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.

Pennsylvania

• Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000). Steamfitter's helper and pipe fitter's helper at Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO), 1947-1975

Rhode Island

• Stadtler v. Aurora Pump Co. (2022). Stepdaughter of a union insulator who worked at power stations at Power stations in New England (Montaup, Narragansett, Norwich, Montville, Yankee Rowe, New Bedford), 1948-1965
• Burdick v. NIBCO (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2021). Laborer, mechanic, maintenance man, boiler operator, pipefitter, machinist, and welder at Scranton Steam Heat Company, 1956-1972
• Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015). Insulator at Acme Power Plant, Toledo, 1970
• Gallagher v. American Insulated Wire Corp. (2014). Janitor, helper, assistant boiler operator, boiler operator, turbine operator, and engineer at Narragansett Electric, 1952-1984
• Podedworny v. American Insulated Wire Corp. (2014). Employee of Narragansett Electric at Narragansett Electric, 1953-1984
• Reera v. AO Smith Corp. (2014). Insulation installer for subcontractor at Mystic Generating Station, Unit 7, 1974
• Burdick v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2012). Laborer, maintenance worker, mechanic, welder, machinist, pipe fitter and boiler operator at Scranton Steam Heat Company
• Gallagher v. National Grid Usa/narragansett Electric. (2012). Mechanic technician welder at National Grid plant, Providence, 1984-1998
• Hopkins v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2011). Laborer and maintenance worker at Tucson Gas & Electric, 1946-1981

South Carolina

• Jolly v. Fisher Controls International, LLC (2024). Inspector overseeing tradesmen who replaced gaskets and valves at Oconee, McGuire, and Catawba nuclear plants, 1980-1984
• Glenn v. 3M Co. (2023). Instrument technician at Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca, mid-1970s to at least 1990
• Jolly v. General Elec. Co. (2021). Mechanical inspector at Oconee, McGuire, and Catawba nuclear power plants, 1980-1984

Tennessee

• Ingram v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. (1994). Employee of Union Carbide at K-25 Plant, Oak Ridge, 1973-1979

Texas

• In re Roc (4th District, 2004). Workers employed at the plant at Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station
• North American Refractory Co. v. Easter (13th District, 1999). Engineer-inspector at Gorgas Steam Plant, Alabama Power Company, 1960s and 70s
• White v. CBS Corp. (3rd District, 1999). Maintenance worker at Seaholm power plant, Austin, 1952-1962

Utah

• Boynton v. Kennecott Utah Copper, LLC (2021). Wife of a construction electrician who laundered his work clothes at Huntington Canyon Power Plant, 1973

Vermont

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

Virginia

• Locke v. Johns-Manville (1981). Industrial electrician at power plant job at Wilmington, North Carolina, 1954-1955

Washington

• Monlux v. 3M Company (2024). Hanford Nuclear Facility
• Hickson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (1st Division, 2022). Pipefitter at Washington Public Power Supply nuclear plant, Hanford
• Cameron v. Atlantic Richfield Company (1st Division, 2019). Boilermaker at Centralia Steam Plant, 1971
• Griffin v. CBS Corporation (2016). Boiler operator (husband Ronald Griffin) at San Diego Gas & Electric Company, 1950s-1970s
• McMann v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2014). Union carpenter apprentice at Centralia Steam Plant, 1969-1970
• Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2nd Division, 2008). Construction electrician at Centralia Steam Plant, 1971 and 1973-1974

West Virginia

• Amick v. Ohio Power Company (2014). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Muskingum River Power Plant, 1953-1954
• Amick v. Ohio Power Company (2013). Launderer of her husband's work clothes (husband was a bookkeeper) at Muskingum River Power Plant, 1953-1954

Wisconsin

• Nooyen v. Wisconsin Elec. Power Co. (2020). Pipefitter at Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant, 1970-1972
• Ahnert v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau (2018). WEPCO Oak Creek Powerhouse
• Mohn v. CBS Corporation (1st District, 2018). Heavy equipment operator at Genoa nuclear power plant, mid-1960s
• 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 Oak Creek Power Plant, 1968-1969
• Ahnert v. Employers Insurance Company OF Wausau (2016). Steamfitter at Oak Creek Power Plant, Unit 5, 1989
• Brezonick v. AW Chesteron Company (1st District, 2015). Steamfitter at WEPCO Oak Creek Power Plant, 1969-mid-1970s
• Nuutinen v. CBS Corporation (2015). Pipefitter at Point Beach Nuclear Power Station, Two Rivers, 1960s
• Viola v. Wisconsin Elec. Power Co. (2013). Insulator or "pipe coverer" at Oak Creek Power Plant, 1960s
• Anderson v. Combustion Engineering, Inc. (2002). Machinist at Oak Creek power plant

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