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.

Illinois

• Spain v. Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. (4th District, 1999). Grain dryer operator and maintainer at A.E. Staley grain processing plant, feed house, Decatur, 1957-1986
• Risch v. Paul J. Krez Co. (1st District, 6th Division, 1997). 1960s-1970s
• Hartman v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (5th District, 1994). Electrician at Labadie Power House, 1969-70
• Keystone Steel and Wire Co. v. Costa (3rd District, 1994). Employee of Keystone at Keystone Steel & Wire Company, 1961-1987
• Kieffer and Co., Inc. v. Industrial Com'n (2nd District, Industrial Commission Division, 1994). Neon tube bender at Kieffer and Company, Inc., 1980-1985
• Campbell v. AC Equipment Services Corporation, Inc. (4th District, 1993). Turbine alignment and maintenance worker at Lakeside Two electricity generating station, Springfield, 1989
• Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1992). Pipe-covering department worker at Union Asbestos and Rubber Company (UNARCO) Bloomington plant, 1954-1962
• Thacker v. Unr Industries, Inc. (4th District, 1991). Worker in the pipe-covering department at Union Asbestos Rubber Company (UNARCO) Bloomington plant, 1954-1962
• Wehmeier v. Unr Industries, Inc. (4th District, 1991). UNARCO employee (pipe department) at UNARCO plant, Bloomington, to 1963
• Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1st District, 1990). Industrial welder at Chrysler Motors and Sundstrand Corporation, 1973-1987
• Naden v. Celotex Corp. (1st District, 1989). Employee in the powerhouse machine shop at Commonwealth Edison's Waukegan Powerhouse, 1952-1976
• In re Unr Industries, Inc. (1987). Navy sailor engaged in asbestos rip-out operations at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Honolulu
• VaSalle v. Celotex Corp. (1st District, 1987). Insulator at 1941-1973
• Zupan v. Industrial Com. (5th District, 1986). Bricklayer at National Steel, Granite City Division plant, 1951-1973
• Krull v. Celotex Corp. (1985). Insulator
• Froud v. Celotex Corp. (1983). The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate court and affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' common law punitive damages claims against the asbestos defendants, including Celotex, because those claims did not survive the decedents' deaths under the Survival Act.
• Nolan v. Johns-Manville Asbestos (1981). Asbestos insulator at 1941-1973
• Nolan v. Johns-Manville Asbestos & Magnesia Materials Co. (1st District, 1979). Asbestos insulator at 1941-1973

Indiana

• Myers v. Bremen Casting, Inc. (2016). Electrician at Facilities of Bremen Casting, Inc. and Mastic Home Exteriors, Inc., 1961-1980
• Hedden v. CBS Corporation (2015). Yeoman, Petty Officer Third Class at Norfolk Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia (USS Franklin D. Roosevelt overhaul), 1968-1969
• Roberts v. ACandS, Inc. (2007). Union insulator at 1957-1994
• Psi Energy, Inc. v. Roberts (2005). Insulator at PSI Dresser generating station, late 1960s-1970s
• Psi Energy, Inc. v. Roberts (2004). Insulator at PSI Dresser generating station, late 1960s-1970s
• Roberts v. ACandS, Inc. (2004). Union insulator at 1957-1994
• Black v. ACandS, Inc. (2001). Blast furnace worker at Gary Works plant of USX Steel, 1956-1983
• Jurich v. Garlock, Inc. (2001). Pipe fitter, later mill mechanic at Inland Steel, East Chicago, 1946-1986
• Parks v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2001). Ironworker and boilermaker at J.R. Kent Heating
• Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995). Trucker, laborer, furnace operator and melting attendant at Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) Warrick operations, Ingot Department, Newburgh, 1970-1988
• Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988). Insulation mechanic

Iowa

• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2024). Independent contractor performing construction and maintenance projects at Alcoa aluminum plant, Bettendorf, 1950s to mid-1970s
• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2022). Independent construction contractor at Alcoa aluminum plant, Bettendorf, 1950s through mid-1970s
• Beverage v. Alcoa, Inc. (2021). Independent contractor inside an aluminum plant at aluminum plant owned by Alcoa, 1950s-mid-1970s
• Kinseth v. Weil-McLain (2018). Boiler and furnace installer at Kinseth Plumbing and Heating
• Huber v. Watson (1997). Maintenance man at Muscatine city hall, 1950-1976
• Tallman v. WR Grace & Co.-Conn. (1997). Electrician at 1966-1967
• Perrin v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994). Boiler-tender/fireman at USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), 1958-1962
• Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1994). Laborer, auxiliary operator, plant attendant, cleanup duties at Iowa Power Plant on Vandalia Road, Des Moines, 1957-1985
• Beeman v. Manville Corp. Asbestos Fund (1993). Plumber and pipefitter at since 1953
• Meyer v. Iowa State Penitentiary (1991). Maintenance department employee, plant manager at Iowa State Penitentiary, 1963-1978

Kansas

• Little v. the Budd Company, Inc. (2020). Pipefitter at ATSF Topeka car shops
• Little v. Budd Company (2019). Pipefitter at Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad passenger railcars
• Little v. Budd Co. (2018). Pipefitter and Sheet Metal Worker at ATSF repair shops, Topeka, 1951-1981
• Little v. Budd Company (2018). Employee of ATSF Railroad at Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad passenger railcars
• Little v. Budd Company (2018). The court denied The Budd Company's motion to amend and certify its two earlier orders on Federal Safety Appliance Act preemption for interlocutory appeal, so plaintiff Nancy Little prevailed on the motion.
• Little v. the Budd Company (2018). The district court overruled The Budd Company's objection and affirmed the magistrate judge's order denying its motion to add a ninth expert witness and reopen discovery, so plaintiff Nancy Little prevailed on this motion.
• Little v. the Budd Company (2018). Pipefitter at Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, 1951-1979
• Miller v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982). Worker exposed on his job at twenty-five years

Kentucky

• Letcher County Board OF Education v. Hall (2023). Teacher at Old Letcher County High School boiler room, 1976-2003
• Letcher County Board OF Education v. Hall (2022). Teacher at Old Letcher County High School boiler room, 1976-2003
• Letcher County Board OF Education v. Hall (2019). Teacher at Letcher County High School (old high school boiler room), 1976-2003