Refineries and Petrochemical Plants: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve refineries and petrochemical plants: 196 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Refineries and Petrochemical Plants.

Louisiana

• Rareshide v. Mobil Oil Corp. (4th Circuit, 1998). Mechanical assistance, machinist, pipe fitter, insulator, warehouseman, second class pipe fitter, and mobile crane operator at Tenneco/Mobil refinery, Chalmette, 1965-1995
• Ruckstuhl v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1st Circuit, 1998). Wife of refinery employee; exposed via husband's work clothes at Baton Rouge Exxon refinery
• Atkinson v. Celotex Corp. (3rd Circuit, 1994). Insulator at Cities Service Refinery, more than 20 years
• Quick v. Murphy Oil Co. (4th Circuit, 1994). Insulator, later permanent supervisor at Murphy Oil, 1955-1980
• Cole v. Celotex Corp. (1992). Refinery worker at Cities Service refinery, 1945-1976

Maryland

• ACandS v. Abate (1998). Insulator's helper at Standard Oil refinery, Baltimore, 1951-1957
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett (1996). Mechanic helper, loader, gauger, fire equipment man, safety inspector at Conoco plant, Baltimore, 1952-1986

Montana

• Wommack v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. (2017). Laborer at Cenex Laurel refinery, 1968-1969

New Jersey

• Fowler v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. (2017). Mill room worker who scooped, weighed and mixed powdered ingredients including asbestos at Bloomfield chemical plant (adhesive products facility), 1954-1994
• Thomasson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2015). Maintenance worker and/or pipefitter at Monsanto Chemical plant, Bridgeport, 1960-1985
• Barile v. 3M Company, Inc. (2013). Union insulator (apprentice) at Exxon's Bayway refinery, Linden, 1962-1963
• Andreoli v. State Insulation Corporation (2011). Worked for Star Contracting and other entities at the site at Amerada Hess refinery, Perth Amboy, late 1970s to early 1980s
• Anderson v. AJ Friedman Supply Co. (2010). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Linden Bayway Refinery (Exxon), 1969-2003
• Olivo v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2006). Steamfitter/welder at Exxon Mobil refinery, Paulsboro, 1947-1984
• Olivo v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2005). Welder/steamfitter at Exxon Mobil oil refinery, Paulsboro, 1951-1983
• Sholtis v. American Cyanamid Co. (1989). Mill operator, maintenance laborer, pipefitter's helper, junior mechanic, area mechanic at American Cyanamid plant, 1941-1980
• Millison v. EI du Pont de Nemours (1988). Pipecoverer or lagger at Chambers Works plant, 1953 to the time of trial

New York

• Viglietta v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (Erie, 2022). Supervisor at Durez chemical plant, North Tonawanda, summers of 1974 and 1976
• Epstein v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Refilling vending machines at Exxon Baytown Refinery, 1976-1980
• Mantovi v. American Biltrite (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2019). Mobil Oil Refinery
• Matter of Adesso v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2018). Material handler, pipe fitter, electrician, chemical operator, plant operator, and mason tender at Hooker Chemical, Niagara Falls, 1951-1989
• Brooks v. AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORPORATION (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2017). Yard laborer, chemical reactor operator, boiler helper at Hooker Chemical, 1953-1985
• Reynolds v. Garlock Sealing Technologies (Mtr OF Eighth Jud. Dist. Asbestos Litigation) (2007). Worker at the refinery at Ashland Oil Refinery, Tonawanda, 1942-1987

North Carolina

• Logan v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (2014). Maintenance supervisor at Getty Oil refinery, 1956-1986
• Logan v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (2014). Maintenance supervisor at Getty oil refinery, 1956-1986

Ohio

• Bartel EX rel. Estate, Rich v. AC Prod. Liab. Tr. (2006). Engineer at a jet fuel refinery at jet fuel refinery, 1955-1975

Other federal courts

• Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1998). Insulation and construction workers (insulators, machinists, pipefitters, carpenters, etc.) at Twenty-two worksites (refineries, shipyards, chemical plants, other industrial facilities and a power plant), 1942-1982
• Dunn v. Hovic (1993). Worker at HOVIC at HOVIC (Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.)
• Dunn v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass (Division of St. Croix, 1991). Pipe insulation installer at Hess Oil Refinery, 1966 onward
• Graffagnino v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985). Insulator at Texaco, Inc.'s Port Arthur refinery, about forty years
• Martin v. American Petrofina, Inc. (1985). Pipefitter at Exxon plant, Baton Rouge, 1951; 1956-1961

Pennsylvania

• Groover v. CBS Corporation (2014). Refinery worker and front line supervisor (husband); decedent laundered his work clothes at Marcus Hook refinery (Trainer refinery), 1973-2010
• Senger v. AH Bennett Company (2012). Refinery worker at Amoco refinery, Mandan, 1955-1985
• Various Plaintiffs v. Various Defendants (2012). Worked at refinery at Amoco refinery, Mandan, 1955-1985
• Hogston v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2009). Member of the Plant's maintenance crew at Olin Chemical Corporation Plant, Saltville, 1958-1972
• Hogston v. Allis-Chalmers Corp. (2009). Member of the Plant's maintenance crew at Olin Chemical Corporation Plant, Saltville, 1958-1972
• Vanaman v. Dap, Inc. (2009). Wife of refinery worker at Atlantic Refinery, 1948-1961
• Chenot v. AP Green Services, Inc. (2006). Helper for an independent contractor (Philip Carey), removing and installing insulation at Koppers Kobuta manufacturing facility, Pittsburgh, 1950-1951
• Baumgart v. Keene Bldg. Products Corp. (1995). Laborer, pipe fitter, truck driver, storeroom clerk and auto mechanic at Witco Chemical Corporation, 1950-1980
• Moran v. G. & WH Corson, Inc. (1991). Insulator helper, insulator, and shop fabricator at Sun Oil Company Refinery, 1936-1972
• Maher v. Wcab (BP Oil Corp.) (1989). Insulator at Marcus Hook Refinery, 1940-1978
• Marcucci v. Wcab (BP Oil Co.) (1986). Employee at Marcus Hook Refinery, 30 years, until July 7, 1974
• Lowe v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985). Refinery employee at Mobil Oil Corporation refinery, Paulsboro, 1942 until suit was filed (1982)

Rhode Island

• Carson v. 3M Company (2018). Boiler maker at Mobil Oil Refinery, East Providence, 1946-1971
• Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015). Insulator at British Petroleum, Toledo, 1973
• Cary v. 3M Company (2013). Various tasks at Hoechst at Hoechst Chemical Corporation facility, over three decades, ending 1994
• Cary v. American Optical Corporation (2013). Pipefitter, maintenance supervisor and maintenance foreman at Hoechst Chemical Corporation, Coventry, over three decades; hands-on with Watts products 1969-1974
• Melford v. Abex Corporation (2012). Worker at two oil refineries at two oil refineries, mid-1960s through 1990
• Hopkins v. Buffalo Pumps, Inc. (2011). Laborer and maintenance worker at Mobil Oil, 1946-1981

Tennessee

• Coffman v. Armstrong International, Inc. (2021). Equipment mechanic at Tennessee Eastman chemical plant, Kingsport, 1968-1997