Asbestos Textiles: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve asbestos textiles: 169 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Asbestos Textiles.

New York

• Dietrich v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2013). Carpenter and laborer at various sites, 1960s-1990s
• Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2013). Insulator at 1950s-1990s
• McCloskey v. AO Smith Water Prod. Co. (2013). Steamfitter at Con Edison Astoria and Arthur Kill powerhouses, 1962-2004
• McDonald v. CBS Corp. (2013). Steam presser at dry-cleaning businesses, Brooklyn and Queens, 1941-1986
• Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012). Worker in the supply area of Navy ships at two U.S. Navy ships, 1967-1971
• Crane v. AO Smith Water Products Co. (2012). Steamfitter (also insulator and welder) at Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant construction site, 1975-1986
• Ballard v. Anchor Packing Co. (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2009). Worker in the marine industry on engines and pumps at 1957-1990s
• Ciletti v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation) (1997). Sheet-metal worker at Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, 1955-1966

North Carolina

• Barkley v. 4520 Corp., Inc. (2022). Father's work clothes laundered by daughter; father a carpenter building scaffolding at Duke Power Allen power plant, 1956-1961
• Payne v. Charlotte Heating & Air Cond. (2005). Servicing furnaces and boilers at Charlotte Heating & Air Conditioning, 1960-1966
• Wilder v. Amatex Corp. (1985). Insulator at construction sites in nine states, 1938-1979

Ohio

• MacLachlan v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2019). Cast house helper at Weirton Steel blast furnace, from approximately 1979 (affidavit says some occasions before 1977)
• French v. AW Chesterton Company (2017). Worker at U.S. Steel plant at U.S. Steel, Dearborn, Michigan, 1976-1986
• Bryant v. General Motors Corp. (3rd Appellate District, 2015). Core room and foundry worker, clean-up at GM Powertrain Division, Defiance facility, 1973-2001
• Fisher v. Alliance Machine Co. (8th Appellate District, 2011). Electrician at Reactive Metals, Inc., 1957-1963
• Gomcsak v. US Steel Corp. (9th Appellate District, 2008). Electrician/motor inspector at U.S. Steel Mill, Lorain, 1942-1984
• Rettig v. Gen. Motors Corp. (8th Appellate District, 2006). Electrician at General Motors foundry plant, Defiance, 1953-1990
• Snyder v. Ford Motor Co. (3rd Appellate District, 2005). Employee at General Dynamics facility, Lima, 1984-1993
• Bartel v. John Crane, Inc. (2004). Merchant seaman, engine department (Fireman/Watertender up to Chief Engineer) at Merchant vessels (steam vessels), 1964-1994

Oklahoma

• Zinc Corp. OF America v. Reeder (2nd Division, 2007). Furnace worker at National Zinc Company zinc plant (later Zinc Corporation of America), Bartlesville, 1960-1976

Oregon

• West v. Allied Signal, Inc. (2005). Night shift foundry worker at Western Foundry, Tigard, 1963-1964

Other federal courts

• Sequira v. 3M Company (2015). F-80 aircraft with J-33 engine
• Martin v. Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (2009). Welder and mechanic on ship engines at Valley Line Company, 1979-1984
• Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. v. Faulk (2000). Shipfitter constructing and repairing ships at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, almost six years before 1978
• O'brien v. National Gypsum Co. (1991). Apprentice electrician at Brooklyn Navy Yard, May 1944-May 1945
• Kaiser v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1989). Boiler repairman / boiler technician at Navy destroyers, 1948-1952
• Whatley v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (1988). Chipper at Alabama shipyard, over thirty years, until 1982
• Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1986). Pipefitter at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Key Highway shipyard, Baltimore, 1940-1979
• Dartez v. Fibreboard Corp. (1985). Insulator at Monsanto Chocolate Bayou plant, early 1960s
• Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985). Insulation warehouseman at Standard Insulations, Inc., 1944-1969
• Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1985). Sheet-metal mechanic and work leaderman (supervisor) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Pascagoula, 1953-1971
• Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1984). Sheet-metal mechanic, later work leaderman/supervisor at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, 1953-1971
• 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

Pennsylvania

• Hilster v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation (2022). Wife of a pipefitter who laundered his work clothes at Electric Boat, Groton, 1957-1970
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Assistant superintendent, later superintendent, of field quality control at Nine Mile Point power station, 1977-1981
• Gay v. AO Smith Corporation (2021). Quality control supervisor at Beaver Valley Power Station, 1974-1976
• Mehnert v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. (2020). Lab technician (argon extraction laboratory) at U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Building 21, 1964-1988
• Sabol v. Allied Glove Corp. (2011). Graduate student and research assistant at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), laboratory, Pittsburgh, 1961-1965
• Travis v. Globe Mfg. Co. (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation) (2010). Firefighter at Naval Air Station New York (NASNY), 1957-1962
• JM Manufacturing/formosa Plastics Corporation v. Workers'compensation Appeal Board (2010). Extruder operator at Franklin facility, 1982-2001
• Breedlove v. CSX Transp. Corp. (2009). Insurance agent selling to railroad employees at Tilford shop (CSX mechanical shop), Atlanta, 1960s onward
• 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
• Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. (1996). Boilerman at United States Navy, 1964-1968
• Eckenrod v. GAF Corp. (1988). Maintenance pipefitter, welder, and millwright at Wallace Run facility, Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1959-1982
• Utter et al. v. Asten-Hill Mfg. Co. (1973). Weaver at Asten-Hill Manufacturing Company, 1946-1966

Rhode Island

• Nichols v. Allis Chalmers Product Liability Trust (2018). Household member who laundered brother-in-law's work clothes (he was a metal pourer and furnace operator) at Crane Co. worksite in Arkansas (Stanley Nichols' workplace); shared home, 1979-1980
• Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc. (2015). Insulator at Acme Power Plant, Toledo, 1970
• Gallagher v. National Grid Usa/narragansett Electric. (2012). Welder at Electric Boat, Groton, 1965-1971

South Carolina

• Matthews v. EI DU Pont DE Nemours and Company (2018). Insulator at DuPont facility, Camden, 1964-1965