onward
• Mackie v. Young Sales Corp. (2001). Installed asbestos insulation at 1948-1988; last injurious exposure 1973