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.

Louisiana

• Ragusa v. Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association (2021). Ran a "cherry picker" at Avondale Shipyards, 1972-1975
• Sampey v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2021). Niece of a shipyard worker (her uncle) at Avondale Shipyard, 1957-1965
• Sanchez v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2021). Bar patron at Gomez's Bar, 1974-1975
• Sentilles v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2021). Son of a shipyard worker at Avondale Shipyards, 1950s-1970s
• Bourgeois v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2020). Mail dispatcher at Avondale shipyard, May 1973 - January 1974
• Broussard v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2020). Laundering the clothes of her ex-husband, a shipyard worker at Avondale Shipyard, 1968-1969
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020). Avondale employee at Avondale Shipyards (Westwego Yard), 1969 to 1974
• Dempster v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2020). Employee of Avondale at Avondale, 1962-1994
• Dempster v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2020). Employee of Avondale at Avondale, 1962-1994
• Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020). Avondale shipyard, 1962-1994
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020). Son of an Avondale Shipyards employee at Avondale Shipyards, 1960s
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020). Son of a worker at Avondale Shipyards at Avondale Shipyards, 1960s
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020). Child of a worker at Avondale Shipyards at Avondale Shipyards, 1960s
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2020). Child of a worker (father employed at Avondale Shipyards) at Avondale Shipyards, 1960s
• Gooding v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (2020). Employee of the American Bureau of Shipping at American Bureau of Shipping, 1970-1979
• Hernandez v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2020). Avondale Shipyard, 1967-1969
• Hernandez v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2020). Painter's helper and assistant clerk at Avondale, 1968, 1969, and 1970 (summers)
• Holmes v. Bossier (2020). Welder at Avondale shipyard, New Orleans, 1970s
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2020). Employee at Avondale Shipyards at Avondale Shipyards, Main Yard, mid 1960s
• Jackson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2020). Employee of Avondale Shipyard at Avondale Shipyard, 1970-1977
• Jackson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2020). Employee of Avondale Shipyard at Avondale Shipyard
• Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2020). Machinist aboard the USS Tappahannock at Avondale shipyard (USS Tappahannock refurbishment), 1960s and 1970s
• Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc (2020). Welder and pipefitter at Brown and Root Houston marine yard, 1973-1985
• Marsh v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2020). Seaman at Lykes vessels built by Avondale (LOUIS LYKES, RUTH LYKES, MASON LYKES, GENEVIEVE LYKES)
• Roussell v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2020). Worker at Avondale Shipyard (her father, Asward P. Theriot) at Avondale Shipyard, 1957-1958
• Sampey v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2020). Niece living in the home of an Avondale worker (uncle Huey Levron) at Avondale Shipyard, 1957-1965
• Waguespack v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2020). Father's employment at Avondale (Edward Luft, Sr.) at Avondale, 1944-1971
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2019). Child of a shipyard employee at Avondale Shipyards, 1960s
• In re Friede Goldman Halter, Inc. (2019). Employee at Gretna at Gretna Machine & Iron Works, Harvey, 1975-1976
• Knight v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2019). Employee at Avondale Shipyard at Avondale Shipyard, 1967-1982
• Parfait v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2019). Sheet metal helper at Avondale Shipyards, Main Yard, 1968-1978
• Rodrigue v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (2019). Washed her brother's clothes; brother worked as a rigger at Avondale Shipyards
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls (2019). Worker at Avondale Shipyards (work treated as ship repair and shipbuilding) at Avondale Shipyards, 1948-1995
• Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2019). Worked at Avondale Shipyards at Avondale Shipyards, 1948-1995
• Schindler v. Dravo Basic Materials Company (2019). Oiler in the engine room of a dredge at AVOCET (dredge), 1973
• Schindler v. Dravo Basic Materials Company, Incorporated (2019). Worked in the engine room of the dredge Avocet (merchant marine) at Avocet (dredge), Lake Pontchartrain, 1973
• Brown v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2018). Cleanup man, tacker, and insulator helper at Avondale Shipyard, 1967 to 1971
• Burkart v. PPG Industries, Inc. (2018). Avondale
• Gomez v. Aardvark Contractors, Inc. (2018). Son of an Avondale Shipyards employee at Avondale Shipyards, 1960s
• Guillot v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2018). Husband and father employed at Avondale (her exposure was secondhand) at Avondale shipyard
• Legendre v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2018). Daughter of shipyard worker Percy Legendre (exposed at home) at Avondale shipyard, 1940s
• Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018). Employee of Huntington Ingalls at Huntington Ingalls shipyard, 1965-1979
• Melancon v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2018). Worked exclusively in the Electrical Department at Avondale Shipyard, 1965-2002
• Morgan v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2018). Sheet metal tacker at Avondale Shipyards, 1966
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Pipefitter and welder (decedent's husband, Richard Punch Sr.) at Avondale shipyard, New Orleans, 1948-1960
• Rivera v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (2018). Pipefitter and welder (husband, Richard Punch Sr.) at Avondale shipyard, New Orleans, 1948-1960
• Schindler v. Dravo Basic Materials Company, Inc. (2018). Worked in the engine room of a vessel at Dredging vessel DRAVO, Lake Pontchartrain, 1973
• Templet v. Huntington Ingalls, Incorporated (2018). Employee of Huntington Ingalls at 1968-1979
• Uzee v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018). Employee at Avondale shipyard at Avondale shipyard, New Orleans, 1964-1972
• Blouin v. Huntington Ingalls Inc. (2017). Laundering her husband's work clothes (husband was an electrician) at Avondale, April 1972 to August 1972