Premises Description

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (J&L — founded 1853, headquartered Pittsburgh PA; merged with Republic Steel in 1984 to form LTV Steel Corporation; bankrupt 2002, assets acquired by International Steel Group) was through the 20th century one of the principal U.S. integrated steel producers and a flagship Pittsburgh-region mill operator. J&L asbestos-era operations included:

  • Pittsburgh Works (Pittsburgh PA) — J&L’s South Side Pittsburgh integrated mill
  • Aliquippa Works (Aliquippa PA) — major Beaver Valley integrated mill (closed 1985)
  • Cleveland Works (Cleveland OH) — major Cuyahoga River integrated mill (later LTV Steel Cleveland Works)
  • Indiana Harbor East Chicago IN — additional operations
  • Hennepin IL — finishing operations
  • Tube and pipe mills at various U.S. locations

LTV Steel — formed in 1984 by the merger of J&L Steel and Republic Steel under LTV Corporation — was through the late 1980s and 1990s among the largest U.S. integrated steel producers. The Cleveland Works and former Republic Youngstown-area operations carried forward as central LTV Steel facilities.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that J&L Steel and successor LTV Steel — as premises owners — exposed the steelworker workforce (USW Local representation) and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos materials.

Jones & Laughlin Steel / LTV Steel has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

  • United Steelworkers Local members at Pittsburgh, Aliquippa, Cleveland, Indiana Harbor, and Hennepin
  • Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working J&L/LTV capital projects
  • Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on J&L/LTV construction and turnaround crews
  • Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building J&L/LTV furnaces and pressure vessels
  • Construction-trade workforces on J&L/LTV mill capital projects

If You Worked at a J&L Steel or LTV Steel Mill

If you worked at a Jones & Laughlin Steel or LTV Steel integrated mill during the asbestos era — at Pittsburgh, Aliquippa, Cleveland, or any other J&L/LTV facility — 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.

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