Pipefitters and Plumbers: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve pipefitters and plumbers: 288 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Pipefitters and Plumbers.

South Carolina

• Dandridge v. Crane Co. (2016). Pipefitter and coppersmith at Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1965-1976

Tennessee

• Correll v. EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (2006). Pipe fitter at DuPont Chattanooga facility, 1948-1985
• Denton v. Southern Ry. Co. (Eastern Section, 1993). Pipefitter at 1937-1953

Texas

• Petrie v. Novelis Corporation (2021). Pipefitter on naval ships at Mare Island
• Union Carbide Corporation v. Torres (13th District, 2019). Pipefitter at Union Carbide chemical plant, Brownsville, 1975-1977
• In re EI DU Pont DE Nemours and Company (9th District, 2015). Pipefitter at DuPont Sabine River Works, 1966-1975
• Ross v. Union Carbide Corporation (14th District, 2009). Pipefitter
• Union Carbide Corporation v. Smith (1st District, 2009). Pipefitter and general laborer at Union Carbide Texas City plant
• Satterfield v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (3rd District, 2008). Industrial laborer, pipefitter and welder's helper at oil refinery near Monahans; refineries, chemical plants, gas plants and other industrial sites, 1956-1996
• Gilcrease v. Garlock, Inc. (8th District, 2006). Union pipefitter and plumber at 1957 onward
• In re Sears, Roebuck and Co. (2003). Apprentice plumber at family plumbing and heating business, 1971-1978

Utah

• Anderson v. Ford Motor Company (2014). Plumber/pipefitter work removing and replacing gaskets and packing

Vermont

• Carpin v. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (2024). Pipefitter (her husband) at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 1971-1972

Virginia

• Ford Motor Co. v. Boomer (2013). Pipefitter at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, early 1940s
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Watson (1992). Pipe fitter at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, submarines, 1964 for the next 23 years

Washington

• Monlux v. 3M Company (2024). Pipefitter helper at Lockheed Shipbuilding Company, f/k/a Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co., Seattle, 1961-62
• Holdsworth v. Scapa Waycross, Inc. (1st Division, 2023). Pipe shop worker at Camas paper mill, 1995-2001
• Welch v. Brand Insulations, Inc. (1st Division, 2023). Welder and pipefitter at ARCO Cherry Point refinery, 1980s
• Hickson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (1st Division, 2022). Pipefitter at ARCO Cherry Point Refinery, Ferndale, 1984
• Clevenger v. John Crane, Inc. (1st Division, 2020). Pipefitter at 1974-2015
• Hoffman v. General Electric Company (2nd Division, 2016). Pipefitter
• Ehlert v. Brand Insulations, Inc. (1st Division, 2014). Pipefitter at ARCO Cherry Point Refinery, 1971-1972
• Farrow v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (1st Division, 2014). Pipefitter; design shop at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1953-1974
• Hoyt v. Lockheed Shipbuilding Company (2013). Pipefitter (her ex-husband, Leroy Birkholz) at Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock, 1954-1958
• Morgan v. Aurora Pump Co. (1st Division, 2011). Pipefitter/steamfitter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1952-1957, 1959-1963
• 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
• Koker v. Armstrong Cork, Inc. (1st Division, 1991). Pipefitter at Todd and Lockheed Shipyards, Seattle, 1969-1971 and 1974-1986
• Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp. (1989). Pipefitter

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 (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
• Alexander v. Auer Steel & Heating Co. (1st District, 2015). Sheet metal worker, heating installer, and plumber at Alexander Heating & Plumbing Company job sites, Waukesha, 1946-2011
• Brezonick v. AW Chesteron Company (1st District, 2015). Steamfitter at Pabst brewery
• Nuutinen v. CBS Corporation (2015). Pipefitter at Point Beach Nuclear Power Station, Two Rivers, 1960s