Premises Description

International Harvester Company (IH — founded 1902 by merger of McCormick Harvesting and Deering Harvester; headquartered Chicago IL; reorganized as Navistar International 1985 after divestiture of farm-equipment business to Case IH) was through most of the 20th century one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of medium and heavy-duty trucks, school buses, agricultural tractors, construction equipment, and diesel engines. International Harvester operated through the asbestos era an extensive network of U.S. plants including:

  • Chicago IL plants — the historic McCormick Works, West Pullman Works, and Tractor Works (closed 1985)
  • Fort Wayne IN — truck assembly and Scout/light-vehicle plant (closed 1983)
  • Springfield OH — truck assembly (still active as Navistar)
  • Indianapolis IN — diesel engine plant (still active as Navistar)
  • Memphis TN — truck assembly
  • Louisville KY — truck assembly (closed 1985)
  • Melrose Park IL — diesel engine and farm tractor plant
  • Canton IL — combine harvester plant
  • Tractor plants at Rock Island IL, East Moline IL, Memphis TN, Louisville KY
  • Foundries at Indianapolis IN and other locations

The Chicago McCormick Works and West Pullman plants were through the asbestos era major Chicago-area industrial workplaces with extensive asbestos foundry, refractory, pipe covering, and structural fireproofing materials.

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

International Harvester / Navistar International has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

  • UAW Local members across IH/Navistar’s U.S. truck, tractor, engine, and foundry plants
  • Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working IH capital projects
  • Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on IH construction and turnaround crews
  • Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building IH foundry equipment
  • Construction-trade workforces on IH EPC projects

If You Worked at an International Harvester / Navistar Plant

If you worked at an International Harvester or Navistar International truck plant, tractor plant, engine plant, or foundry during the asbestos era — as an IH/Navistar 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.

Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 936-2956