Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve asbestos-reinforced plastics: 68 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics.

North Carolina

• Brock v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2021). Supervisor overseeing motor repair at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company plant motor repair shop, Winston-Salem, two years
• Reed v. Reichhold Liquidation, Inc. (2021). Worked in a variety of jobs at Square D manufacturing plant, Cedar Rapids, 1972-1976
• Finch v. BASF Catalysts LLC (2018). Setup man / mold changer on tire presses at Firestone tire factory, Wilson, 1975-1995

Pennsylvania

• Gorton v. Warren Pumps, LLC (2023). Electrician mate at USS Blue, 1959-1961
• Gorton v. Eaton Corporation (2022). Electrician mate at USS Blue, 1959-1961
• 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
• Kraus v. Alcatel-Lucent (2018). Electronics officer and subsequently communications officer at U.S.S. Cambria, 1964-1967

Rhode Island

• Day v. 3M Company Inc. (2024). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes at 1966-1990

South Carolina

• Robertson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2021). Electrician at various industrial facilities in North and South Carolina, about 1965-1980

Texas

• In re Reed (2016). Worker in the Plastics Mold Cleaning and Bakelight Departments at Square D Manufacturing Plant, Cedar Rapids, 1971-1976

Virginia

• Wilson v. AC&S, Inc. (2015). Nuclear engineer and electrical engineer at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Westinghouse circuit breakers on ships), 1971-1979

Washington

• Cockrum v. CH Murphy/clark-Ullman, Inc. (2022). Laborer in the pot rooms, later laboratory technician at Alcoa Wenatchee Works
• Behrmann v. Abb, Inc. (2021). Journeyman electrician, later supervisor at Lockheed Shipyard, Seattle, 1962-1988
• Curtis v. Abb Incorporated (2015). Repaired and sanded electrical components

Wisconsin

• Estate OF Gregovich v. Auer Steel & Heating Supply (1st District, 2014). Sheet metal worker doing maintenance and repair of boilers and furnaces
• Anderson v. Proctor & Gamble Paper Products Co. (2013). Union electrician, journeyman electrician and foreman at Charmin Paper Mill (Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.), Green Bay, 1955-1979
• Anderson v. the Proctor & Gamble Paper Products Company (2013). Union electrician (journeyman electrician and foreman for electrical contractors) at Charmin Paper Mill, Green Bay, 1955-1979