Roger Herring worked for subcontractors at Todd Shipyards sites (1960s–early 1970s), developed pleural thickening (1986), asbestosis, then fatal mesothelioma (2002); opinion addresses Todd's 1987 Chapter 11 and asbestos claim bar-date issues

Population: Todd Shipyards subcontractor worker · mesothelioma · 1960-2002

Limitation: Washington Supreme Court case about Todd's Seattle-area operations. yard_id "todd-shipyards" is a corporate entity, not a discrete yard — dataset separately holds "todd-shipyards-alameda". Pleural thickening 1986, asbestosis ~1989, mesothelioma 2002.

Andrew Hansen worked for Todd Shipyards beginning in 1940 as a pipefitter, tearing out old insulation and installing new asbestos-containing insulation. He developed asbestosis and mesothelioma and died 13 months after diagnosis. Jury awarded $2,060,000 including $1,000,000 punitive damages against Johns-Manville. Fifth Circuit affirmed liability.

Limitation: Case names Johns-Manville as product manufacturer; Todd Shipyards is the named worksite. Affirmed as to liability; remanded on punitive damages quantum only.

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1001 (effective 1972) established permissible exposure limits for asbestos in general industry, including shipyard repair operations. Southern District of Texas asbestos multidistrict litigation dockets document pipefitter, insulator, boilermaker, and electrician exposure at Houston Ship Channel facilities. Todd Shipyards is named in the commercial ship repair cohort for the Channel.

Limitation: OSHA standard applies to all general industry asbestos operations; does not name Todd Shipyards specifically. S.D. Tex. MDL dockets are the yard-specific primary record; individual docket numbers not retrieved in this session.