Asbestos Industrial Process Materials: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve industrial process materials: 71 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos Industrial Process Materials.

Ohio

• Keiser v. Donald Mckay Smith, Inc. (2023). Employee at Mansfield Plumbing at Mansfield Plumbing, Perrysville, 1964-2003
• Taylor v. BASF Catalysts, LLC (8th Appellate District, 2023). Son of a laborer and machine operator who brought fibers home at Firestone Tire Plant, Akron, 1953-1971
• Bier v. Am. Biltrite (8th Appellate District, 2012). Owner of D&F Tile, a flooring company at D&F Tile, 1962 into the 1970s
• Polanco v. Asbestos Corp., Inc. (3rd Appellate District, 2007). Employee of Maremont at Maremont Corporation facility, 1966-1979
• Rettig v. Gen. Motors Corp. (8th Appellate District, 2006). Apprentice installing an industrial generator at Toledo Edison facility, 1948-1949
• Bush v. Abex Corp. (1989). Reliability chemist at Delco Moraine Division, General Motors, Dayton, 1962-1987
• Adkins v. GAF Corp. (1988). Worker in the cement plant, felt mill and paint house, and unloader of railroad cars carrying asbestos fiber at Celotex plant, Lockland, 1951-1987

Oregon

• Griffin v. Allis-Chalmers Corporation Product Liability Trust (2010). Long-haul truck driver at U.S. Gypsum manufacturing plant, Southgate, 1972-1980

Other federal courts

• Conwed Corp. v. Union Carbide Corp. (2006). Employees manufacturing ceiling tiles at Conwed ceiling tile manufacturing
• Barnes v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2000). Worker in the whiskey filtration department at Barton Brands Distillery, 1959-1990
• Chism v. WR Grace & Co. (1998). Mixing operator and bagger in the specialties department at A.P. Green Refractories Company plant, Mexico, Missouri, 1952-1955 and 1957-1964
• Cochran v. EI DuPont de Nemours (1991). Deck grinding crew sailor at USS Independence, Norfolk, 1970 to 1974

Pennsylvania

• Finello v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2023). Maintenance worker laying floor tile at First National Stores warehouse security office, late 1960s or early 1970s
• Ney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2016). Child of an asbestos insulator who rode in his car and laundered his clothes at Bethlehem Steel, 1948-1953
• Howard v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011). Bee Fuel Oil Company, 1962-1964
• Neal v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd. (1982). Personnel manager at Philip Carey manufacturing plant, Plymouth Meeting, 1926-1962

Texas

• Neely EX rel. Estate OF Goehring v. Union Carbide Corporation (14th District, 2021). Washed her son's work clothes at Freight cars unloading drilling mud additives (Royce's summer job), 1975-1977
• Celotex Corp. v. Tate (13th District, 1990). Plant worker handling raw asbestos for kalite mixing; also electrician at Acme plant (wallboard and plaster plant), almost thirty years
• Castorina v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1984). Longshoreman at Galveston docks; Lykes vessels (MARGARET LYKES, STELLA LYKES, etc.), 1965-1972

Utah

• Riggs v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (2013). Helped her father at residential construction sites, cleaning up and sanding joint compound dust at Her father's residential construction sites, 1958-1977

Wisconsin

• Herr v. Linde LLC (2015). Visiting artist, sculptor and art instructor at Prairie School, Racine, 1970-76