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.

Other federal courts

• Brown & Root, Inc. v. Sain (1998). Electrician for various maritime employers at Newport News maritime employers, including Brown & Root, 1951-1976
• Holbrook v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1996). Merchant seaman at shipping companies' vessels, 1953-1991
• Cretan v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (1993). Electrician engaged in the repair and construction of ships at 1942-1943
• Johnstone v. American Oil Co. (1993). Jones Act seaman at Four merchant vessels built during World War II, 1964 and 1967-1978
• Miller v. American President Lines, Ltd. (1993). Seaman: maintenance reefer, oiler, electrician and wiper at defendants' ships, 1944-1951 and 1953-1969
• Feldman v. Owens-Illinois (In re Brooklyn Navy Yard Asbestos Litigation) (1992). Pipe fitter at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1942-1945 or 1946
• Rotondo v. Keene Corp. (1992). Tacker and welder at Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard (ship Monticello), 1942-43
• Sawyer v. Fibreboard Corp. (In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases) (1991). Pipefitter at Pearl Harbor shipyard
• Newport News Shipbuilding v. Harris (1991). Employee of the Company at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
• O'brien v. National Gypsum Co. (1991). Apprentice electrician at Brooklyn Navy Yard, May 1944-May 1945
• Vaughn v. Farrell Lines, Inc. (1991). Fireman/watertender, engineman, oiler and wiper at boilers and engine rooms of vessels owned by U.S. flag shipowners
• Fagiola v. National Gypsum Co. AC & S., Inc. (1990). Quality assurance engineer at General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard, Groton, late 1950's and 1960's
• Hoffman v. Allied Corp. (1990). Lathe operator in the ordnance repair shop at Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, World War II, approximately 14 months
• Johnson v. Celotex Corp. (1990). Electrician's helper at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1942-1945
• Dube v. Pittsburgh Corning (1989). Daughter of a shipyard pipe insulator (exposed to dust on father's work clothes) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, 1959-1973
• Smith v. US (1989). United States merchant seaman at 1966-1972
• Bauer v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1988). Sheet-metal worker at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1943-1966
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. US (1988). Sheetmetal worker at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1941-1979
• Menne v. Celotex Corp. (1988). Pipefitter (earlier pipe-installer trainee and lay-out man) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1941-1945/46, and about a year from late 1946
• Whatley v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1988). Chipper at Alabama shipyard, over thirty years, until 1982
• Herber v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Pipefitter at New York Shipyard, 1958-1967
• Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986). Shipyard worker
• Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1986). Pipefitter at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Key Highway shipyard, Baltimore, 1940-1979
• Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985). Sheet-metal mechanic and work leaderman (supervisor) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Pascagoula, 1953-1971
• Rocco v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985). Employee at naval shipyards at New York and Philadelphia Naval shipyards, 1943-1981
• Rosenberg v. Celotex Corp. (1985). Employee at the shipyard at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, 1961-1965
• Shuman v. United States (1985). Third-class shipfitter at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, 1942; 1951-53
• Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Employee of insulation subcontractor at Consolidated Shipyard, Orange, 1944
• Hansen v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1984). Pipefitter at Todd Shipyards, 1940-1976
• Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Sheet-metal mechanic, later work leaderman/supervisor at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, 1953-1971
• Lowe v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, A Div. of Litton (1984). Shipyard employees at Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, Pascagoula
• Bouvier v. Krenz (1983). Rigger at Avondale Shipyards
• Director, Office OF Workers'comp. v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (1982). Sheet metal worker and foreman at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, almost thirty-nine years, ending December 1978
• Fusco v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1981). Pipe-coverer at Long Beach Naval Shipyards, 1957-1970
• White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1981). Shipyard worker at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

Pennsylvania

• Warrington v. 3M Company (2023). Painter in the Paint Shop Division at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1980-1994
• Hilster v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022). Wife of a pipefitter who laundered his work clothes at Electric Boat, Groton, 1957-1970
• Hilster v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes at Electric Boat, 1957-1975
• Hilster v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022). Wife of a pipefitter; laundered his work clothes at Electric Boat, Groton, 1957-1970
• Hilster v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022). Wife of a pipefitter who laundered his work clothes at Electric Boat and naval shipyards (Navy nuclear submarines), 1958-1987 and 1989-1995
• Amato v. Bell & Gossett (2015). Boilermaker at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1972-1980
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2012). Worked on vessels at Avondale at Avondale Shipyards
• Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011). Shipyard machinist at Charleston Naval Shipyard
• Conner v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (2011). Shipyard worker, machinist at Charleston Naval Shipyard
• Wingfield v. John Crane (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI)) (2011). Shipyard worker at Newport News shipyard
• Linster v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2011). Mechanic's helper, then marine machinist at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1966-1979
• Willis v. BW IP International Inc. (2011). Machinist in Shop 38 at Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1973-1993
• Cowley v. Acands, Inc. (2010). Welder and burner at Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard, 1941-1982
• Gitto v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2010). Shipfitter, later shipbuilding and hull machinery inspector at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1951-1996
• Hagen v. Benjamin Foster Co. (2010). Outside machinist at U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, 1958-1961