Was Honeywell International (AlliedSignal / Bendix) — asbestos documented in litigation?

Honeywell International (AlliedSignal / Bendix) — 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 Honeywell International (AlliedSignal / Bendix) — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Honeywell International (AlliedSignal / Bendix) — 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

Honeywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix Brake Friction Products, Defense Electronics, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Plants

⚖ Litigation Record1885-present (Honeywell); 1929-1999 (AlliedSignal); 1924-1985 (Bendix); asbestos era through 1980sBendix asbestos brake linings and clutch facings; asbestos plant infrastructure at Honeywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix manufacturing plants

Overview Product Facts Trades

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

Product and Premises Description

Honeywell International Inc. (founded 1885 as an industrial controls company; formed in current configuration by the 1999 merger of the historic Honeywell Inc. and AlliedSignal Inc. — which had earlier acquired Bendix Corporation in 1985; today headquartered Charlotte NC) is through the 20th century and today one of the principal U.S. diversified industrial manufacturers. This premises page addresses two distinct asbestos-liability exposures:

Bendix asbestos brake friction products. Bendix Corporation (founded 1924, acquired by AlliedSignal 1985, today a Honeywell business) manufactured through the asbestos era a major U.S. line of asbestos-containing brake linings, brake pads, clutch facings, and automotive friction products sold to U.S. auto manufacturers, aftermarket brake shops, and industrial brake applications. Bendix brake products are among the most heavily-litigated automotive-friction asbestos defendants. Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Bendix brake friction products contained chrysotile asbestos through the documented production era and that brake mechanics, automotive technicians, and DIY consumers who replaced, sanded, or worked around Bendix brake products were exposed to airborne asbestos fibers.

Honeywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix manufacturing premises. The combined Honeywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix U.S. plant network operated through the asbestos era at Minneapolis MN (Honeywell HQ), Phoenix AZ (AlliedSignal Aerospace), Morristown NJ (AlliedSignal HQ), Kansas City MO (Bendix / Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies — Kansas City National Security Campus), South Bend IN (historic Bendix Brake), Elyria OH (Bendix), and numerous additional U.S. manufacturing sites — all specified with the standard heavy-industry asbestos infrastructure profile.

Honeywell International / AlliedSignal / Bendix Corporation has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant (Bendix brake friction) and Premises Defendant (manufacturing plants) in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

Brake mechanics and automotive technicians working Bendix brake linings and clutch facings
DIY consumers replacing Bendix brake products
UAW / IAM defense manufacturing workers at Honeywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix plants
Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working Honeywell capital projects
Insulators, boilermakers, and construction-trade workforces on Honeywell EPC projects

If You Worked With Bendix Brakes or at a Honeywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix Plant

If you worked with Bendix asbestos brake linings, clutch facings, or friction products during the asbestos era — or worked at a Honeywell, AlliedSignal, or Bendix manufacturing plant — 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 NameHoneywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix Brake Friction Products, Defense Electronics, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Plants

Years Produced1885-present (Honeywell); 1929-1999 (AlliedSignal); 1924-1985 (Bendix); asbestos era through 1980s

Asbestos ContentBendix asbestos brake linings and clutch facings; asbestos plant infrastructure at Honeywell / AlliedSignal / Bendix manufacturing plants

CategoryIndustrial-Furnaces Brake-Friction Electrical Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Brake mechanicsAutomotive techniciansDefense manufacturing workersAerospace machinists

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