Product Description

J.T. Thorpe & Son was a longstanding insulation and refractory installation contractor headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with operations across the western and southern United States. J.T. Thorpe supplied and installed thermal-insulation and refractory systems at refineries, powerhouses, chemical plants, steel mills, cement plants, and other heavy-industrial project sites.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that J.T. Thorpe & Son distributed and installed asbestos pipe covering, block insulation, insulating cement, spray-applied fireproofing, and refractory products at industrial project sites, and that its insulators and refractory workers — along with adjacent pipefitters, boilermakers, and millwrights — allegedly encountered airborne asbestos fibers during original insulation installation, repair, and tear-out work spanning multiple decades.

Workers Exposed

  • J.T. Thorpe insulators who cut, fitted, mudded, and applied asbestos pipe covering, block, and cement at refinery, powerhouse, and chemical plant project sites
  • J.T. Thorpe refractory workers who installed and tore out asbestos refractory linings on industrial furnaces and boilers
  • Pipefitters, boilermakers, and millwrights working alongside J.T. Thorpe crews on shared industrial project sites
  • Refinery, powerhouse, and chemical plant maintenance workers who performed follow-on repair and tear-out of J.T. Thorpe-installed asbestos insulation and refractory
  • Family members exposed through take-home dust carried on J.T. Thorpe workers’ clothing

If You Worked With J.T. Thorpe or on Project Sites Where J.T. Thorpe Installed Insulation

If you or a family member worked as a J.T. Thorpe & Son insulator or refractory worker — or worked at a refinery, powerhouse, chemical plant, or industrial project site where J.T. Thorpe & Son installed asbestos insulation or refractory — and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, or asbestosis, you may have a claim.

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