Railroad Work: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve railroads: 111 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Railroad Work.

Minnesota

• Kath v. Burlington Northern R. Co. (1989). Laborer at Northern Pacific roundhouse, 1942

Mississippi

• Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Oakes EX rel. Hagan (2018). Railroad employee at 1952-1994
• Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Gregory (2005). Trackman/switch oiler at Tunica County, Mississippi (Illinois Central Railroad), 1971 - 2000

Montana

• Wells v. BNSF Ry. Co. (2024). Community resident at Libby Railyard
• Wells v. BNSF Railway Company (2023). Resident living adjacent to the railyard at BNSF railyard, Libby
• McDowell v. Burlington Northern Santa FE Railway Company (2017). Resident at Libby community, railcar transport of vermiculite from mine

Nebraska

• Butler v. Union Pacific R. Co. (2020). Brakeman and conductor at 1963-2000

New Jersey

• Vesper v. 3M Company (2016). Sheet metal worker and electrician at Pennsylvania Railroad, Camden
• Estate OF Brust v. Acf Industries, LLC (2015). Train operator, yard operator, and supervisor (father John Noga) at PATCO multiple unit locomotives, 1970-1977

New York

• Horvath v. Acf Indus., LLC (2014). Clerk, car checker, and signal inspector at CSX railroad, Michigan, 1950s and 1960s
• Bailen v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2013). Electrician at Union Pacific, Omaha, late 1950's
• Baiocco v. AC & S., Inc. (2013). Signalman at Boston & Maine Railroad, 1950s-1980s
• Frieder v. Long Is. RR (2013). Cashier at Dashing Dan Diner, LIRR Morris Park maintenance facility, 1972-1979
• Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013). Diner operator at diner serving Long Island Rail Road repair personnel, 1972-1979
• Rollock v. 3M Company (2013). Senior car inspector at Jamaica barn, NYCTA, Kew Gardens, 1967-1978
• Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012). Signalman and foreperson at Park Avenue Tunnel, Grand Central Station, New York, 1972-1980
• Neuer v. American Art Clay Co., Inc. (2012). Maintainer, signalman, foreman at Grand Central Station tunnels, New York, 1972-1989
• Aguirre v. Long IS. Rail RD. Co. (2007). Laborer and machinist at Long Island Rail Road, 1972 to 2002
• Aguirre v. Long Island Railroad Co. (2007). Laborer and machinist at Long Island Rail Road, "power pack" railroad cars, 1972-2002
• Caradonna v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2007). Mechanic's helper, welder, train car inspector, coach cleaner, and assistant foreman at Long Island Railroad, 1949-1977
• Buckley v. Metro-North Commuter RR (1996). Pipe fitter at Grand Central Terminal steam tunnels, New York, 1985-1988

North Carolina

• Connor v. Covil Corporation (2021). Machinist mechanic at Norfolk Southern Railway, 1943-1944, 1946-1963
• Williams v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2006). Supervisor of CSX shops at CSX Hamlet, North Carolina facility, 1962-1999

Ohio

• Nuckols v. Consol. Rail Corp. (6th Appellate District, 2022). Machinist at 1976 onward
• Arpin v. Consol. Rail Corp. (8th Appellate District, 2016). Railroad employee
• Oglesby v. Consol. Rail Corp. (6th Appellate District, 2009). Railroad worker
• Riedel v. Consolidated Rail Corporation (8th Appellate District, 2009). Railroad worker
• Barone v. Gatx Corp. (11th Appellate District, 2006). Stenciler in the paint shop at GATX temporary paint shop attached to the repair shop, 1961-1962
• Anderson v. AC & S., Inc. (8th Appellate District, 2003). Sheet metal worker and pipe fitter at Nickel Plate Railway Company, 1940-1961

Other federal courts

• Consolidated Rail v. Ray ex rel. Estate of Boyd (2011). Erie Lackawanna Railway Company, 1942-1976
• Kurns v. AW Chesterton Inc. (2010). Welder, machinist, and supervisor at Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad facilities, 1947-1994
• CSX Transp., Inc. v. Hensley (2009). Electrician at L & N Railroad (now CSX Transportation), 33 years of employment
• Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers (2003). Former railroad employee
• Metro-North Commuter R. Co. v. Buckley (1997). Pipefitter at Grand Central Terminal steam tunnels, New York, 1985-1988

Pennsylvania

• Anderson v. Consolidated Rail Corporation (2023). Clerk, trackman, and track foreman (the complaint says timekeeper and trackman) at Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), 1976-1990
• Hassell v. Budd Company (2019). Electrician at Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad passenger railcars, 1945-1989
• Jarrett v. Consol. Rail Corp. (2018). Railroad employee at Conrail and its predecessors-in-interest
• Hassell v. The Budd Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Lit.(no. VI)) (2016). Electrician at Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 1945-mid-1970s
• Kurns v. Soo Line RR (2013). Welder and machinist at locomotive repair and maintenance facilities, 1947-1974
• Perry v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2013). Installing and removing brake shoes on railcars
• Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. (2012). Welder and machinist at locomotive repair and maintenance facilities, 1947-1974
• Breedlove v. CSX Transportation (In re Liability Litigation) (2011). Insurance salesman visiting CSX employees at CSX Transportation's Tilford and Waycross properties, 1962-1995
• Breedlove v. CSX Transp. Corp. (2009). Insurance agent selling to railroad employees at Tilford shop (CSX mechanical shop), Atlanta, 1960s onward
• Kurns v. AW Chesterton (2009). Machinist/welder at Milwaukee Road Railroad, 1947-1974
• Donoughe v. Lincoln Elec. Co. (2007). Welder at Penn Central Railroad shop (later Conrail and Norfolk Southern), 1974-2000
• Jessop v. Acf Industries, LLC (2004). Electrician at Topeka, Kansas rail yard of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, sixteen year career

Tennessee

• Payne v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (2015). Switchman, switch foreman, and brakeman at CSX main railroad line between Etowah, Tennessee, and Corbin, Kentucky (cabooses), 1962-2003
• Russell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2015). Mechanic at Illinois Central Trigg Avenue and Johnston Yard maintenance shops, Memphis, 1974-2007
• Blackmon v. Illinois Central Railroad Company (2014). Machinist at Illinois Central Railroad, 1945-1989
• Denton v. Southern Ry. Co. (Eastern Section, 1993). Pipefitter at 1937-1953