Documented Asbestos Litigation

According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records (reviewed via CourtListener/RECAP), Airco Inc The Boc Group has been named as a defendant in 100+ documented asbestos dockets filed between 1999 and 2012 — concentrated in the federal asbestos multidistrict litigation (In re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, MDL 875, E.D. Pennsylvania) and other U.S. district courts. Plaintiffs allege that Airco Inc The Boc Group manufactured or supplied asbestos-containing products — Airco (Air Reduction Co., now The BOC Group) welding products — welding rods/electrodes and welding blankets alleged to contain asbestos — and that workers were exposed while handling or working around them.

Companies Frequently Named Alongside Airco Inc The Boc Group

In these publicly filed cases, Airco Inc The Boc Group is most often named as a co-defendant alongside Ferodo America, Owens-Illinois, Dana, Georgia-Pacific, General Refractories, Rapid American, General Electric, Westinghouse Electric — reflecting the multi-defendant nature of asbestos litigation, in which plaintiffs name the range of companies connected to their exposure history.

Occupational Exposure and Asbestos Disease

Asbestos exposure is associated with mesothelioma, asbestosis, and asbestos-related lung cancer, typically after a latency period of two to five decades. Workers in industrial trades — maintenance, construction, shipyard, power generation, and manufacturing — are among those most frequently represented in asbestos litigation.

The litigation record above reflects allegations from publicly filed asbestos cases; these are plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact, and liability is determined case by case. An attorney experienced in asbestos litigation can evaluate whether a specific work and exposure history supports a claim involving Airco Inc The Boc Group.