Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Hultner v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 8:24-cv-00409 (C.D. Cal.) [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Hultner v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 8:24-cv-00409 (C.D. Cal.) — STIPULATED FACT (undisputed for purposes of the motion): plaintiff assigned to USS Juneau (LPD-10) Nov 17, 1971–Jan 31, 1972; exposure theory = Westinghouse turbine/pump-drive components. Docket open as of 2025-09 — NO ruling on exposure or liability.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-juneau-lpd10-lit-1
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[2]DANFS, Juneau III (LPD-10), Vol. III (1977) - construction entry; 'cl. Cleveland' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Juneau III entry and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: the third Juneau (LPD-10) was laid down by Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co., Seattle, Wash., 23 January 1965; launched 12 February 1966; sponsored by Mrs. William A. Egan, wife of the Governor of Alaska; and scheduled to be commissioned early in 1969. Spec block: dp. 16,900; l. 569'9"; b. 84'; dr. 21'6"; s. 20 k.; cpl. 493, trp. 930; a. 8 3"; cl. Cleveland.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1963-1969
- Population
- Lockheed construction trades (1965-69)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The DANFS entry is the short Vol. III construction stub (entry written before commissioning - 'scheduled to be commissioned early in 1969'); no post-construction service history is covered. Class label 'Cleveland' per DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-lpd10-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register entry for JUNEAU (LPD 10), archived capture (page last updated 2009-02-02): official register record for a since-disposed hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR LPD-10 record fields (archived page, 'Last updated 02/02/2009')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official register record (archived capture): JUNEAU (LPD 10) Amphibious Transport Dock; Class: LPD 4; builder Lockheed SB Constr; Award 23 May 1963; Keel 23 January 1965; Launch 12 February 1966; Delivery 7 July 1969; Commission 12 July 1969; Inactivation 31 October 2008; Decommission 31 October 2008; status Inactive, Out of Commission, in reserve; berth NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, HI; Maintenance Category B; Force: MARAD; steel hull/superstructure; 570 ft OA; propulsion Steam Turbines, 2 propellers; accommodations 59 officers + 569 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1963-2008
- Limitations
- Archived NVR capture (hull since disposed; the live NVR page no longer carries this record). NVR class code 'LPD 4' is the register's grouping for the Cleveland-class family. Decommission/inactivation date 31 October 2008 per NVR supersedes a 30 September 2008 value seen in secondary material - the discrepancy is noted in gaps. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-lpd10-02
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[4]Hultner v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 8:24-cv-00409-JLS-DFM (C.D. Cal.), Defendant Paramount Global's Response and Additional Material Facts in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Omnibus Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, ECF No. 91 (filed 2025); and Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant General Electric Company's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 89 (filed 2025-04-11) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 91 at 3-5 (SUF #4, #5, #15, #16, #17 responses); ECF No. 89 at 7-8 (Moore Report recital re GE turbines/gaskets)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Contested pretrial record naming this hull. UNDISPUTED for purposes of the motion (Paramount/Westinghouse response to plaintiffs' statement of uncontroverted facts): SUF #4 'Mr. Hultner was assigned to the USS Juneau (LPD-10) for a period of 75 days' - 'Undisputed' (17 November 1971 - 31 January 1972); SUF #15 'He recalls working with pumps on both the Juneau and the John Adams' - 'Undisputed'. DISPUTED: SUF #5 (work 'involved cross training on a variety of equipment, including pumps and valves') admitted except to the extent 'a variety of equipment' is meant to include turbines - 'Mr. Hultner specifically denied participating in any repair or maintenance work on a turbine of any kind (including pump-drive turbines) and likewise denied recalling seeing such work performed by anyone else while on the USS Juneau.' NOT ADMITTED for lack of personal knowledge: SUF #16 (Buffalo pumps with asbestos packing and compressed asbestos sheet gaskets installed on both the Juneau and John Adams) and SUF #17 (Juneau technical manuals indicating Buffalo manufactured pumps to support the distilling plant). Plaintiffs' separate opposition to GE's motion (ECF 89) asserts, on the Moore Report, that GE manufactured the turbines and propulsion reduction gear installed on both the Juneau and John Adams, that 'GE plan numbers specify the use of nineteen asbestos sheet gaskets and six metallic-asbestos gaskets for each set of propulsion turbines aboard the Juneau,' and that the turbines would be insulated. The case subsequently resolved (dismissed with prejudice September 2025) with NO ruling on exposure or liability.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1971-1972 (assignment); 2024-2025 (litigation)
