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

• Danos v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2008). Electrician's helper, electrician, terminator and foreman at Avondale Shipyards, 1964-1977
• Danos v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2008). Electrician's helper, electrician, terminator and foreman at Avondale Shipyards, 1964-1977
• Thibodeaux v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (4th Circuit, 2008). Exposed through father's and husband's clothing at Todd Shipyards
• Bradley v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (2007). Marine electronics technician at Avondale Shipyard, 1967-68
• Chaisson v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2006). Wife who shook off and laundered her husband's work clothes at Avondale Shipyards, 1963 to 1976, and approximately 1982 to 1986
• Adams v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1st Circuit, 2005). Longshoreman at Mississippi River ships and landside warehouses, 1965, 1970-1983
• Cichirillo v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2005). Electrician at Avondale Shipyard, 1961-1984
• Cichirillo v. Avondale Industries (4th Circuit, 2004). Electrician at Avondale Industries, 1961-1984
• Torrejon v. Mobil Oil Co. (4th Circuit, 2004). Oiler, machinist, assistant engineer, fireman/watertender at Mobil vessels (STANVAC CAPE TOWN, SOCONY VACUUM, SACONNET, TATARRAX, SAUCON, SHABONEE, MAGNOLIA, ECLIPSE), 1941-1949 and 1956
• Vodanovich v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2004). Longshoreman at wharves along the Mississippi River, New Orleans area, 1948 to 1986
• Booth v. Acands (4th Circuit, 2003). Pipe insulator on ships under construction at Avondale, 1969
• Breaux v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2003). Worker at Avondale shipyard at Avondale's main shipyard
• Ewing v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (3rd Circuit, 2003). Avondale Shipyards, 1971-1972
• Faulkner v. McCarty Corp. (4th Circuit, 2003). Longshoreman at Cotton Warehouse, Port of New Orleans, 1951-1989
• Jefferson v. Cooper/T. Smith Corp. (4th Circuit, 2003). Longshoreman at Dock Board docks, wharves and warehouses on the Mississippi River, New Orleans, 1946-1976
• Landry v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2003). Worker at Avondale Industries, 1965-1967
• Hennegan v. Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co. (4th Circuit, 2002). Jones Act seaman/deckhand at Cooper/T. Smith derrick barges, 1965-1968
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (5th Circuit, 2001). Carpenter helper, tacker-welder, welder, shipfitter, leaderman shipfitter at Avondale shipyard, main yard, 1942-1970
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (5th Circuit, 2001). Engine room mechanic at Avondale, 1964-1971 or '72
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (5th Circuit, 2001). Shipfitter at Avondale Shipyards (Main Yard), 1962-1974
• Dufrene v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (4th Circuit, 2001). Employee of Avondale Shipyard at Avondale Shipyard, 1970-1975
• Brunet v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (5th Circuit, 2000). Employee of Avondale at Harvey Quick Repair Yard, 1950-1978
• Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (4th Circuit, 1998). Shipfitter doing carpentry work at Avondale Shipyards, 27 years, to 1978
• Gauthe v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (5th Circuit, 1998). Former employee of Avondale at 1944-1972
• Meredith v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (4th Circuit, 1998). Employee of Todd at Todd Shipyard Corp., 1964-1972
• Gauthe v. Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (5th Circuit, 1997). Worker at Avondale Shipyards at Avondale Shipyards, 1942-1977
• Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (4th Circuit, 1996). Welder repairing boilers at Todd Shipyards, 1939-1944, 1946-1952
• Held v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (4th Circuit, 1996). Marine surveyor at Avondale Industries, 1967-1992
• Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1986). Worked at a shipyard at shipyard in Orange, Texas, 1945
• Halphen v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985). Worked at a shipyard at shipyard in Orange, Texas, 1945

Maine

• Coffin v. Ametek, Inc. (2020). Bath Iron Works
• Bernier v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1986). Boilermaker at Bath Iron Works, 1942-1945
• In re All Maine Asbestos Litigation (1986). Present and former employees of Bath Iron Works performing construction or repair work on naval vessels at Bath Iron Works, on U.S. naval vessels in the Kennebec River, 1940-1980
• Austin v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. (1984). Painter and cleaner at Bath Iron Works, 1952-1976
• Austin v. Unarco Industries, Inc. (1983). Painter and cleaner at Bath Iron Works, 1952-1976
• Austin v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1981). Employee of Bath Iron Works at Bath Iron Works, 1950-1976
• Linnell, Choate & Webber v. Heyde (1971). Pipecoverer at Bath Iron Works shipyard

Maryland

• Murphy v. Union Carbide Corporation (2021). Shipyard worker — helper, electrical equipment; apprentice electrician at Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore, 1973-1974
• Barrett v. AW Chesterton Co. (2019). Shipfitter at Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, 1958-1964, 1966-1985
• Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019). Worker at the Bethlehem Steel boiler shop assembling boilers at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, 1948 through the 1970s
• Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2018). Riveter heater and boiler maker in the boiler shop at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, 1948 through the 1970s
• Davenport v. Mcic, Inc. (2017). Laborer and outside machinist at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore, 1956-1958 and 1960-1972
• Fish v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2017). Worked on pipes and pipefitting in shipbuilding at NS Savannah and USS Kitty Hawk, 1960-1961
• Rhodes v. Mcic, Inc. (2017). Laborer, welder and boilermaker at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, 1956-1959
• Sawyer v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2017). Shipbuilder, assembling boilers in the boiler shop at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, 1948-1970s
• Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016). Electrician at Sparrows Point Shipyard, 1962-1963
• Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016). Worked with GE generators and wiring at Sparrows Point Shipyard, 1962-1963
• Oliver v. Campbell McCORMICK, Inc. (2016). Pipefitter's and drafting apprentice at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, 1967 to 1970
• Sawyer v. Union Carbide Corporation (2016). Riveter heater and boiler maker in the boiler shop at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, 1948 through the 1970s
• Citrano v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc. (2015). Electrician second class at Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard, U.S.S. Santa Barbara engine rooms, Baltimore, 1968-1971