Was Yeomans Chicago Corporation — Wastewater, Sewage, and Industrial Pumps with Alleged asbestos documented in litigation?

Yeomans Chicago Corporation — Wastewater, Sewage, and Industrial Pumps with Alleged 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 Yeomans Chicago Corporation — Wastewater, Sewage, and Industrial Pumps with Alleged asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Yeomans Chicago Corporation — Wastewater, Sewage, and Industrial Pumps with Alleged 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.

Gaskets

Yeomans Chicago Corporation (YCC) sewage, wastewater, storm-water, and industrial process pumps for municipal treatment plants, industrial effluent service, and lift-station applications

⚖ Litigation Recordc. 1940s-1985Alleged asbestos braided packing at stuffing boxes; asbestos compressed-sheet gaskets at casing splits and volute covers; asbestos gaskets at flanged suction and discharge connections

Overview Product Facts Trades

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

Product Description

Yeomans Chicago Corporation (YCC) — headquartered in Aurora, Illinois; a distinct company from Chicago Pump Company — manufactured through the twentieth century a specialty line of sewage, wastewater, storm-water, and industrial process pumps widely installed in municipal wastewater-treatment plants, sanitary and storm-water lift stations, industrial effluent handling systems, and general industrial process applications. YCC pumps were engineered for the abrasive, corrosive, and solids-laden service conditions characteristic of municipal and industrial fluid-handling.

Product families included vertical and horizontal non-clog centrifugal sewage pumps, submersible and dry-pit lift-station pumps, grinder pumps, effluent pumps, and industrial process pumps for chemical and paper-mill service.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that YCC sewage, wastewater, and industrial pumps were furnished through the asbestos era with braided asbestos packing at the shaft stuffing boxes, asbestos compressed-sheet gaskets at the casing splits and volute-cover joints, and asbestos flange gaskets at the suction and discharge piping connections. When municipal and industrial mechanics tore down these pumps for scheduled inspection, wear-ring replacement, or impeller service, they allegedly disturbed the original and successor asbestos gaskets and packing.

Workers Exposed

Municipal wastewater-treatment plant operators, sanitary and storm-water lift-station mechanics, and industrial maintenance workers who serviced Yeomans Chicago Corporation pumps allegedly encountered asbestos-containing materials as routine maintenance. Millwrights and industrial mechanics who pulled the pumps for overhaul separated the casings, scraped old gaskets off the flange faces, and cut and installed new asbestos compressed-sheet gaskets to reassemble the volutes and covers. Pipefitters who broke the suction and discharge piping flanges disturbed the pump-side flange gaskets. Municipal plant operators and lift-station mechanics repacked the stuffing boxes on scheduled intervals, removing dried braided asbestos packing rings and installing new ones. These tasks were repeated across each pump on the plant on a recurring maintenance cycle over careers that could span decades.

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Product Facts

Trade NameYeomans Chicago Corporation (YCC) sewage, wastewater, storm-water, and industrial process pumps for municipal treatment plants, industrial effluent service, and lift-station applications

Years Producedc. 1940s-1985

Asbestos ContentAlleged asbestos braided packing at stuffing boxes; asbestos compressed-sheet gaskets at casing splits and volute covers; asbestos gaskets at flanged suction and discharge connections

CategoryGaskets Gaskets-Packing

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

MillwrightsPipefittersMunicipal wastewater-treatment plant operatorsSewage lift-station mechanicsIndustrial maintenance mechanics

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