Shipyards and Maritime Work: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve shipyards and maritime work: 751 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Shipyards and Maritime Work.

New York

• Grossman v. AO Smith Water Products Co. (2008). 1940's
• Berger v. Amchem Prods. (2006). Welder at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1941 to 1944
• IN the Matter of United States Lines Inc. (2006). Merchant mariner at U.S. Lines vessels
• Dankenbrink v. Foster Wheeler (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2006). Merchant seaman at commercial seagoing vessels, 40 years
• Ak v. Aqua-Chem (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2005). 1940s to 1980s
• Nesbiet v. General Electric Co. (2005). Welder and shipfitter at Brooklyn Navy Yard, USS Missouri, 1943-1944
• Ballard v. Armstrong World Indus. (Matter of Seventh Jud. Dist. Asbestos Litig.) (Monroe, 2002). Philadelphia Navy Yards, 1942 to 1945
• Ciletti v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation) (1997). Sheet-metal worker at Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, 1955-1966
• Conway v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation) (1997). Welder at a shipyard, 1941-1984
• Mtr. OF Nyc Asbestos Litig. (1997). Shipyard worker
• Dollas v. WR Grace & Co. (1st Dept., 1996). Worked on the USS Constellation at Brooklyn Navy Yard, USS Constellation
• In re Prudential Lines, Inc. (1996). Electrician at Grace Lines (PLI's predecessor) vessels, 1943-1965
• Tabolt v. Flintkote Co. (In re New York Asbestos Litigation) (1994). Worker at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1942-45
• Penny v. United Fruit Co. (1994). Chef or caterer on oceangoing vessels at Ocean-going vessels owned by defendants (including Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Saxonia, Ivernia, Andes, Southern Cross, S.S. Golfito), 1958-1962
• In re Waterman SS Corp. (1993). Seamen at Waterman vessels
• In re Prudential Lines, Inc. (1992). Merchant marines at PLI shipping vessels, 1940-1986
• In re Waterman SS Corp. (1992). Seamen, former Waterman employees at Waterman Steamship Corporation vessels
• Kreppein v. Celotex Corp. (1992). Cleaning ship engine rooms and boiler rooms at Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn, 1940-1942
• Grispo v. Eagle-Picher Indus. (In re Joint E. & S. Dist. New York Asbestos Lit.) (1990). Worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1941-1945
• Kreppein v. Owens-Illinois (In re New York Asbestos Litigation) (1990). Laborer cleaning up asbestos debris left by pipe coverers at Todd Shipyard, 1940-1942
• Rummo v. The Celotex Corp. (In re Joint Eastern & Southern Dist. Asbestos Lit.) (1989). Worker with asbestos at Brooklyn Navy Yard, thirty years ago
• Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1st Dept., 1989). Marine engineer at commercial ships owned by the defendants, three decades
• Swogger v. Waterman SS Corp. (1987). Marine engineer at engine rooms of some 13 vessels, more than 35 years at sea
• Weinberg v. Johns-Manville Prods. Corp. (1st Dept., 1979). Employee at the shipyard at Sparrows Point Shipyard, Baltimore, 1941-1945

Ohio

• Shaffer v. AW Chesterton Co. (9th Appellate District, 2019). Merchant marine, engine room and boiler room at United States Steel Corporation vessels on the Great Lakes (Pittsburgh Steamship Division), 1960-1961
• State EX rel. Roger Bacon High School v. Indus. Comm. OF Ohio (10th Appellate District, 2011). Marine combat physician at USS Navarro, 1964-1966
• Jackson v. AC Product Liability Trust (2009). Wiper at Executor, 1969
• Bartel EX rel. Estate, Rich v. AC Prod. Liab. Tr. (2006). Merchant seaman, engineer and electrician on ships at ships (merchant seaman), 1945-1950
• Bartel v. John Crane, Inc. (2004). Merchant seaman, engine department (Fireman/Watertender up to Chief Engineer) at Merchant vessels (steam vessels), 1964-1994
• Lindstrom v. AC Products Liability Trust (2003). Merchant seaman, engine department at Ship deck winches, 1964-1994

Oregon

• Long v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (2025). Civilian ships
• Long v. 3M Company (2024). Shipyard foreman and laborer at shipyards in Portland, Oregon, 30 years
• Golik v. CBS Corp. (2020). Wiper in the engine room at SS Philippine Bear (merchant marine ship), 1968-1969
• Coury v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2018). Shipyard worker at Northwest Marine & Iron Works Shipyard and Albina Engine & Machine Works Shipyard, Portland
• Matter of Compensation of Fossum (1982). Electrical worker at Kaiser Company T.R.D. and two other shipbuilders, early 1940s
• Matter of Fossum (1980). Shipyard worker at shipyards, early 1940s
• Matter of Fossum (1980). Shipyard worker at shipyards, 1940s

Other federal courts

• Susino EX rel. Estate OF Decedent Susino v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2023). Seaman at Vessels owned, operated or managed by OSG, docked at the Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp refinery, St. Croix, 1978-1980
• Pace v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2016). Apprentice machinist at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Shop 31, 1972-1975
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2016). Clean-up laborer and painter-blaster at Avondale Shipyard, 1948-1996
• Wilde v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2015). Worker at the shipyard (her father, Percy Legendre, Sr.) at Avondale Shipyard, 1940s
• Anderson v. Bondex International, Inc. (2014). Child of a pipe cover insulator at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1947-1956
• Williams v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI)) (2014). Shipyard worker at shipyard in Newport News, Virginia
• Ruppel v. CBS Corporation (2012). Civilian overseeing construction of aircraft carrier at U.S.S. Enterprise, 1957-1971
• Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, Owcp (2010). Shipyard carpenter at Willamette Iron & Steel Co. shipyard, Portland, 1956
• Lindstrom v. AC Product Liability Trust (2005). Merchant seaman, licensed engineer in the engine department at 1963-1994
• Bath Iron Works Corp. v. US Dept. of Labor (2003). Shipyard worker handling asbestos insulation at Bath Iron Works shipyard, 1941-1986
• Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock v. Stilley (2001). Electrician's helper at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 1950s
• Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. v. Faulk (2000). Shipfitter constructing and repairing ships at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, almost six years before 1978
• Blanding v. Director, Owcp (1999). Marine engineer and naval architect