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Baltimore, Maryland is one of the most popular venues for bringing mesothelioma lawsuits as it has seen large verdicts and recoveries for individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma. However, the attorney you choose to represent you can significantly impact the potential outcome of your case. Contact us today to schedule a free and confidential case review.
Baltimore Maryland Shipyards and Asbestos Exposure and Veterans with Mesothelioma
An extensive study was conducted on the effect of asbestos exposure on shipyard and Coast Guard workers in Baltimore who worked there between 1950 and 1964. The study revealed that employment in the Coast Guard increased a person’s risk of developing mesothelioma, lung cancer and other medical conditions associated with asbestos exposure. As the period of employment increased, so did the likelihood of developing one of these conditions.
Baltimore Asbestos Site Exposure List
Given the extensive history of Baltimore’s involvement in the shipbuilding industry and manufacturing products that contained asbestos, there are hundreds of locations where workers may have been exposed to asbestos. Some of the more prominent locations include:
- Abex
- Acands, Inc.
- Airco Welding Products
- Allied Chemical Company
- American Smelting & Refining
- American Standard Heating & Plumbing
- American Sugar Refining Company
- American Tobacco Company
- Armco Steel Corporation
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
- Baltimore Marine Industries
- Baltimore Sugar Refining Company
- Bethlehem Shipyard
- Bethlehem Steel Fairfield Shipyard
- Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard
- Bethlehem Steel Mill
- Black & Decker
- Boston Iron & Metal
- Chesapeake Paper Board Company
- Chevrolet Motor Company
- Coca-Cola Company
- Consolidated Gas, Electric, Light & Power Company
- Continental Oil Company
- Domino Sugar
- I. Du Pont De Nemours
- Esso Standard Oil Company
- Exxon
- Fairfield Shipyard
- General Motors
- Gulf Oil
- Kaiser Aluminum
- Loyola College
- Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
- McCormick Asbestos Company
- National Brewing Company
- National Gypsum Company
- Newport News Shipyard
- Owens‐Corning Supply Corporation
- Patapsco Scrapyard
- Penn Central
- Pier Dundalk Marine Terminal
- Polytechic Institute
- Port of Baltimore
- Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing Company
- Sparrows Point Steel Mill
- Standard Insulation Company of Maryland
- Standard Oil Refinery
- S. Coast Guard
- Union Railroad
- R. Grace
Baltimore Maryland Mesothelioma Lawsuits and Asbestos Litigation
Baltimore is home to some of the largest asbestos verdicts in the state. In 2001, a Baltimore circuit jury handed down a $40 million to five asbestos verdicts after the plaintiffs alleged that the manufacturers of asbestos products, Harbison-Walker Refractories, A.P. Green Industries Inc. and Armstrong Contracting and Supply knew about the dangers of their products but failed to take any measure to protect workers. Another Baltimore City Circuit Court jury awarded $2.4 million in 2011 in an asbestos case in which the sons and estate of a deceased forklift driver who had to unload bags of raw asbestos for six years as part of his job against Union Carbide, which sold the asbestos to his employer. A Baltimore jury awarded more than $8 million to the family of a former automobile mechanic who died from mesothelioma who worked at Foreign Motors for nearly four decades and routinely worked with brakes and clutches that contained asbestos and were manufactured by Ford Motor Co. In 2008, a jury awarded $15.3 million to a 73-year-old man who developed cancer after working at a South Baltimore shipyard in the 1950s.
