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.

Kentucky

• Letcher County Board OF Education v. Hall (2018). Teacher at Old Letcher County High School boiler room, 1976-2003
• Stallings v. Georgia Pacific Corp. (2017). Helped operate and maintain the ship's boilers at USS Waller, nearly four years
• Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2015). Boiler operator at USS Waller, 1955-1959
• Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2013). Boiler tender at USS Waller, 1955-1959
• Rehm v. Ford Motor Company (2011). Millwright (an industrial construction worker) at Ford Louisville Assembly Plant, late 1970s to 1981 (dates disputed)
• Certainteed Corporation v. Dexter (2010). Pipefitter at General Electric plant (Mount Vernon), 1969-1971
• Cardinal Industrial Insulation Co., Inc. v. Norris (2009). Rohm & Haas employee performing a variety of jobs at Rohm & Haas Louisville facility, 1967-1999
• White v. Cardinal Industrial Insulation Co., Inc. (2007). Production worker, maintenance, and pipe-fitter at General Electric Appliance Park, Louisville, early 1950's through mid-1990's
• Combs v. Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. (2006). Worked at the Appliance Park at General Electric Appliance Park, 1973-1999
• Hunton v. City of Bowling Green (2006). Maintenance department worker at Cutler-Hammer plant, Bowling Green, 1965-1977
• Rehm v. Navistar International (2005). Millwright at Facilities owned by the appellees (including Allied Chemical, DuPont, Ford, GE, Kentucky Utilities Ghent Powerhouse, LG&E Cane Run and Mill Creek), Louisville, 1975-1982
• Strickland v. Owens Corning (1998). Installer of insulation materials at 1948-1989
• Capital Holding Corp. v. Bailey (1994). Removing pipes and ducts from the basement at Commonwealth Building, Louisville, August-November 1987

Louisiana

• Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2024). Worked for Avondale (job not stated) at Avondale
• Marsh v. Chas Kurz & Company (2024). Merchant mariner at vessels owned by Chas Kurz & Co., Chiquita Brands (United Fruit), Farrell Lines (American Export Lines) and National Bulk Carriers, 1940s-1950s
• Crossland v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2023). Husband, a Woodward employee and later supervisor/foreman at industrial construction sites at Monsanto, Gulf Oil and Shell worksites, Luling, 1974-2012
• Hutchins v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2023). First Engineer at Genevieve Lykes
• Phillips v. Exxon Chemical Louisiana, LLC (1st Circuit, 2023). Apprentice pipe fitter, pipe fitter, and welder at Exxon, 1969 to 1979
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Crane operator working next to other crafts at Various plants and refineries owned by the defendants, 1989-2017
• Ragusa v. Louisiana Guaranty Insurance Association (2023). Crane operator at Monsanto industrial plant, Luling, 1990 or 1991 onward
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Insulator at Avondale Shipyard (Lykes vessels), 1961-1979
• Robichaux v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2023). Insulator and carpenter at Avondale Shipyard, 1961-1979
• Short v. Honeywell International, Inc. (2023). Nuclear Weapons Specialist at Barksdale Air Force Base, 1966-1970
• Walker v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2023). Pipefitter and welder at Waterford I and II, 1967-1969
• Adams v. Eagle, Inc. (2022). Pipefitter and welder at Avondale shipyards, New Orleans, 1972-1979
• Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022). Worked at Avondale near insulators at Avondale
• Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2022). Employed in various positions by or on the premises of Avondale Shipyards at Avondale Shipyards, 1965
• Becnel v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Worked in living quarters and engine rooms of Lykes vessels at Avondale Shipyard (Lykes vessels), 1965
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Family member of insulators living in the family home at Avondale Shipyards (brothers' work), 1967-1972
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Family member living with brothers who worked at Avondale at Family home, Kraemer, 1967-1972
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Lived with brother who worked at Avondale at family home in Kraemer, Louisiana, 1967-1968
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Maintenance man at Triad Nitrogen LLC, Donaldsonville, early-1980s
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Child of an insulator (father Calise Cortez worked as insulator) at Union Carbide facility, Taft, 1966-1968
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Worked at Avondale near insulators at Avondale
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Father worked as an insulator at Nine Mile Point power plant, 1967
• Falgout v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2022). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Avondale Bridge City shipyard, 1965-1979
• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2022). Boiler inspector / field surveyor at Buck Kreihs shipyard, New Orleans, 1970s
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2022). Pipefitter's helper and tack welder at Avondale Shipyards, Main Yard, Bridge City, 1969-1970
• Morales v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2022). Tacker at Avondale, 1970-1973
• Morales v. Anco Insulations Inc. (2022). Tacker at Avondale Shipyard, 1970-1973
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder at Avondale, 1967-1972
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Carpenter at CF Industries, 1974
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Carpenter at CF Industries, 1974
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2022). Yard clerk in the insulation shop at Avondale shipyard insulation shop, 1969
• Barrosse v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2021). Electrician helper/electrician at Avondale Shipyard, 1969-1977
• Brindell v. Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction Inc. (2021). Mechanic at Port of New Orleans (Puerto Rico Marine Management ships), 1970-1984
• Broussard v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2021). Laundered work clothes of ex-husband, a pipe fitter's helper at Avondale at Avondale Shipyards, 1970-1971
• Hayes v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2nd Circuit, 2021). General laborer, then assistant operator at Commercial Solvents ammonia plant and fertilizer plant, Sterlington, 1953-1954
• Hulin v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2021). Employee at Avondale Shipyards at Avondale Shipyards
• Hutchins v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2021). Worked aboard vessels at Lykes Bros. vessels (Margaret Lykes, Dolly Turman, Genevieve Lykes, Elizabeth Lykes), 1964-2006