Take-Home and Secondary Asbestos Exposure: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve take-home exposure: 253 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Take-Home and Secondary Asbestos Exposure.

Pennsylvania

• Shields v. General Electric Co. (2020). Laundered her husband's dusty work clothing
• Wagner v. Standard Steel, Lcc (2017). Wife of laborer and crane operator who laundered his work clothes at Burnham Facility (wheel and axle manufacturing facility), 1970-1972
• Ney v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (2016). Child of an asbestos insulator who rode in his car and laundered his clothes at Bethlehem Steel, 1948-1953
• Gillen v. Boeing Company (2014). Laundered husband's work clothes at Gillen home (laundering husband's clothes)
• Haldaman v. Eaton Corporation (2014). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Bethlehem Steel, 1966-1986
• Smith v. Bmw OF North America LLC (2014). Child and young adult of an auto mechanic, visiting father's garage at his father's garage, Uttoxeter, 1967-1983
• Millsaps v. Aluminum Company of America (2012). Father-in-law who worked at Alcoa; exposure through his clothes at Alcoa's Tennessee Operations, 1965-1996
• Hutchinson v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2004). Washed work clothing of her husband and sons

Rhode Island

• Day v. 3M Company Inc. (2024). Wife laundering her husband's work clothes at 1966-1990

South Carolina

• Murphy v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (2001). Daughter of Du Pont chemical engineer exposed via father's clothing at Du Pont facility, Camden, South Carolina, 1966-1969

Tennessee

• Stockton v. Ford Motor Company (2017). Wife who cleaned her husband's auto shop and laundered his work clothing at Stockton Auto
• Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company (2008). Daughter of an Alcoa employee at Alcoa facility in Alcoa, Tennessee, from 1979
• Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company, Inc. (2007). Child of Alcoa employee (father a Reclamation Furnace Operator, later mechanical specialist) at Alcoa facilities, 1973-1975, 1978 onward

Texas

• Burford v. Howmet Aerospace, Inc. (14th District, 2024). Washed her husband's work clothes at Alcoa aluminum smelter (Rockdale Plant), 1963-1993
• Neely EX rel. Estate OF Goehring v. Union Carbide Corporation (14th District, 2021). Washed her son's work clothes at Freight cars unloading drilling mud additives (Royce's summer job), 1975-1977
• Petrie v. Novelis Corporation (2021). Son of a Mare Island shipyard worker at Mare Island Naval shipyard
• Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014). Son of a Knox Glass employee at Knox Glass plant
• Hearn v. Snapka (13th District, 2012). Household contact of her husband
• In re Placid Oil Company (2012). Wife who gathered and laundered her husband's work clothing at Black Lake Facility, Natchitoches Parish, 1966-1995
• In re Placid Oil Company (2011). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes at Black Lake Facility, Natchitoches Parish, 1966-1988
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (5th District, 2010). Child of a Knox Glass welder; dust on father's clothing at Knox Glass, 1960-1984
• Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (14th District, 2008). Wife of refinery machinist at Exxon Baytown refinery, 1942-1972
• Ford Motor Company v. Miller (14th District, 2008). Step-daughter who washed Roland's work clothes at Roland's home
• Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (5th District, 2007). Wife of Alcoa potroom worker, laundered his work clothes at Alcoa Rockdale plant, 1953-1955, 1957-1959
• Alcoa, Inc. v. Behringer (5th District, 2007). Wife of Alcoa potroom worker, laundered his dusty work clothes at Alcoa's Rockdale plant potrooms, 1953-1955 and 1957-1959
• Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Altimore (14th District, 2006). Wife of Exxon machinist, laundered his work clothes at Exxon Baytown refinery, 1942-1972
• In re Sears, Roebuck and Co. (9th District, 2004). Son of a Sears automotive repair shop worker (stepfather) at Sears Automotive repair shop
• In re Sears, Roebuck and Co. (2003). Child of a worker
• Fuller-Austin Insulation Co. v. Bilder (9th District, 1998). Stepdaughter of an insulator installer; washed his work clothes at Ray Hardy's home, 1956-1960

Utah

• Boynton v. Kennecott Utah Copper, LLC (2021). Wife of a laborer and electrician who laundered his work clothes at Kennecott smelter, 1961-1965

Virginia

• Quisenberry v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (2018). Daughter of shipyard worker who laundered his work clothes at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, 1942-1969

Washington

• Perkins v. United States (2024). Wife who laundered her husband's work clothes; husband was a Navy Machinist's Mate at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, March 1970-August 1972
• Perkins v. United States (2023). Wife of Navy Machinist Mate; did his laundry at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1968-1974
• Carroll v. Akebono Brake Corporation (1st Division, 2022). Child of a shipyard welder at father's shipyard, WWII
• Clayton v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2020). Son of a career naval officer
• Hoffman v. Ketchikan Pulp Co. (2nd Division, 2019). Child of a welder and pipefitter at the mill at Ketchikan pulp mill, 1954-1966
• Varney v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2019). Exposure from his father's automotive work
• Jack v. Borg-Warner Morse Tec, LLC (2018). Child of a Union Pacific employee at Union Pacific worksites (father's work clothes), Seattle
• Estate OF Brandes v. Brand Insulations, Inc. (1st Division, 2017). Wife who laundered her husband's work uniform at ARCO Cherry Point Refinery, 1971-1975
• Hoffman v. General Electric Company (2nd Division, 2016). Child of a mill welder at Ketchikan Pulp Company mill, 1954-1967
• Arnold v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2011). Son of an insulator
• Arnold v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2nd Division, 2010). Son of insulator living at parents' home at 1960-1988
• Lunsford v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (2009). Son of an insulator, exposed to fibers brought home on clothing and tools at Texaco refinery, Anacortes, 1948-1965 (father's work at the refinery in summer 1958)
• Kimball v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (1st Division, 2008). Wife who washed husband's work clothes at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 1946-1970s
• Sales v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2008). Child of a mill worker (father worked at the lumber mill) at Weyerhaeuser lumber mill, Mountain Pine
• Rochon v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. (1st Division, 2007). Wife of Scott Paper employee, laundered his work clothing at Scott Paper Company (Kimberly-Clark) factory; family home, 1956-1966
• Sales v. Weyerhaeuser Company (2nd Division, 2007). Child of a mill worker; father worked with asbestos-containing materials at the mill at Weyerhaeuser mill, Mountain Pine, 1984-1992
• Fox v. Alcoa, Inc. (1st Division, 2005). Child who helped launder her grandfather's work clothes at Alcoa Wenatchee works

West Virginia

• Amick v. Ohio Power Company (2014). Wife laundering husband's work clothes at Muskingum River Power Plant, 1953-1954
• Amick v. Ohio Power Company (2013). Launderer of her husband's work clothes (husband was a bookkeeper) at Muskingum River Power Plant, 1953-1954