Welders: Asbestos Court Decisions

Decisions in our case-law library that involve welders: 84 cases, by state. Each line gives the exposure the court described, or else what it decided. For the topic itself, see Welders.

Arizona

• Pounders v. Enserch E & C, Inc. (2013). Welder at Four Corners Power Plant, 1969-1974 and 1979-1983
• Pounders v. Enserch E & C, Inc. (1st Division, Dept. A, 2012). Welder at Four Corners Power Plant, 1969-1974 and 1977-1983

California

• Darden v. Western Asbestos Settlement Trust (In re Western Asbestos Settlement Trust) (2022). Welder at Bay Area shipyards, 1960s and 1970s
• Darden v. Western Asbestos Settlement Trust (In re Western Asbestos Co.) (2021). Welder at various military and civilian shipyards
• Darden v. Western Asbestos Settlement Trust (In re Western Asbestos Co.) (2021). Welder at various military and civilian shipyards, early 1950s onward
• Collins v. Plant Insulation Company (1st Appellate District, 1st Division, 2010). Welder at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, 1960 to 1973
• Campbell v. American Standard, Inc. (2nd Appellate District, 4th Division, 2009). Welder and ironworker
• Skip Fordyce, Inc. v. Workers'comp. Appeals BD. (4th Appellate District, 2nd Division, 1983). Welder at Deutsch Electronics, 1972-1975

Delaware

• Sheppard v. AC & S. Co. (1985). Welder of all types of metals at E.I. DuPont deNemours and Co. Inc. Edgemoor Plant, 1937-1938; 1945-1975

Illinois

• McKinney v. Hobart Bros. Co. (4th District, 2018). Spot-welder using an acetylene torch and bronze brazing rods at Portable Elevator, Bloomington, 1962-1963
• Leng v. Celotex Corp. (1st District, 1990). Industrial welder at Chrysler Motors and Sundstrand Corporation, 1973-1987

Indiana

• Novicki v. Rapid-American Corp. (1999). Welder at 1947-1954

Louisiana

• Lagrange v. Eagle, Inc. (2024). Husband Allen's work as a laborer, welder, and pipefitter at Avondale shipyard, Bridge City, 1973-1996
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2023). Tack welder at Avondale shipyard, 1969-1970
• Hotard v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2023). Tack welder at Avondale shipyard, 1969-1970
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder and tacker helper at Avondale Shipyards, Westwego Yard, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder and tacker helper (also described as pipefitter) at Avondale Shipyards (Westwego Yard), 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder on new vessels being constructed at Halter Marine's Lockport Yard, Thibodaux, 1974-1975
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper at Avondale Shipyards, Westwego Yard, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper at Avondale Shipyards, Westwego Yard, 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper at Avondale Shipyards (Westwego Yard), 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper at Avondale Shipyards (Westwego Yard), 1969-1974
• Cortez v. Lamorak Insurance Company (2022). Welder and tacker helper at Avondale Westwego Yard, 1969-1974
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder at Avondale, 1967-1972
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder at 45-year career
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder
• Reulet v. Lamorak Ins. Co. (2022). Welder at 45-year career
• Williams v. Huntington Ingalls Industries (2022). Laborer and welder at Avondale shipyard
• St. Romain v. Delta Southern Co., Inc. (1st Circuit, 2021). Welder or welder's helper at facilities owned and operated by Delta Southern Co., Inc., 1959-1965
• Chevron Oronite Company, LLC v. Jacobs Field Services North America, Incorporated (2020). Welder at Chevron refinery, Belle Chasse, 1989-1994
• Holmes v. Bossier (2020). Welder at Avondale shipyard, New Orleans, 1970s
• Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc (2020). Welder and pipefitter at Exxon offshore platforms, 1975-1982
• Bondurant v. 3M Company (2019). Welder at U.S.S. Ticonderoga, 1965-1969
• Chevron Oronite Company v. Jacobs Field Services North America, Inc. (2019). Welder at Chevron Chemical's Belle Chasse facility, 1989-1994
• Chevron Oronite Company LLC v. Jacobs Field Services North America, Inc. (2018). Welder at Chevron Chemical's Belle Chasse facility, 1989-1994
• Lopez v. McDERMOTT, Inc. (2018). Welder and pipefitter; fitter and welder at Offshore drilling and production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (including Tenneco West Cameron, LOOP and Stingray platforms), 1973-1986
• Mayeaux v. Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc. (2017). Tacker, welder, and shipfitter at Avondale shipyard (U.S. Navy Destroyer Escorts, Lykes and other vessels), 1963-2009
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman (2015). Welder (her father, Alton Gros) at Avondale, 1943 to 1976
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015). Welder (father, Alton Gros) at Avondale, 1943-1976
• Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2014). Avondale, 1943 to 1976
• Cook v. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. (5th Circuit, 2013). Welder (her father, Leonce Waguespack, Sr.) at Hunt Tool Company
• Bougere v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (5th Circuit, 2012). Welding supervisor at Avondale Shipyards, 1945-1986
• Spillman v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (1st Circuit, 2008). Welder at Exxon plant (refinery), 1956-1986
• Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (5th Circuit, 2001). Tacker and tacker-welder at Avondale Shipyards (Harvey Quick Repair Yard and main yard), 1968-1974
• Egan v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (4th Circuit, 1996). Welder repairing boilers at Todd Shipyards, 1939-1944, 1946-1952

Maryland

• Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong (1992). Laborer and later welder on engines and in boiler rooms of ships at Bethlehem Steel Corporation shipyards, 1942-1963

Massachusetts

• O'connor v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1987). Welder at Bethlehem Steel (Fore River) Shipyard, 1940s

Michigan

• Allen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1997). Welder at General Motors Buick plant, Flint, 1952-1988

Montana

• Wommack v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. (2017). Welder at Cenex Laurel refinery, c. 1970-1984

New Jersey

• Stevenson v. Keene Corp. (1992). Welder and engineer at American Cyanamid Company, 1937-1982