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.

California

• O'leary v. Dillingham Construction NA, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2016). Rigger (supervisor of rigging crew) at Tosco Refinery, Avon, early to mid 1970s
• Walashek v. Air Liquid Systems Corporation (2016). Career boilermaker at 1967-1986
• Murat v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2015). Owner of a vessel repair company at Esso Newark, 1970's
• Quiroz v. BNSF Railway Company (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2015). Brakeman
• Shiffer v. CBS Corporation (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2015). Employee sent to train plant employees on operation of Westinghouse equipment at Ginna power plant, Rochester, 1969
• Soto v. BorgWarner Morse Tec Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2015). Laborer at ASARCO smelting plant, El Paso, 1955-1958
• Ganoe v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2014). Utility man at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plant, Department 132, Los Angeles, 1968-1979
• Paulus v. Crane Co. (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2014). Commercial plumber
• Willis v. Buffalo Pumps Inc. (2014). Navy serviceman assigned to the USS Ranger at USS Ranger, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1966-1968
• Keeney v. AW Chesterton Company (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2013). Navy machinist's mate and senior supervisory watch in nuclear power plants at USS Enterprise, 1966-1967, 1971-1972
• Strickland v. Union Carbide Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2013). Construction worker
• Brantley v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, Inc. (2012). Served in the United States Navy at USS Fort Marion
• Campbell v. Ford Motor Company (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2012). Daughter who laundered her father's and brother's work clothes; they were asbestos insulators at Ford Lincoln-Mercury plant, Metuchen, 1947-1948
• Davis v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2nd Appellate District, 5th Division, 2012). Instrument technician at Shell Chemical plant, Torrance, 1960s
• Haver v. BNSF Railroad Co. (2nd Appellate District, 5th Division, 2012). Employee of BNSF (Mike Haver) at BNSF / Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad workplace
• Nolen v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2012). Sales engineer/sales representative for water treatment chemicals at Nestle, Salinas, 1976-1979
• O'neil v. Crane Co. (2012). Supervised enlisted men who repaired equipment in the engine and boiler rooms at USS Oriskany, 1965-1967
• Palomares v. Thomas Dee Engineering Company (1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2012). Industrial laundry worker at Sequoia Laundry, 1965-1966
• Robinson v. Ssw, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2012). Boiler tender and boiler repairman at Tri-Valley Growers fruit cannery, Plant No. 7, Modesto, 1969-1971 and approximately 1973-2000
• Rollin v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (2nd Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2012). Stillsman in the FCC unit at Mobil Oil Torrance refinery, FCC unit, 1970-1997
• Fontes v. Interstate Brands Corporation (2nd Appellate District, 5th Division, 2011). Baker, then maintenance man (husband Frank Fontes) at 4S Baking Company, 1958-1968
• Kelemen v. John Crane, Inc. (2nd District, Division 2, 2011). Machinist's mate at U.S.S. Sperry, 1967-1975
• Webster v. Exxonmobil Oil Corp. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2011). Industrial painter at Mobil refinery, Torrance, 1975-1977
• Woodard v. Crane Co. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2011). Navy service member at USS Rogers, 1961-1965
• Hall v. Warren Pumps LLC (2nd Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2010). Fireman and machinist mate, working in boiler rooms and engine rooms at Navy ships, 1945-1964
• Haver v. BNSF Railway Company (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2010). Hostler (husband Mike Haver) at Barstow diesel shops, Santa Fe Railroad yard, 1972-1974
• McCann v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (2010). Engineering sales trainee at D-X Sunray Oil Company oil refinery expansion (Foster Wheeler boiler), 1957
• Saller v. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 1st Division, 2010). Barrel reconditioning, filling plant worker and warehouse forklift operator at Standard Oil El Segundo refinery, 1959-1967
• Union Carbide Corporation v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (2nd Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2010). Maintenance worker, boiler room at Narbonne High School, 1966-1986
• Whitmire v. Ingersoll-Rand Company (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2010). Electrician at Contra Costa Powerhouse, Antioch, 1961-1966 and 1969-1985
• Clemmer v. Thorpe Insulation Company (1st Appellate District, 4th Division, 2009). Fireman apprentice; first class machinist mate in charge of the engine room at USS Wilkinson at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, 1953-1960
• Merrill v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2009). Machinist's mate at United States Navy ships, 1959-1979
• Merrill v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2009). Machinist's mate at United States Navy ships, 1959-1979
• O'neil v. Crane Co. (2nd Appellate District, 5th Division, 2009). Officer (main engine junior officer, then boiler division officer) at USS Oriskany, June 1965 - August 1966
• Oxford v. Foster Wheeler LLC (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2009). Boiler repair shop worker repairing and maintaining other warships' boilers at U.S.S. Klondike, 1963-1967
• Short v. Sequoia Ventures, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2009). Operator at PG&E Antioch power plant, 1964-1966
• Silvestro v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 8th Division, 2009). Boiler repairman at engine rooms on ships, 1966-1971
• Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc. (1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2009). Fireman apprentice, fireman, and machinist mate at USS Hornet, mid-1960's
• Walmach v. Wheeler (2nd Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2009). Marine machinist at Navy ships with Foster Wheeler boilers
• Cadlo v. Metalclad Insulation (1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2008). Served onboard the USS Black at USS Black
• Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2008). Tester of hydraulic and hydrostatic components at Westinghouse, 1957-1973
• Norris v. Crane Company (2nd Appellate District, 5th Division, 2008). Sailor, gunner's mate at U.S.S. Bremerton (Mare Island Naval Shipyard and Bremerton Naval Shipyard dry dock overhauls), 1955-1957
• Whitlock v. Foster Wheeler, LLC (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2008). Boiler technician in Boiler Room No. 4 at USS Kitty Hawk, Bremerton Naval shipyard (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard), 1965
• Bakkie v. Union Carbide Corporation (1st Appellate District, 2nd Division, 2007). Lineman at Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, 1980-1986
• Cadlo v. Metalclad Insulation Corporation (1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2007). Machinist mate at USS Black; Long Beach Naval Shipyard, 1965-1968
• Honer v. Ford Motor Company (2nd Appellate District, 7th Division, 2007). Insulators (her father and brother); Honer laundered their clothes at Merck chemical/pharmaceutical facility, Rahway, 1945-1946
• Kinsman v. Unocal Corporation (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2007). Carpenter (scaffolding) at Unocal refinery, Wilmington, 1950s
• Kinsman v. Unocal Corporation (2005). Carpenter (scaffolding) at Unocal refinery, Wilmington, 1950's
• Cadlo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1st Appellate District, 5th Division, 2004). Machinists mate at USS Black, 1965-1968
• Kinsman v. Unocal Corp. (1st Appellate District, 3rd Division, 2003). Carpenter (scaffolding) at Unocal refinery, Wilmington, 1950's