Lee County Asbestos Exposure

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

Venue Asbestos claims from Lee County are filed in the Lee County District Court, seated in Fort Madison & Keokuk.

1 documented exposure sites

2 communities

Lee County — Keokuk and Fort Madison — carried the Sheaffer pen works, the Roquette corn-processing plant, and the Mississippi River hydroelectric and rail industry, operations whose process systems reportedly used asbestos-containing materials.

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.

Communities in Lee County

Keokuk Fort Madison

Documented Asbestos Exposure Sites · 1

Every documented facility across Lee County Asbestos Exposure, each linked to its full exposure report.

Iowa

Keokukpower plant

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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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