Was Firestone Tire & Rubber Company — asbestos documented in litigation?

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company — 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 Firestone Tire & Rubber Company — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Firestone Tire & Rubber Company — 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-Chemicals

Firestone Tire Plants, Synthetic Rubber Plants, Industrial Rubber Operations

⚖ Litigation Record1900-1988 (Firestone era); Bridgestone-Firestone after 1988; asbestos era through 1980sAsbestos pipe covering, asbestos rubber-processing equipment insulation, asbestos gaskets, asbestos brake-shoe dust

Overview Product Facts Trades

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

Premises Description

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (founded 1900, headquartered Akron Ohio; acquired by Bridgestone Corporation 1988, today Bridgestone Americas) was through most of the 20th century one of the principal U.S. tire and rubber manufacturers, headquartered in Akron alongside Goodyear and B.F. Goodrich as the historic “Rubber Capital of the World.” Firestone operated through the asbestos era a major network of U.S. tire and rubber plants:

Akron OH — historic flagship operations
Memphis TN — tire plant (closed 1983)
Dayton OH — tire plant (closed 1982)
Pottstown PA — tire plant
Albany GA — tire plant
Des Moines IA — tire plant
Decatur IL — tire plant
Beaumont TX — synthetic rubber operations
Salinas CA, Bloomington IL, Oklahoma City OK — additional U.S. plants
Industrial rubber operations and synthetic rubber plants at multiple Gulf Coast sites

The Firestone Beaumont TX plant — like the Goodyear Beaumont plant — sat in the heart of the OBLF/Provost & Umphrey TX asbestos-litigation corridor and employed and contracted with the Beaumont-Port Arthur trade-union workforce.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Firestone — as premises owner — exposed its URW/USW workforce and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company / Bridgestone-Firestone has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

URW / USW Local members at Akron, Memphis, Dayton, Pottstown, Albany, Des Moines, Decatur, and Beaumont
Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working Firestone capital projects
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Firestone construction and turnaround crews
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) at Firestone plants
Construction-trade workforces on Firestone EPC projects

If You Worked at a Firestone Tire or Rubber Plant

If you worked at a Firestone Tire & Rubber Company tire plant, synthetic rubber plant, or industrial-rubber operation during the asbestos era — as a Firestone 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 NameFirestone Tire Plants, Synthetic Rubber Plants, Industrial Rubber Operations

Years Produced1900-1988 (Firestone era); Bridgestone-Firestone after 1988; asbestos era through 1980s

Asbestos ContentAsbestos pipe covering, asbestos rubber-processing equipment insulation, asbestos gaskets, asbestos brake-shoe dust

CategoryIndustrial-Chemicals Gaskets Brake-Friction

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Tire workersRefinery pipefittersInsulatorsBoilermakers

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