Was Entergy Corporation — asbestos documented in litigation?

Entergy Corporation — is documented in public asbestos litigation records as a manufacturer whose products contained asbestos during the mid-twentieth century. Workers in industrial facilities, power plants, refineries, shipyards, and commercial construction who handled or worked near these products may have experienced occupational exposure.

Which trades had the most exposure?

Pipe coverers and insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, millwrights, and maintenance workers are among the trades most frequently documented in asbestos exposure claims. Workers who cut, fitted, or removed asbestos-containing products — and those working in close proximity during that work — typically had the highest fiber concentrations.

How long do workers have to file an asbestos claim?

Statutes of limitations for asbestos personal injury claims vary by state, typically ranging from one to five years from the date of an asbestos-related diagnosis. The clock generally starts at diagnosis, not exposure — mesothelioma can have a latency period of 20 to 50 years. An asbestos attorney can identify the deadlines that apply to your specific situation.

Can workers file claims related to Entergy Corporation — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Entergy Corporation — products may pursue claims through civil litigation. An experienced asbestos attorney can assess available defendants, applicable trust funds from co-defendants, and the states where claims can be filed most effectively.

Can family members file secondary exposure claims?

Spouses, children, and household members who developed asbestos-related disease through contact with contaminated work clothing brought home by an exposed worker may be eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims. Wrongful-death claims can also be filed by surviving family members of workers who died from asbestos-related disease.

Industrial-Furnaces

Entergy Fossil-Fuel and Nuclear Power Plants Across the Mid-South

⚖ Litigation RecordPredecessors back to 1913; Entergy 1989-present; asbestos era through 1980sAsbestos pipe covering, asbestos refractory and block insulation on boilers, asbestos electrical insulation, asbestos gaskets

Overview Product Facts Trades

Litigation Record: Information below reflects allegations in publicly filed asbestos litigation — plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact.

Premises Description

Entergy Corporation (formed 1989 by consolidation of Middle South Utilities subsidiaries: Arkansas Power & Light, Louisiana Power & Light, Mississippi Power & Light, and New Orleans Public Service; expanded 1993 by acquisition of Gulf States Utilities; today headquartered New Orleans LA) and its predecessors operated through the 20th century the principal investor-owned electric utility network for the Mid-South region — Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and East Texas.

Major Entergy and predecessor asbestos-era operations included:

Arkansas (Arkansas Power & Light):

White Bluff Steam Electric Station (Redfield AR)
Independence Steam Electric Station (Independence County AR)
Arkansas Nuclear One (Russellville AR) — two-unit PWR
Lake Catherine Steam Plant (Hot Spring County AR)

Louisiana (Louisiana Power & Light / Gulf States Utilities):

Waterford 3 Nuclear Station (Killona LA)
River Bend Nuclear Generating Station (West Feliciana Parish LA) — Gulf States legacy
Sabine Power Plant (Bridge City TX) — Gulf States legacy
Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Westlake LA)
Willow Glen Steam Electric Station (St. Gabriel LA)

Mississippi (Mississippi Power & Light):

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (Port Gibson MS) — single-unit BWR
Baxter Wilson Steam Electric Station (Vicksburg MS)

Texas (Gulf States Utilities):

Sabine Power Plant (Bridge City TX)
Lewis Creek Power Station (Conroe TX)

Each operated continuously through the asbestos era with extensive asbestos-containing materials. The Gulf States Utilities legacy plants in particular sat in the OBLF/Provost & Umphrey TX-LA litigation corridor.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Entergy and its predecessors — as premises owners — exposed plant-operator workforce and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

Entergy Corporation has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

Entergy / AP&L / LP&L / MP&L / GSU plant operators and maintenance workforce
Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working Entergy capital projects
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Entergy construction and turnaround crews
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building Entergy boilers
Construction-trade workforces on Entergy power-plant capital projects

If You Worked at an Entergy / AP&L / LP&L / MP&L / GSU Power Plant

If you worked at an Entergy Corporation or predecessor power plant in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, or New Orleans during the asbestos era — as an employee or as a dispatched contractor trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

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Product Facts

Trade NameEntergy Fossil-Fuel and Nuclear Power Plants Across the Mid-South

Years ProducedPredecessors back to 1913; Entergy 1989-present; asbestos era through 1980s

Asbestos ContentAsbestos pipe covering, asbestos refractory and block insulation on boilers, asbestos electrical insulation, asbestos gaskets

CategoryIndustrial-Furnaces Electrical Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Power-plant operatorsInsulatorsRefinery pipefittersBoilermakersElectricians

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