Was Kimberly-Clark / Scott Paper — asbestos documented in litigation?

Kimberly-Clark / Scott Paper — 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 Kimberly-Clark / Scott Paper — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Kimberly-Clark / Scott Paper — 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.

Paper-Mill

Kimberly-Clark / Scott Paper U.S. Paper Mills and Consumer Products Manufacturing

⚖ Litigation Record1872-present (Kimberly-Clark); Scott Paper 1879-1995; asbestos era through 1980sAsbestos pipe covering; asbestos refractory on recovery boilers and lime kilns; asbestos block insulation; asbestos gaskets; asbestos plant infrastructure

Overview Product Facts Trades

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

Premises Description

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (founded 1872, headquartered Irving TX / today Dallas TX) and Scott Paper Company (founded 1879, acquired by Kimberly-Clark 1995) manufactured through the 20th century some of the principal U.S. consumer paper products — Kleenex, Kotex, Huggies, Scott Tissue, Scott Towels — from an integrated network of U.S. paper mills and pulp mills. Major asbestos-era Kimberly-Clark and Scott Paper U.S. sites included:

Kimberly-Clark:

Neenah WI — historic corporate origin
Everett WA — Pacific Northwest paper mill
Mobile AL — Southeast paper mill
Memphis TN, Beech Island SC, Owensboro KY — additional operations
Loudon TN, Corinth MS — additional consumer-products manufacturing

Scott Paper (pre-1995):

Chester PA — historic flagship Scott Paper plant
Mobile AL — Scott legacy Southeast paper mill (integrated into Kimberly-Clark post-1995)
Everett WA — Scott legacy (integrated into K-C)
Winslow ME — Scott legacy

Each operated continuously through the asbestos era with the standard paper-mill asbestos infrastructure profile.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Kimberly-Clark and Scott Paper — as premises owner of their U.S. pulp and paper operations — exposed their pulp and paper workforce (USW / United Paperworkers representation) and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation / Scott Paper Company has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

USW / United Paperworkers Local members at Kimberly-Clark and Scott Paper mills
Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working K-C / Scott capital projects
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on K-C / Scott construction and turnaround crews
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building K-C / Scott plant equipment
Construction-trade workforces on K-C / Scott EPC projects

If You Worked at a Kimberly-Clark or Scott Paper Mill

If you worked at a Kimberly-Clark or Scott Paper paper mill, pulp mill, or consumer-products plant during the asbestos era — 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 NameKimberly-Clark / Scott Paper U.S. Paper Mills and Consumer Products Manufacturing

Years Produced1872-present (Kimberly-Clark); Scott Paper 1879-1995; asbestos era through 1980s

Asbestos ContentAsbestos pipe covering; asbestos refractory on recovery boilers and lime kilns; asbestos block insulation; asbestos gaskets; asbestos plant infrastructure

CategoryPaper-Mill Industrial-Furnaces Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Paper-mill workersInsulatorsRefinery pipefittersBoilermakers

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