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.

New Jersey

• Seckular v. Celotex (1986). Welder at Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn, 1941-1945
• Devlin v. Johns-Manville Corp. (Law Division, 1985). Pipewelder at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Company

New York

• Caligiuri v. AO Smith Corp. (2024). Welder at 1970s
• Paroni EX rel. Estate OF Paroni v. General Electric UK Holdings Ltd. (2021). Welder at Combustion Power Unit 400 Pilot Plant, Menlo Park, 1970-1972
• Paroni EX rel. Estate OF Paroni v. Alstom SA (2020). Welder at Combustion Power Company, Menlo Park, 1970-1972
• Klock v. Albany Intl. Corp. (Onondaga, 2017). Welder
• Ambruso v. Goulds Pumps (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2013). Welder at navy yard in Brooklyn, 1940s and 1960s
• Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013). Assistant welder at Todd Shipyard, 1943-1946
• Berger v. Amchem Prods. (2006). Welder at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1941 to 1944
• Dankenbrink v. Foster Wheeler (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation) (2006). Welder at 1942-43, 1946
• Nesbiet v. General Electric Co. (2005). Welder and shipfitter at Brooklyn Navy Yard, USS Missouri, 1943-1944
• Ciletti v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation) (1997). Welder at Staten Island and Hoboken shipyards, 1941-1984
• Conway v. Raymark Indus. (In re Asbestos Litigation) (1997). Welder at a shipyard, 1941-1984

Oregon

• Golik v. CBS Corp. (2020). Welder at Vancouver

Other federal courts

• Martin v. Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (2009). Welder and mechanic on ship engines at Valley Line Company, 1979-1984
• Rotondo v. Keene Corp. (1992). Tacker and welder at Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard (ship Monticello), 1942-43

Pennsylvania

• Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply (2014). Welder at Lukens Steel Plant, Coatesville, 1979-2006
• Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply (2013). Welder at Lukens Steel Plant, Coatesville, 1978-2006
• Cowley v. Acands, Inc. (2010). Welder and burner at Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard, 1941-1982
• Donoughe v. Lincoln Elec. Co. (2007). Welder at Penn Central Railroad shop (later Conrail and Norfolk Southern), 1974-2000
• Sharpless v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas (1997). Welder, material handler and press shop grinder at Budd Company, 1952-1985
• Bushless v. GAF Corp. (1990). Mill-wright/welder at Main Plant, Cold Draw Department, Babcock & Wilcox, 1964-1980
• Morgan v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1986). Welder at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, from 1961
• Christman v. Dravo Corp. (1983). Mechanic/welder at Dravo Corporation shipyard, Neville Island (East Yard outfitting dock), 1942-1945

Rhode Island

• Mannix v. CBS Corporation (2019). Welder at Electric Boat, Groton, 1974-1978
• Gallagher v. American Insulated Wire Corp. (2014). Welder in the maintenance department at Narragansett Electric, 1984-2004
• Gallagher v. National Grid Usa/narragansett Electric. (2012). Welder at Electric Boat, Groton, 1965-1971

Texas

• Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014). Welder's helper at Palestine Contractors, 1977-1978
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (5th District, 2010). Welder's assistant at Palestine Contractors, 1977-1978
• Gilcrease v. Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (4th District, 2001). Welder and pipefitter at Tesoro refinery in Kenai, Alaska, 1974 and 1980

Washington

• Buckholtz v. American Optical Corporation (2nd Division, 2023). Burner, then laborer at Zidell Dismantling ship dismantling site, Tacoma, 1970-1973
• Ehlert v. Brand Insulations, Inc. (1st Division, 2014). Welder at ARCO Cherry Point Refinery, 1971-1972
• Yankee v. APV North America, Inc. (1st Division, 2011). Welder and mechanic at Alcoa aluminum mill, Vancouver, 1966-1986
• White v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1985). Welder/burner at shipyards, 1942-1943