Was McDermott International / J. Ray McDermott — asbestos documented in litigation?

McDermott International / J. Ray McDermott — 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 McDermott International / J. Ray McDermott — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to McDermott International / J. Ray McDermott — 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

McDermott International / J. Ray McDermott Offshore Platform Fabrication Yards, Marine Construction, and Onshore Power/Petrochemical EPC

⚖ Litigation Record1923-present (asbestos era through 1980s)Asbestos block and pipe insulation on McDermott-fabricated platform process piping and heat-treated vessels; asbestos gaskets and packing on McDermott-fabricated platform modules; asbestos refractory linings on hot process vessels; asbestos marine insulation and gaskets on McDermott-built offshore modules; asbestos-containing materials specified in McDermott onshore power-plant and petrochemical EPC construction

Overview Product Facts Trades

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

Premises Description

McDermott International, Inc. (founded 1923 as J. Ray McDermott & Company in Eunice LA; today headquartered Houston TX after successive reorganizations) is one of the pre-eminent global marine and offshore engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors, and historically the largest U.S. offshore platform fabricator.

Through the asbestos era, McDermott’s principal operations included:

J. Ray McDermott Fabrication Yards — Morgan City LA (Bayou Boeuf and Amelia yards) and Harbor Island TX / Sabine Pass TX — where offshore-platform jackets, decks, process modules, living quarters, and topsides were built for Gulf of Mexico and worldwide offshore oil and gas customers
Marine construction fleet — pipe-laying barges, derrick barges, and heavy-lift vessels installing offshore platforms and subsea pipelines
Babcock & Wilcox — B&W (utility boilers) was owned by McDermott from 1978 to 2010; through that period B&W utility-boiler manufacture and refractory operations sat inside the McDermott corporate group
Onshore power-plant and petrochemical EPC — McDermott engineered and constructed onshore refineries, LNG terminals, gas plants, and power plants

Through the asbestos era, the offshore platform modules built at McDermott Morgan City and Harbor Island shipped out with extensive asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, packing, and refractory linings — installed on platform process piping, separators, heaters, turbine-driven compressors, and living-quarters HVAC.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that McDermott / J. Ray McDermott — as fabricator and field constructor — exposed its Gulf Coast fabrication-yard workforce (welders, fitters, pipefitters, insulators, riggers, painters, and boilermakers) as well as offshore marine construction crews and dispatched trade workers to extensive asbestos on its offshore platform, marine, and onshore EPC projects.

McDermott International / J. Ray McDermott has been named as a Premises/Construction Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

J. Ray McDermott fabrication-yard workforce — welders, fitters, pipefitters, insulators, riggers, painters, boilermakers, and ironworkers at Morgan City LA and Harbor Island TX yards
Offshore platform construction and marine crews — pipe-laying barge, derrick barge, and heavy-lift vessel crews
Refinery pipefitters (UA Local members) on McDermott onshore petrochemical and refinery EPC
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) applying insulation to McDermott-built platform modules and onshore vessels
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) on McDermott / Babcock & Wilcox utility-boiler installation
Dispatched trade workforces on McDermott EPC projects

If You Worked at a McDermott Fabrication Yard or on a McDermott Offshore or EPC Project

If you worked at J. Ray McDermott’s Morgan City LA, Harbor Island TX, or Sabine Pass TX fabrication yards, on McDermott offshore marine construction, or on a McDermott onshore power-plant, LNG, or petrochemical EPC project during the asbestos era — as a McDermott 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 NameMcDermott International / J. Ray McDermott Offshore Platform Fabrication Yards, Marine Construction, and Onshore Power/Petrochemical EPC

Years Produced1923-present (asbestos era through 1980s)

Asbestos ContentAsbestos block and pipe insulation on McDermott-fabricated platform process piping and heat-treated vessels; asbestos gaskets and packing on McDermott-fabricated platform modules; asbestos refractory linings on hot process vessels; asbestos marine insulation and gaskets on McDermott-built offshore modules; asbestos-containing materials specified in McDermott onshore power-plant and petrochemical EPC construction

CategoryIndustrial-Furnaces Marine Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

BoilermakersIronworkersRefinery pipefittersInsulatorsWelders

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