Johnson & Johnson — Louisville KY Surgical / Medical Device Plant

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that they were allegedly exposed to asbestos while working at the Johnson & Johnson Louisville, Kentucky manufacturing plant. For the full corporate summary, see the Johnson & Johnson manufacturer page.

Plant Description and Operating Era

The Louisville KY plant allegedly served as a Johnson & Johnson operating-company manufacturing site for surgical products and medical devices — including product lines associated with J&J’s Ethicon, Codman, DePuy, and related surgical-and-orthopedic operating units at various points in the site’s history. Operations allegedly encompassed sterile-suture and surgical-consumables production, medical-device molding and assembly, ethylene-oxide sterilization, packaging, and warehouse distribution across much of the twentieth century.

Premises ACM Narrative

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that pre-1980 Louisville premises involved asbestos through:

  • Asbestos pipe covering on pharmaceutical steam sterilizer feeds, IV solution manufacturing lines, and utility piping
  • Asbestos sheet gaskets at autoclave, sterilizer, and process-piping flanges
  • Asbestos-block insulation on cold-chain refrigeration equipment
  • Asbestos sprayed fireproofing on structural steel (pre-1973 EPA ban)
  • Asbestos-cement roofing and asbestos-cement bulkhead panels
  • Asbestos insulation on ethylene-oxide sterilizer feeds and autoclave chamber jackets

Workers Exposed

HFIAW Insulators, UA Pipefitters, BAC Bricklayers (on boiler house rebuilds), IBEW Electricians, Millwrights, pharmaceutical production workers, QC laboratory technicians, and sterilizer operators allegedly worked around asbestos-containing materials at the Louisville plant.

If You Worked at Johnson & Johnson Louisville

If you or a family member worked at the Johnson & Johnson Louisville, Kentucky manufacturing plant before 1980 and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim.

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