- Population
- Scott L. Hultner (Navy sailor assigned USS Juneau 1971-11-17 to 1972-01-31, 75 days)
- Limitations
- Pretrial motion-practice record at its least-final stage: the 75-day Juneau assignment and the pumps-work recollection are stipulated facts FOR THE MOTION ONLY; the asbestos-product assertions (Buffalo pump packing/gaskets; GE turbine gasket counts; insulation) are expert-report assertions and disputed facts that were never adjudicated - the defendant denied personal knowledge of the product-specific claims and the plaintiff denied performing turbine work. No exposure, causation, product-identity, or liability finding was made. Per litigation-stage discipline, classified at stipulated-fact-in-contested-motion stage, never upward.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-lpd10-03
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[5]Siegfried v. 3M Company, No. 2:18-cv-01575-CAS-E (C.D. Cal.), complaint exhibits, ECF No. 17 (filed 2018-02-28) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF No. 17 at PDF p. 89 (vessel list: 'Juneau (LPD-10)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos complaint exhibit (plaintiff Terry Siegfried's Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician work-history exhibit, ~1969-1996 window) lists 45 vessels expressly including 'Juneau (LPD-10)' alongside Ogden (LPD-5), Duluth (LPD-6), Cleveland (LPD-7), Dubuque (LPD-8), Denver (LPD-9), Lofberg (DD-759) and others.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1969-1996 (work window); 2018 (litigation)
- Population
- Terry Siegfried (Long Beach Naval Shipyard electrician/marine electrician, ~1969-1996)
- Limitations
- Complaint-exhibit vessel list; unadjudicated pleading-stage allegation (scanned exhibit, content verified by OCR of the filed PDF page). The listed hulls are places the plaintiff claimed to work around, not findings that asbestos was aboard any listed hull. Establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-lpd10-04
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[6]Class and identity corrections: task-reference material described this hull as 'Austin-class'; DANFS says 'cl. Cleveland' and NVR records class 'LPD 4'. Identity caution: this is the 1969 amphibious transport dock, NOT the WWII light cruiser Juneau (CL-52) of similar name. [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS Juneau III spec block; NVR LPD-10 class field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class assignment corrected: located primary sources identify this hull as Cleveland-class (DANFS spec block 'cl. Cleveland'; NVR register class code 'LPD 4' for the LPD-4/Cleveland family), not Austin-class as the task brief described. Identity confirmed as LPD-10 (commissioned 12 July 1969) - distinct from the WWII cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52), sunk 13 November 1942 in the Solomon Islands (the Weinschenk litigation hit and the Gearing namesake biography both reference the cruiser, not this hull).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Correction applied to the task-brief class label. DANFS 'cl. Cleveland' and NVR 'LPD 4' are the authoritative designations; secondary sources vary in family terminology (LPD-4/Cleveland vs. later Austin-group descriptions) - the primary-source wording is retained.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-lpd10-05
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[7]Era inference anchored to documented construction period and steam-turbine propulsion for this hull (Lockheed, 1965-1969) [other_primary]
- Locator
- construction-era inference from documented build dates and NVR propulsion record
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: a steam-turbine amphibious transport dock built 1965-69 at Lockheed, Seattle, in the peak asbestos era would era-typically have carried asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing around boilers, turbines, steam piping, pumps, and auxiliary machinery.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1965-2008
- Population
- Lockheed construction trades (1965-69)
- Limitations
- CLASS/ERA INFERENCE ONLY - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or insulation record was located for this hull. Does not establish asbestos aboard USS Juneau, any exposure, or any quantity. Never infer ship-specific findings from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-lpd10-06
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[8]Negative finding: no qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located across DANFS/NHHC, NVR, and ACM-survey/abatement/disposal sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- see search_ledger sl-uss-juneau-lpd10-01..07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, inactivation hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Juneau (LPD-10) was located. CourtListener sweeps produced two qualifying asbestos-litigation records (Hultner - contested pretrial; Siegfried - complaint exhibit) and one name collision (Weinschenk - WWII cruiser CL-52); no adjudicated exposure record was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof no record exists - the hull remains in Navy/MARAD inactive reserve custody at Pearl Harbor per the archived NVR record, and no disposal record exists to search against.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-lpd10-07