Product Description
Bird Incorporated (Bird & Son Inc.) was a major U.S. manufacturer of asbestos-bearing roofing paper, asbestos roofing shingles, asbestos roll roofing, asbestos-bearing siding, and related building products from approximately the 1920s through the late 1970s. Bird products were widely installed across U.S. residential, commercial, and industrial construction throughout the asbestos era.
Bird Incorporated has been named as a corporate defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation, including cases under the case caption “v. Bird, Inc.” in MO state court and other venues.
Asbestos Content
Plaintiffs alleged that Bird roofing products incorporated chrysotile asbestos as the principal reinforcing fiber in roofing felt, shingles, roll roofing, siding, and related building materials.
How Workers Were Exposed
Roofers, construction workers, and bystander workers were exposed to Bird roofing products during installation, maintenance, repair, removal, and demolition activities.