Power Plants and Utilities: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve power plants and utilities: 242 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Power Plants and Utilities.

New York

• Raney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1990). Asbestos installer at generating plants, mid-1940's until at least 1955
• Simpson v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1990). Worked on the steam piping system at Rochester Gas and Electric Company, 1957-1988

North Carolina

• Barkley v. 4520 Corp., Inc. (2022). Father's work clothes laundered by daughter; father a carpenter building scaffolding at Duke Power Allen power plant, 1956-1961
• McDaniel v. John Crane, Inc. (2021). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Duke Power Belews Creek power plant, 1978 onward
• McDaniel v. John Crane, Inc. (2021). Wife of Duke Power operator who laundered his work clothes at Belews Creek power plant (Duke Power), 1974-2005
• Whitehead v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2020). Sheet metal and maintenance mechanic at Marshall Steam Plant, 1960s
• Young v. American Talc Company (2017). Boiler room, turbine room and powerhouse mechanic at 1966
• Wilder v. Amatex Corp. (1985). Insulator at Carolina Power & Light Company job site, Moncure

Ohio

• Louden v. AW Chesterton Co. (8th Appellate District, 2008). Plant helper and maintenance man at CEI power plant, Ashtabula, 1977-2000
• Rettig v. Gen. Motors Corp. (8th Appellate District, 2006). Apprentice installing an industrial generator at Toledo Edison facility, 1948-1949

Oklahoma

• Public Service Company v. Austin Power, Inc. (2016). Pipefitter at Northeastern Power Station, Oologah, July-December 1968
• Olsen v. Oklahoma Gas and Elec. Co. (4th Division, 2012). Insulation installer at OG & E electric power generating plant, 1970

Oregon

• Portland General Electric Company v. Ebasco Services, Inc. (2012). Worker at a power plant at Portland General Electric power plant, 1970s

Other federal courts

• Martin v. Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (2009). Child of a CG&E worker; father worked on underground power lines at Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, 1952-1963
• In re Combustion Engineering, Inc. (2004). The Third Circuit vacated the District Court's order confirming Combustion Engineering's prepackaged Chapter 11 plan, vacated the § 105(a) injunction protecting Basic and Lummus, and remanded for further findings on the two-trust structure, with the insurers' appeals largely dismissed for lack of standing.
• Harder v. ACandS (1999). General maintenance worker at Iowa power plants with GE steam turbines, 1956-1989
• Malcolm v. National Gypsum Co. (1993). Sheet-metal worker at thirteen worksites, two of them powerhouses
• Roehling v. Nat. Gypsum Co. Gold Bond Bldg. (1986). Pipefitter at Huntley Power Station, Buffalo, July 1948 to December 1948

Pennsylvania

• The Continental Insurance Company v. Pennsylvania Electric Company (2024). Employee of Penelec at Penelec, 1975-1996
• Data v. Pennsylvania Power Company (2023). Employee of Penn Power at Pennsylvania Power Company, 1983-2009
• Data v. Pennsylvania Power Company (2023). Employee of Penn Power at Pennsylvania Power Company, 1983-2009
• Data v. Joy Global Underground Mining (2022). Assisted the maintenance department scraping and replacing gaskets at West Pittsburgh Power Station, New Castle, 1983-1988
• Gay v. AO Smith Corp. (2022). Quality control supervisor at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, Shippingport, 1974-1976
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2022). Quality control supervisor at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, Shippingport, 1974-1976
• Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Pulverizer operator assisting maintenance at West Pittsburgh Power Station, New Castle, 1983-2009
• Data v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Worker at power station at West Pittsburgh Power Station, New Castle, 1983-2009
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Field Quality Control Supervisor / Superintendent of Quality Control at Nine Mile Power Plant, 1977-1981
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Maintenance worker at SM-1 facility, Ft. Belvoir, 1958-1961, 1964-1967
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Quality control observer checking installed equipment against blueprints at Beaver Valley Power Station, Shippingport, 1974-1976
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Reactor operator and maintenance supervisor at SM-1 Power Station, Ft. Belvoir, 1958-1961 and 1964-1967
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Assistant superintendent, later superintendent, of field quality control at Niagara Mohawk Power Station (Nine Mile Point), 1977-1981
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Quality control supervisor at Beaver Valley Power Station, 1974-1976
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Hydrostatic testing at power stations at Beaver Valley Power Station, Shippingport, 1974-1989
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Inspector of piping systems and equipment at Beaver Valley Power Station, 1974-1976
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). SM-1 facility, Ft. Belvoir
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Worked on pumps by packing them and taking them apart at SM-1 nuclear power facility, Ft. Belvoir, 1958-1961
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Beaver Valley Power Station, Shippingport, 1974-1976
• Roverano v. John Crane, Inc. (2020). Helper and a carpenter at PECO Energy Company, 1971-1981
• Rabovsky v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016). Millwright at 1950s onward
• Rost v. Ford Motor Co. (2016). Janitor, coal handler, boiler attendant, pump operator, instrument operator, chief of instrumentation and controls at Metropolitan Edison power plant, Portland, 1960-1994
• Graver v. Foster Wheeler Corp. (2014). Employee at the plant at Pennsylvania Power and Light's Holtwood Steam Plant, 1983-2010
• Rost v. Ford Motor Company (2014). Worker on turbines at Metropolitan Edison
• Scott v. Duquesne Light Company (2014). Employee in various capacities at Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, 1941-43 and 1945-85
• Cardaro v. General Electric Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (VI)) (2013). Mechanic at Nine Mile Point Steam Electric Station, 1977-1982
• In re Lindemann v. Edison (2010). Union laborer (boiler clean-up) at Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Shippingport, 1974-1988
• Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009). Engineer plant supervisor at Public Service Electric & Gas Company, 1956-1997
• Weible v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2008). Residential boiler installer at PECO garage facility, Morton, 1958 to 1991
• Chenot v. AP Green Services, Inc. (2006). Worked with insulators at Ohio Edison's R.E. Burger Power Station, 1954-1955
• Rudy v. A-Best Products Company (2005). Plumber/pipefitter at Three Mile Island Power Station, 1969 to 1980
• Harahan v. AC & S, Inc. (2003). Pipefitter at PECO facilities, 1972-2000