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.

Pennsylvania

• Burger v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2009). Electrician at New York Shipyard, Camden, 1954-1956
• Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2009). Child exposed to father's work clothes; father a pipe cover insulator at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (father's work clothes, family home), 1947-1956
• Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2009). Child laundering her father's work clothes (father worked as an insulator) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth
• Chicano v. General Electric Company (2004). Sheet metal mechanic at New York Shipyard; USS Kitty Hawk, Camden, 1959-1962
• Hutchinson v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2004). Clerk on ships at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
• Andaloro v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (2002). Worked with asbestos products; trained apprentices at Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, eight years
• Wilson v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2002). Worked at the shipyard during World War II at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1944-45
• Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000). Sheet metal worker at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1965-1971
• Greenleaf v. Garlock, Inc. (1999). Shipfitter at Sun Ship, 1942-1949
• Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997). Laborer in a boiler room at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1940s
• Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996). Electronics technician at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1963-1974
• Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1995). Painter at New York Shipyard, Camden, late 1950's and early 1960's
• Dempsey v. Pacor, Inc. (1993). Electrician at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1960-1987
• Giffear v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1993). Pipefitter at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, from 1980
• Zenson v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1993). Sun Ship, Chester
• Sealover v. Carey Canada (1992). Merchant Marines
• Taliferro v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1992). Laborer doing general cleanup and debris removal on ships at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1967-1981
• Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991). Pipefitter, then supervisor, assistant foreman, and superintendent at Sun Ship Company (now the Penn Ship Company), 1959-1976
• Normann v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1991). Coppersmith and mechanical engineer at Navy shipyard, Brooklyn, 1941-1965
• Novelli v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1990). Rigger's helper at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1965-1971
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. US (1987). Sheetmetal worker at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1941 to 1943, and from 1946 to 1979
• Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Pipefitter at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1941-1943, 1947-1978
• Colombo v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1984). Employee of the United States at the shipyard at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1958-present
• Christman v. Dravo Corp. (1983). Mechanic/welder at Dravo Corporation shipyard, Neville Island (East Yard outfitting dock), 1942-1945
• Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1982). Employee at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1957-present (date of complaint)

Rhode Island

• Moore v. Crane Company (2021). Electronics technician at USS Francis Scott Key, Groton, 1965-1969
• Mannix v. CBS Corporation (2019). Welder at Electric Boat, Groton, 1974-1978
• McCarthy v. Warren Pumps (In re Asbestos Litigation) (2017). Crewmember living aboard ship during repairs, cleaning vents at Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, 1951-1955
• Santos v. AC McLOON Oil Co. (2015). Carpenter, welder, finishing crane operator, and yard foreman at Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, 1952-1993
• Gallagher v. American Insulated Wire Corp. (2014). Welder at Electric Boat, Groton, 1965-1971
• Santos v. AC McLOON Oil Co. (2013). Welder, carpenter, finisher, crane operator, and yard foreman at Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, 1952-1993
• Gallagher v. National Grid Usa/narragansett Electric. (2012). Welder at Electric Boat, Groton, 1965-1971

South Carolina

• Warren v. 3M Company (2021). Machinist, Marine Journeyman; Machinist, Marine Instructor at Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1956-1975
• Dandridge v. Crane Co. (2016). Pipefitter and coppersmith at Charleston Naval Shipyard, 1965-1976

Texas

• Petrie v. Novelis Corporation (2021). Son of a Mare Island shipyard worker at Mare Island Naval shipyard
• In re Global Sante FE Corporation (2008). Seaman employed aboard a vessel at vessel employed aboard by GSF
• Jacobs v. Tapscott (2006). Employed in shipyards
• Todd Shipyards Corporation v. Perez (2000). Employee at Todd Shipyards, 1954-1974
• Perez v. Todd Shipyards Corp. (1999). Laborer at Todd Shipyards Corporation, 1954-1974
• Pittsburgh Corning Corp. v. Walters (13th District, 1999). Navy enlistee overseeing nuclear submarine construction at Navy nuclear submarine construction, 1960s
• Boyett v. Keene Corp. (1993). Marine engineer at Hoosier State (ship), 1955-1967
• Keene Corp. v. Rogers (6th District, 1993). Boilermaker and insulator helper at Alabama shipyards and industrial plants, 1950s, 60s, and 70s
• Castorina v. Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. (1984). Longshoreman at Galveston docks; Lykes vessels (MARGARET LYKES, STELLA LYKES, etc.), 1965-1972
• Carter v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1983). Rigger at Consolidated Shipyard, Orange, 1942 to 1946

Utah

• Hipwell v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2022). Boiler tender standing fire watch at U.S.S. Foss, dry dock, Long Beach, 1951-1953

Virginia

• Mullinex v. John Crane, Inc. (2020). Machinist Mate in the United States Navy at Navy ships docked in Norfolk, Virginia and elsewhere, and shipyards, 1969-1989
• Quisenberry v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018). Daughter of shipyard worker who laundered his work clothes at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, 1942-1969
• Ripley v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2016). Boilermaker at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, 1969-1972 and 1974-late 1970s
• Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. v. Cantrell (2015). Child of employees (parents worked for Huntington) at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
• Wilson v. AC&S, Inc. (2015). Shipfitter, electrician, draftsman, and engineer at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 1963-2001