Council Bluffs & the Southwest Asbestos Exposure — Iowa

Council Bluffs & the Southwest, Iowa — documented asbestos exposure sites, the county District Court venue, and Iowa's two-year filing deadline for mesothelioma and asbestos-cancer claims.

Defined by the Omaha–Council Bluffs market — one metro across the Missouri, the MidAmerican power plants and rail yards on the Iowa bank.

4 documented exposure sites

4 counties

Council Bluffs is the Iowa half of the Omaha metro, across the Missouri. The MidAmerican Walter Scott and Council Bluffs generating stations — among the largest coal-fired plants in the region — and the vast rail yards ran here, coal-fired power and rail work that reportedly relied on asbestos-containing insulation and materials for decades.

Iowa allows two years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis to file a personal-injury or wrongful-death claim (Iowa Code § 614.1(2)), with the clock running from diagnosis under the discovery rule of Iowa’s asbestos-claims act (Chapter 686B). Iowa also requires a sworn medical affidavit to be filed with the complaint (§ 686B.3). Cases are filed in the county District Court of proper venue; Iowa has no statewide asbestos MDL.

Counties & venues in this metro

Pottawattamie CountyPottawattamie County District Court Cass CountyCass County District Court Union CountyUnion County District Court Audubon CountyAudubon County District Court

One metro, across the state line — Nebraska side

Council Bluffs and Omaha are one metro across the Missouri — the MidAmerican Walter Scott power plants and the rail yards on the Iowa bank, the Omaha industry on the Nebraska side. For exposure at Nebraska-side facilities in this same metropolitan area, see the Nebraska side — Omaha & the Missouri River. The filing deadline and the correct court depend on which state a claim is brought in — worth confirming early.

Documented Asbestos Exposure Sites · 4

Every documented facility across Council Bluffs & the Southwest Asbestos Exposure — Iowa, each linked to its full exposure report.

Summit Lake Power Station, Ohio: Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure Risks

Atlantic

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Exira Power Station, Brayton, Iowa: Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma

Brayton

Full exposure report ›

Walter Scott Jr. Power Station, Council Bluffs, Iowa: Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma Risk

Council Bluffs

Full exposure report ›

Burlington Northern Creston Shops Creston Iowa

Crestongeneral industrial

Full exposure report ›

Time-sensitive — Iowa statute of limitations

Iowa allows two years from a mesothelioma or asbestos-cancer diagnosis to file a personal-injury or wrongful-death claim (Iowa Code § 614.1(2)), with the clock running from diagnosis under the discovery rule of Iowa's asbestos-claims act (Chapter 686B). Iowa also requires a sworn medical affidavit to be filed with the complaint (§ 686B.3). A free case review can pinpoint the deadline and the filing requirements.

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