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.

Washington

• Abbay v. Aurora Pump Company (1st Division, 2011). Ship rigger at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1967-1993
• Wangen v. AW Chesterton Company (1st Division, 2011). Navy sailor working in the forward fire room at USS WILTSIE, 1950-1953
• Yankee v. APV North America, Inc. (1st Division, 2011). Welder and mechanic at Alcoa aluminum mill, Vancouver, 1966-1986
• Arnold v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2010). Insulator at Lockheed Shipbuilding Harbor Island shipyard, Seattle, 1962-1963
• Cashman v. Pacific Scientific Company (1st Division, 2010). Heat-treating helper and later shop foreman at Puget Sound Heat Treating, Tacoma, 1967-1975
• Cashman v. Pacific Scientific Company (1st Division, 2009). Heat-treating helper and later shop foreman at Puget Sound Heat Treating, Tacoma, 1967-1975
• Lunsford v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2009). Son of an insulator, exposed to fibers brought home on clothing and tools at Texaco refinery, Anacortes, 1948-1965 (father's work at the refinery in summer 1958)
• Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings (2008). Pipefitter aboard navy ships at Navy ships, 1967-early 1980s
• Kimball v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (1st Division, 2008). Pipe fitter, pipe fitter's helper, and rigger at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1946-1986
• Lunsford v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (1st Division, 2007). Son of a refinery worker (household exposure) at Texaco refinery, Anacortes, 1958
• Lunsford v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (1st Division, 2005). Insulation installer (father) at Texaco refinery, Anacortes, 1958
• Berry v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (1st Division, 2000). Machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1942, 1945-1950
• Niven v. EJ Bartells Co. (1st Division, 1999). Insulator at Todd Shipyard, 1967
• Mavroudis v. Pittsburgh-Corning Corp. (1st Division, 1997). Navy; removing old materials from the ship and maintaining and distributing stocks of new materials at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, U.S.S. Wright conversion, 1957-1963
• Viereck v. Fibreboard Corp. (1st Division, 1996). Laborer and operator at Shell Oil Refinery, Anacortes, 1956-1960
• Brewer v. Fibreboard Corp. (1995). Marine machinist at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1967-1988
• Bowers v. Fibreboard Corporation (2nd Division, 1992). Water tender, fireman and boiler tender at United States Navy, 1927-1947
• Koker v. Armstrong Cork, Inc. (1st Division, 1991). Pipefitter at Todd and Lockheed Shipyards, Seattle, 1969-1971 and 1974-1986
• Falk v. Keene Corp. (1989). Navy service at 1947 to 1953
• Falk v. Keene Corporation (1st Division, 1989). Navy serviceman at United States Navy, 1947-1953
• IN the Matter of Estate OF Foster (1st Division, 1989). Shipyard employee at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1944-1945
• Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc. (1987). Rigger at Lake Union Drydock, Seattle, 1952-1972

West Virginia

• Bayer Corporation v. Toney, W Va: Supreme Court of Appeals 2013 (2013). Chemical operator at Bayer Corporation chemical plant, 1986-2008
• Marlin v. Bill Rich Const., Inc. (1996). Construction worker on school renovation at Hundred High School, 1988

Wisconsin

• Lorbiecki v. Pabst Brewing Co. (2024). Pipefitter/steamfitter at Pabst Brewing Company bottle house, Milwaukee, mid-1970s
• Nooyen v. Wisconsin Elec. Power Co. (2020). Pipefitter at Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant, 1970-1972
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2017). Local 601 member working on the burner deck at Oak Creek Power Plant, Unit 5, 1980s
• Carroll v. Abb, Inc. (2017). Plant helper, boiler operator at Wisconsin Power & Light, Rock River generating station, Beloit, 1959-1974
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Pipefitter/steamfitter at Oak Creek Power House (WEPCO), 1968-1969
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Steamfitter at Pabst Brewery, Milwaukee, 1958-1959
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Steamfitter at Oak Creek Power Plant, 1968-1969
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Steamfitter at Oak Creek Power Plant, Unit 5, 1989
• Suoja v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2016). Insulator removing and repairing pipe insulation on steam lines at Badger Ordnance Works, late 1960s and early 70s
• Brezonick v. AW Chesteron Company (1st District, 2015). Steamfitter at Miller Brewery, 1971-1976, 1997-2000
• Calewarts v. CR Meyer & Sons Company (3rd District, 2015). Printing press operator and oiler at Milprint De Pere facility, 1950-1991
• Nuutinen v. CBS Corporation (2015). Pipefitter at Point Beach Nuclear Power Station, Two Rivers, 1960s
• Peter v. Sprinkmann Sons Corp. (2015). Maintenance machinist at Pabst Brewery, Bottle House, Milwaukee, 1959-1990s
• Boyer v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2014). Employee at door manufacturing plant at Marshfield plant (door manufacturing, Weyerhaeuser/Roddis Plywood), beginning in or around 1973
• Anderson v. Proctor & Gamble Paper Products Co. (2013). Union electrician, journeyman electrician and foreman at Charmin Paper Mill (Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.), Green Bay, 1955-1979
• Anderson v. the Proctor & Gamble Paper Products Company (2013). Union electrician (journeyman electrician and foreman for electrical contractors) at Charmin Paper Mill, Green Bay, 1955-1979
• Viola v. Wisconsin Elec. Power Co. (2013). Insulator or "pipe coverer" at Oak Creek Power Plant, 1960s
• Calewarts v. CR Meyer and Sons Company (3rd District, 2012). Printing press operator, oiler, molding and cheese department worker at Milprint/Nicolet Paper building, 1950-1990
• Risse v. Building Services Industrial Supply, Inc. (1st District, 2012). Carpenter at Nicolet High School, 1964
• Zielinski v. AP Green Indus., Inc. (2003). Mason's helper, then mason at Ladish Company, 1947-1951, 1953-1954, 1957-1963
• Anderson v. Combustion Engineering, Inc. (2002). Machinist at Oak Creek power plant
• Sopha v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1999). Insulator at 1951-1995
• Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1981). Worked for many years with insulation products

Wyoming

• Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. Prod. Liab. Trust (2014). Carpenter at Dave Johnston Power Plant, 1952-1963
• Johnson v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2014). Carpenter at Dave Johnston Power Plant, 1952-1963